News for New Kent County and Charles City County, Virginia | November 2, 2026
Local News
Pothole patching on I-64 east
Alternate lanes closures on eastbound Interstate 64 through New Kent County are taking place overnight Feb. 25-28, 9 p.m.-5 a.m., for pothole patching. Motorists can expect delays.
Suspect in NK shooting, standoff facing charges
Two felony charges and one misdemeanor are pending against the New Kent County man taken into custody following last Sunday night’s shooting incident and standoff with authorities at the man’s Lanexa home. Upon his release from Central State Hospital in Petersburg, Brett Jay Hahn, 52, of the 13000 block of Hidden Drive, is to be charged with one felony count each of shooting within an occupied dwelling and attempted malicious wounding along with misdemeanor domestic assault and battery, said New Kent sheriff’s detective Joey McLaughlin on Wednesday. Hahn is undergoing a mental evaluation at the hospital. Hahn allegedly used a…
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Driving stunt for fun ends in manslaughter conviction
A Toano man, who while performing behind the wheel stunts flipped his pickup truck resulting in the death of a passenger, now awaits his fate after being convicted on one count of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Alison Taylor Farmer. Joshua Earl Apperson, 21, of 103 Branch’s Pond Road, received the conviction from Judge Thomas B. Hoover in New Kent Circuit Court following a four and a half hour trial on Monday. Apperson also was convicted on misdemeanor operating a vehicle while consuming alcohol and being under age 21. Commonwealth’s Attorney Linwood Gregory said Apperson, who was 20 at…
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Charles City School Board faces $1 million shortfall
There is good news and bad news concerning the next year budget proposal presented by Charles City superintendent of schools Janet Crawley. The good news is the school system is projected receive an additional $600,000 in federal funding; the bad news is a budget shortfall of nearly $1 million. Crawley presented her preliminary budget to county School Board members during a Feb. 5 budget work session. Interim financial analyst David Papenfuse unveiled figures that reflected schools are expected to have $10,653,460 in revenue for the 2013-14 fiscal year. The number is $593,866 more than the current school year’s intake of…
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New Kent housing market showing signs of recovery
New Kent’s housing market is on the upswing, at least according to statistics released by the Virginia Association of Realtors and the Central Virginia Regional Multiple Listing Service (MLS). But those same statistics show that a buyer’s market still holds in the county. When the economy began to tank in 2008, sale prices on single family houses plummeted. But after bottoming out in 2010, prices have been on a slow but steady rebound. In 2011 in New Kent, house sales totaled 155. Last year, the sales figure rose to 226, the largest statistical increase in the Richmond area. And although…
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Burglary suspects walk due to lack of evidence in court
Two Highland Springs men walked out of New Kent Circuit Court Monday afternoon after lack of physical evidence could place them at crime scenes on Sept. 25-26 of last year. Justin Andrew Sandford, 23, of 321 Perth Lane, and Adam Dale Young Jr., 25, were found not guilty on one count each of attempted breaking and entering and breaking and entering at two different stores in New Kent. Commonwealth’s Attorney Linwood Gregory said Sandford and Young accompanied a third co-defendant, James Tillis Wickline Jr., 23, of 8030 Old Roxbury Road, Quinton, on Sept. 25-26 when the trio allegedly broke into…
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Supervisors expected to whittle down county CIP
New Kent Board of Supervisors members perused the county’s proposed $5.6 million Capital Improvement Plan ($3.6 million for countywide projects and $2 million for utility projects) for the next fiscal year and listened Monday night to explanations driving need for the projects as delivered by county administrator Rodney Hathaway. Supervisors are charged with determining which projects, if any, become part of the 2013-14 fiscal year budget. And despite sufficient cash reserves on hand to pay for the $3.6 million in countywide projects recommended by Hathaway, supervisors are already warning that another tight budget year means those recommendations could be in…
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Briefly… for Feb. 14-27, 2013
Recent felony arrests made in NK Two men face at least one felony charge each following their recent arrests by New Kent sheriff’s personnel. Myles Konrad Beverly, 19, of the 9400 block of Boulevard Rd., Providence Forge, is charged with one count of grand larceny. Beverly allegedly stole a handgun last month from a county residence. Detective Farrar Howard III arrested the suspect on Feb. 8. Eugene Meredith Otey, 38, of the 9500 block of Richmond Rd., Toano, is charged with 10 counts of forgery and uttering and three counts of obtaining money by false pretenses. The charges stem from…
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Family’s ownership of landmark Charles City country store coming to a close
Historic Route 5 in southern Charles City accommodates hundreds of vehicles every day, allowing motorists to pass a variety of plantations and the homes of former presidents of the United States. But before there were identification signs, paved roads, and even vehicles, there existed a country store that serviced residents as well as visitors to the county. Haupt’s Country Store, located at 11911 John Tyler Memorial Highway, first opened in 1893 and has been owned by a member of the Haupt family ever since. Now, the popular county store is being handed over to new owners outside of the family….
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Conduct test under racing conditions, residents implore
For residents of Brickshire and the other housing communities that surround Colonial Downs, resolving an impasse over whether the racetrack should be permitted to host motorcycle racing is easy. Simply conduct noise tests under racing conditions, they say. And that’s what over 240 residents in the area have requested by way of petition. Residents presented signed petitions to New Kent’s Board of Supervisors during the board’s Monday work session. Colonial Downs officials, meanwhile, voiced their side of the controversy to board members. Lively discussion punctuated by frequent sharp exchanges between District 4 Supervisor Ron Stiers, who represents the Brickshire area,…
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