Jury convicts Richmond man of 2010 slaying, recommends life sentence
Fri, 27 May 2011 00:54:38 -0700

The Richmond Times- Dispatch reports the jury deliberated 20 minutes on the conviction and 12 more minutes before recommending a sentence of life in prison. Taylor also faces a mandatory three years for using a firearm to commit a felony when he's ...

Statistics show number of new case filings in Ohio courts has dropped during ...
Sat, 28 May 2011 07:32:40 -0700

AP The Columbus Dispatch reports statistics released by the Ohio Supreme Court show the total of new cases filed in state, county and municipal courts decreased by nearly 16 percent in the past nine years. The types of cases that decreased from 2009 to ...

ACC baseball roundup
Sat, 28 May 2011 21:04:32 -0700

By Times- Dispatch Staff From wire reports Zeke De Voss went 3-for-4, sparking Miami to an early lead that the bullpen made stand up Saturday in pool play at the ACC baseball tournament. The game closed the tournament for both teams and clinched the Pool ...

Don't 'jam' them together: Dave Matthews, Phish, Dispatch all play Jersey in June
Fri, 27 May 2011 05:12:14 -0700

By Tris Mc Call/The Star-Ledger On June 18, the eclectic Dispatch will play the first-ever concert at Red Bull Arena. Music fans love to talk about how much they appreciate talent. In an era where so much popular music is automated, quantized and ...

World briefs for May 29
Sat, 28 May 2011 21:09:16 -0700

By Times- Dispatch Staff North Korea freed an American it had held since November for reportedly proselytizing, handing him Saturday to a US envoy who said Washington had not promised to provide aid in exchange for the man's release. ...

Spiders win twice in A-10 tournament
Fri, 27 May 2011 21:05:40 -0700

By Times- Dispatch Staff From staff reports Complete games from Matt Trent and Jacob Mayers (Hanover) enabled Richmond to knock off No. 3 seed Dayton 10-3 and then No. 2 seed Rhode Island 7-2 at the Atlantic 10 baseball tournament Friday. ...

Summer's here, and travelers are returning
Sat, 28 May 2011 21:07:52 -0700

By peter bacqu | Richmond Times- Dispatch Hotels are getting more guests, more people are making train reservations, vacation and convention bookings are up, and the Civil War sesquicentennia l is under way. Summer's high-tourism season running from ...

DMV stops IT system work
Fri, 27 May 2011 21:05:32 -0700

By peter bacqu | Richmond Times- Dispatch DMV has stopped work on the top-to-bottom revamp of its customer service computer systems and is backing out of the contract for the work. The agency is suspending the IT project for six months or more. ...

Cantor calls Biden-led budget talks productive
Fri, 27 May 2011 21:05:42 -0700

... on spending reductions in advance of a vote on whether to increase the nation's debt ceiling, led by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., have also been wide-ranging, Cantor said in an interview with the Richmond Times- Dispatch Editorial Board. ...

Even recovered, ship's gold remains mystery
Sun, 29 May 2011 03:55:08 -0700

Another was filed by The Dispatch Printing Company and Donald C. Fanta in 2005 in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Fanta is a former president of The Ohio Company, an investment firm that was bought by Fifth-Third Bancorp in 1998. ...

Plan to farm out dispatch to LG opposed
Sun, 29 May 2011 06:11:20 -0700

By Michael Pineda, Staff Writer In a marathon session, the Wilson City Council was able to plow through an agenda with only one hang-up the issue of whether to contract its dispatch services to Lone Grove. Citing a need to save money and ensure the ...

24 Hours in Cowlitz County: Midnight dispatch
Sat, 28 May 2011 23:19:41 -0700

Erik Olson / The Daily News Shawna Curtis works the graveyard dispatch shift at Carl's Towing. Routine events are the grist of daily life, though they rarely make headlines. This week we're taking a peek at the people who make our community work but ...

Around the NFC West: Avery runs a 4.34
Thu, 26 May 2011 05:13:37 -0700

By Mike Sando Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post- Dispatch says Rams receiver Donnie Avery recently clocked 4.34 seconds in the 40-yard dash, an indication he's nearly recovered from serious knee surgery. Thomas: "That' s nearly one-tenth of a second off ...

County accelerates warning siren upgrades
Sat, 28 May 2011 09:46:32 -0700

Christian Gooden dispatch .com The spate of storms in recent weeks has accelerated activation of dozens of new, high-tech, warning sirens in St. Louis County. County officials turned on 60 of the new sirens on Friday, according to the St. ...

Ohio gun violence costs lives, millions of dollars
Sun, 29 May 2011 14:14:28 -0700

The Columbus Dispatch analyzed state records and data from 2009, which offer the most recent statewide statistics available. It found guns were present in more than 12500 incidents investigated by authorities, an average of 34 per day. ...

Squirrels recap: Richmond 3, Akron 2
Sat, 28 May 2011 21:02:48 -0700

By Times- Dispatch Staff From staff reports Nick Noonan drove in all three runs, including the go-ahead double in the 10th inning, to give Richmond a 3-2 win over Akron on Saturday. Skyler Stromsmoe led off the 10th with a walk and moved to second on a ...

Hurricane season
Sat, 28 May 2011 21:09:26 -0700

By Times- Dispatch Staff In the path: About 12 percent of the nation's population 36.8 million people live in the areas most threatened by Atlantic hurricanes, the coastal parts of states from North Carolina to Texas, according to the 2010 Census. ...

St. Louis Post- Dispatch Releases 'Brew in the Lou'
Fri, 27 May 2011 10:18:28 -0700

In the newspaper's new 160-page, full-color book, Post- Dispatch features editor, reporter and beer columnist Evan Benn explores the beginning of beer in the caves beneath the Lemp and Anheuser-Busch breweries to the craft beer explosion happening today ...

Springdale standouts star at state track meet
Sat, 28 May 2011 21:05:52 -0700

By Paul Kogut, valley news dispatch paul Kogut is a Valley News Dispatch staff writer and can be reached at 724-226-4689 or via e-mail. shippensburg springdale freshman Emily Lelis and junior Kim Watterson have nearly matched each other's ...

Push is on to share dispatchers
Sat, 28 May 2011 19:56:05 -0700

Some area departments have put more firefighters on the road by centralizing dispatch functions with nearby communities, and more than a dozen other towns are exploring the idea for all emergency responders. Communities participating in a feasibility ...