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August 14, 2024 at 8:35 AM. PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — A shooting injured four people at Virginia State University early Wednesday, police said. Charges are pending against multiple suspects, and ...
Website. www.petersburgva.gov. Petersburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,458 with a majority black American. [4] The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines Petersburg (along with the city of Colonial Heights) with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes ...
Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Federal Correctional Complex, Petersburg (FCC Petersburg)is a United States federal prison complex for male inmates in Petersburg, Virginia.[1] It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The complex consists of two facilities:
The Battle of the Crater took place during the American Civil War, part of the Siege of Petersburg.It occurred on Saturday, July 30, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee, and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George G. Meade (under the direct supervision of the general-in-chief, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant).
CNN. Retrieved November 27, 2022. The Chesapeake shooting erupted suddenly, with witnesses saying they were in shock and disbelief when they saw the gunman – a 31-year-old overnight team lead who'd worked at the store since 2010 – pointing a handgun at them. He was armed with multiple magazines, police said.
Chesterfield County is a county located just south of Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county's borders are primarily defined by the James River to the north and the Appomattox River to the south. Its county seat is Chesterfield Court House. [ 1 ] Chesterfield County was formed in 1749 from parts of Henrico County.
Randall Lee Smith (June 29, 1953 – May 10, 2008) [1] was an American convicted murderer from Pearisburg, Virginia. [2] He pleaded guilty shortly before trial commenced to two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of hikers Robert Mountford Jr. and Laura Susan Ramsay, both 27-year-old social workers from Maine who were murdered by Smith while hiking the Appalachian Trail in May 1981.
Tri-Cities, Virginia. The Tri-Cities of Virginia (also known as the Tri-City area or the Appomattox Basin) is an area in the Greater Richmond Region which includes the three independent cities of Petersburg, Colonial Heights, and Hopewell and portions of the adjoining counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, and Prince George in south-central ...