'More than a pink ribbon'

 

Buchanan County

After years of litigation, a jury trial and a verdict in its favor, Buchanan County lost its bid to retrieve money from a contractor who bribed county officials when a judge threw out the jury's verdict.

 

Goochland

A man accused of beating a Goochland County woman nearly to death last year was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday. Irvin Leroy "Chubby" Martin, 47, was convicted in July for an attack that fractured the skull of former Gum Spring neighbor Missy Riley the morning of Feb. 5, 2007.

 

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters took Amtrak to Richmond yesterday. But she had to drive from Amtrak's Staples Mill Station to Main Street Station downtown.