News for New Kent County and Charles City County, Virginia | November 4, 2025
News Archives for May, 2008
Sex offenses dropped, but replaced by firearm counts
Fifteen sex offense counts involving two young girls and lodged against a Charles City County man have been dropped. But Forrest Everett “Skeeter” Evans now faces 10 firearm charges that, if convicted, could place him behind bars for the rest of his life. A motion filed by Charles City Commonwealth’s Attorney Rob Tyler to drop the sex charges — 10 counts of aggravated sexual battery and five counts of forcible sodomy — was granted yesterday (Tuesday) by county circuit court Judge Thomas B. Hoover. Evans, 74, of 5901 Courthouse Road, Providence Forge, had been indicted last November by a grand…
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Seven CC teaching jobs face elimination in budget crunch
Charles City school officials are faced with eliminating seven teaching positions and four other jobs to balance its $13 million budget for the next school year. And county School Board members are far from happy about the prospect. Board members learned of the schools’ predicament during a work session last Thursday night. School Superintendent Janet Crawley presented the board with three options for trimming personnel. All three, however, involve seven teaching posts — three at the elementary school and two at both the middle and high schools — along with one central office administrator, the schools’ food service director, an…
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