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Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this DINWIDDIE -- A motorist taking the DeWitt exit off Interstate 85 this morning made a gruesome discovery: the body of an unidentified woman lying in the roadway.

Relief is in sight - for weary travelers, that is. More than six months after the Commonwealth Transportation Board closed 19 rest areas along Virginia's interstate highways in a cost-cutting move, eight reopened on Wednesday, including the one at mile marker 55 on Interstate 85 in Dinwiddie County.

Unlike most Dinwiddie School Board meetings, the recent meeting was abuzz with parents and students filling the room to near capacity.

After being closed since last summer, eight more rest areas in Virginia will reopen Wednesday, including one on I-85 in Dinwiddie County.

Colonial Heights The following information was provided to The Progress-Index by the Colonial Heights Police Department.

Many historians were drawn to the Petersburg area because of its rich history. But not Ronald Seagrave.

The only thing that is certain about the Dinwiddie School Board's budget for the upcoming fiscal year is uncertainty and likely job cuts.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this "Live, Laugh and Love" God is in the midst Lawrence and Loureatha Freeman Bolling celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on February 20, 2010.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Mr. and Mrs. Dean and Alice Robinson of McKenney, Va., are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Karon Denise Robinson, to Gary "Lamar" Nivens of Chester, Va., son of the late Yolanda Nivens of Chester, Va., and the late Christopher Pettus of Red Oak, Va.

A Petersburg man is under arrest, accused of abducting a teenage girl at knifepoint Monday.

Colonial Heights The following information was provided to The Progress-Index by the Colonial Heights Police Department.

PHILADELPHIA a " The driver of a van involved in a fatal crash in southern Virginia has been charged with reckless driving, but a passenger in the van says no one's to blame, calling it 'a freak accident.'Manisha Modi, who's hospitalized with a broken jaw and collarbone, says 'there wasn't anything that was out of control or irresponsible.'The van ...

Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart has issued this statement about the death of a Temple student in a crash on Interstate 85 in Dinwiddie County early today.

A van carrying Temple University students to Durham, N.C., for a dance competition wrecked on Interstate 85 early today, killing one student and injuring seven others, Virginia State Police said.

Landowners interested in permanently preserving woodlands on their property might be eligible for financial help from the Virginia Department of Forestry.

Colonial Heights The following information was provided to The Progress-Index by the Colonial Heights Police Department.

The county School Board continues to grapple with an ever-changing budget scenario, which will remain fluid until the Virginia General Assembly completes its budget.

Have you ever seen the like? More snow, more ice and cold, cold, cold. And how about that wind last Wednesday? Honest, the pictures came off the wall; the wind was coming through the cracks, I reckon.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] George L. Taylor of Dinwiddie and Mary H. Meade of Jarratt, Va., announce the engagement of their daughter, Pareta Meade of Dinwiddie, Va., to Ronnie M. Evans of Dinwiddie, Va., son of Ronnie and Regina Evans of Prince George, Va.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] The marriage of Crystal P. Blakes, daughter of Mr. John Blakes of Petersburg and Ms.