News for New Kent County and Charles City County, Virginia | November 1, 2026
Local News
New Kent schools add days to extend calendar year
Two days for students are being added to the end of the school year on New Kent schools’ calendar to make up for days lost this week due to the latest snowstorm. County school board members voted 4-0 at their March 6 meeting to schedule school for students on Monday, June 16 and Tuesday, June 17. A teacher workday is now set for June 18. School officials opted to add days to the end of the year over concern for time lost in preparation for state Standards of Learning testing. Adding the two days means SOL testing can be pushed…
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Substitutes among $436,000 in cuts made by CC schools
With a mandate from county supervisors to cut $436,732 from their current budget, Charles City School Board members approved a list of recommended cuts during Tuesday night’s work session. Among items included in trimming the deficit are removing the prepay plan for Appomattox Regional and Maggie Walker Governor’s schools ($97,000), substitute teachers ($32,172), instruction materials ($27,591), and instructional equipment ($18,265). After-school activities and spring sports survived the mainstream cuts, thanks to coaches and the high school band director forgoing stipends for the season ($10,710). Other key factors for sports remaining were community contributions to help repair the high school track….
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CC schools to ask supervisors for level funding in 2014-15
Charles City school board members approved a $10,083,325 budget for the 2014-15 school year at their March 18 work session. The vote passed 3-2, with at-large member Steve Fuhrmann and District 3 representative Martha Harris casting the dissenting votes. Discussions emerged based on the county school officials’ March 7 meeting. There, school officials voted 4-1 to ask supervisors for level funding for county schools. Schools were budgeted just over $4.5 million in local dollars for the current school year. But major complications stand in the way of schools’ request. Interim school finance director Ray Watson indicated if the $4.5 million…
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Seven indicted during New Kent Circuit Court proceedings
A New Kent Circuit Court grand jury handed down indictments to seven individuals during Monday morning court proceedings: –Randolph Benjamin Berry Jr., 53, of the 2100 block of Hilliard Road, Richmond, on two counts of obtaining money under false pretenses. Last Sept. 6, Berry allegedly cashed checks belonging to Kosal Sam and Cameron Watson, receiving more than $200 from each of them. –David Luther Holley Jr., 42, of the 8300 block of New Kent Highway, New Kent, on two counts each of grand larceny and possession of stolen goods with the intent to sell. According to the indictment, Holly stole…
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NKSB vows to stand fast on ‘non-negotiable’ components
New Kent’s School Board is drawing what one member labeled a “line in the sand” regarding certain features that school officials say must be incorporated into any plan for renovating the county’s Historic School into a grade K-5 elementary. The features rank as “non-negotiable,” they insist. And board members plan to present a united front and make their stance clear when they meet with county officials and representatives of Marengo Management, the company that has placed on the table an unsolicited proposal under the state’s Public-Private Educational Facilities Infrastructure Act (PPEA) to undertake the renovation work. School board members took…
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CC jury renders split verdicts for driver in bike accident
A Charles City jury has rendered a split verdict in the case of a Virginia Beach truck driver involved in a traffic accident last year that injured two men participating in a bike ride. Carlton Percell Crawford, 53, of the 2100 block of Pier Point Place, received a guilty verdict on one count of misdemeanor reckless driving during March 14 court proceedings. The jury returned a not guilty verdict on one count of felony hit and run that resulted in injuries. Last May 11, the Virginia Capital City Trail Bike Ride passed through Charles City, with hundreds of cyclists occupying…
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One big item dropped as CIP heads to NK supervisors
Although some members expressed dismay over removal of one big ticket item, New Kent’s Planning Commission voted Monday to forward a $12 million Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for the next fiscal year to the county’s Board of Supervisors with recommendation for approval. Commission members took the action by a 9-0-1 vote following a public hearing at which no one spoke during the group’s regular monthly meeting. The proposed plan now heads to supervisors for consideration during the upcoming budget-building process for next year. Supervisors have final say on which projects, if any, become part of the 2014-15 (FY15) budget. Last…
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Sophisticated scam surfaces
New Kent Sheriff’s Office is warning area residents to beware of a sophisticated telephone scam that surfaced March 10. The caller claims to be with the sheriff’s office and has somehow managed to manipulate caller ID so that the sheriff’s office non-emergency number shows up on the victim’s phone. According to Chief Deputy Joe McLaughlin, a New Kent resident reported receiving such a call. The computer generated number showed up on the victim’s caller ID as (804) 966-9500, which is the non-emergency number for the New Kent Sheriff’s Office. The process of generating false caller ID information is known as…
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Briefly… for Mar. 20-Apr. 2, 2014
Alcohol considered a factor in crash Authorities now say that alcohol could have contributed to the single-vehicle crash in Charles City County that claimed the lives of a father and son from New Kent County. State Police spokesman Sgt. Thomas Molnar says alcohol “is considered a factor,” but adds the investigation into the accident is continuing. Around 3 a.m. on March 9, a 2004 Ford F-150 pickup truck ran off the right side of the road as the vehicle headed west on Route 5 (John Tyler Memorial Hwy.). The driver apparently overcorrected, causing the vehicle to swerve across the road…
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Alcohol considered a factor in Charles City crash that killed New Kent father, son
Authorities now say that alcohol could have contributed to a single-vehicle crash in Charles City County that claimed the lives of a father and son from New Kent County. State Police spokesman Sgt. Thomas Molnar says alcohol “is considered a factor,” but adds the investigation into the accident is continuing. Around 3 a.m. on March 9, a 2004 Ford F-150 pickup truck ran off the right side of the road as the vehicle headed west on Route 5 (John Tyler Memorial Hwy.). The driver apparently overcorrected, causing the vehicle to swerve across the road and run off the left side…
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