Next year’s budget outlook for the school system is still in the red, but there’s already a plan to bring it back into balance – as long as the powers that be cooperate. More...

The on-time graduation rate for Chesterfield County Public Schools improved to 87.8 percent in 2010, up from 85.9 percent the previous year, according to figures released last week by the Virginia Department of Education.  More...

The busiest shopping season of the year will soon be here, and, while it’s always a good idea to be aware of what’s going on around you when you’re out and about, that advice may become more important when arms are loaded with packa More...

On Sept. 1 the [Chesterfield] Observer published our letter complaining about highway median maintenance, using our own [Route] 360 as an example and comparing with maintenance practices we have observed in North Carolina. In the Sept. More...

Yesterday I was going to be on my feet all day, and my toe hurt. I have no idea what I did to it to make it mad, but it was. So I wore sandals that didn’t even touch that toe. Today the toe is fine, but my knee on the same side aches. More...

In the Spotlight   Tuesday Night Westerns, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m., LaPrade Library, 9000 Hull Street Road. More...

ORDER OF PUBLICATION VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD IN RE: Stone Landrum (DOB: 10/11/93) HARRY E. & MARY P. SHIFLETT v. More...

Swift Creek Mill Theatre’s newest offering, “The Foreigner,” takes a lighthearted look at how we relate to people of other nationalities. More...