Virginia's death row prepares for first lethal injection using new drug mix
A 30-year-old Williamsburg man sentenced to death for the 2001 rape and murder of an elderly woman could become the first Virginia inmate executed using a new combination of drugs. Jerry Terrell Jackson is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday night at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) denied his request for clemency last week. Now only the U.S ...
Girls: Brunswick 51, Greensville 34
GREENSVILLE (11-2, 8-1 Southside) - Fopko 10, Kee 2, Miles 4, Thomas 6, Williams 2, Jones 2, Drake 6, Doyle 2. Totals 14 6-19 34.
57 inmates receive dialysis in Va. prisons
Walter Apperson feared for his life 15 years ago when eight fellow dialysis patients at Greensville Correctional Center died in less than a year.
Inmate indicted in stabbing death of Portsmouth...
GREENSVILLEA prison inmate has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the stabbing of an inmate from Portsmouth.Bernard Jay Dingle, 34, is accused of killing Eric O. Harris, 23, on Feb. 20 at Greensville Correctional Center. They were in a cell together, "and the victim comes out and was stabbed," Commonwealth's Attorney Patricia Watson of Greensville County said.
Teresa Lewis
Rev. Lynn Litchfield (right) talks about her friend Teresa Lewis during a vigil down the street from Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., where Lewis was to be executed Thursday, September 23, 2010.  Full story
Teresa Lewis executed for role in 2002 double...
After she was strapped on to the execution table, Teresa Lewis asked the warden at Greensville Correctional Center if her stepdaughter was in attendance.
No 11th-hour reprieve as grandmother dies in...
A Virginia grandmother who hired two men to murder her husband and stepson, so she could pocket their $250,000 life insurance policy, was executed by lethal injection Thursday at Greensville Correctional Center, Va., the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. Teresa Lewis, 41, was the first woman to be executed in the...
Teresa Lewis awaits execution tomorrow night at...
Teresa Lewis is set to die by injection tomorrow night for the murder-for-hire slayings of two loved ones in Pittsylvania County almost eight years ago.
McDonnell declines again to block execution
Unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes, Teresa Lewis is to die by injection at 9 p.m. Thursday at Greensville Correctional Center.
Woman still hopes her execution will be halted
Teresa Lewis has been moved to one of three windowless cells adjacent to the death chamber at Greensville Correctional Center.
Judge panel upholds Harris election to Hopewell...
A three-judge panel last night dismissed a suit challenging the results of May's City Council election. Coordinating Judge W. Allan Sharrett, chief judge of Greensville County Circuit Court, delivered the unanimous ruling that the suit brought by Yolanda Wyche-Stokes did not prove the incumbent winner, the Rev. Curtis W. Harris ...
Judge panel upholds Harris' election to seventh...
A three-judge panel last night dismissed a suit challenging the results of May's City Council election. Coordinating Judge W. Allan Sharrett, chief judge of Greensville County Circuit Court, delivered the unanimous ruling that the suit brought by Yolanda Wyche-Stokes did not prove the incumbent winner, the Rev. Curtis W. Harris ...
High school notes: Three schools name football...
Thomas Jefferson High also has a new head football coach. He is Bernard Griffin, who most recently was an assistant coach at St. Paul’s College. Griffin is a former head football coach and assistant basketball coach at Greensville County High. •Chesterfield Community’s Juhahn Robinson will continue his basketball career at Louisburg (N.C.) Junior College. Robinson missed most of his senior season because of an injury. He averaged 16.3 points in nine games after returning to the...
Killer's appeal fails in U.S. Supreme Court
BULLETIN: Darick Demorris Walker was executed at 9:24 p.m. for the separate killings of two Richmond men. He was lethally injected at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt.
Execution in Richmond murders set for tonight
Darick Demorris Walker is set to die by injection tonight at 9 at the Greensville Correctional Center for the capital murder of two Richmond men.
Softball: Powhatan 15, Greensville 0
Greensville------------- 000 00-0 2 5 Powhatan------------- 340 62-15 16 0 Newsome, Seal (4) and Sopko; Brooks, Marshall (5) and Sill. W: Brooks. L: Newsome. Highlights: Liz Sill (P) 3 for 3, 3 RBI; Rachael Walters (P) 2 for 3, 3 RBI, 3B, 2B; Jen Balcom (P) 2 for 3, 2 RBI; Jessica Brooks (P) 2 for 2, 2 RBI; Sierra Ford (P) 2-run HR
Baseball: Powhatan 10, Greensville 0
Greensville------------- 000 000 -0 3 5 Powhatan------------- 314 101 -10 10 1 Wyatt and Jones; Phillips, Manion (4) and Anderson; W: Phillips, L: Wyatt Highlights: Adam Wyatt (G) 2 for 2, BB; CJ Burton (P) 2 for 3, 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Cole Phillips (P) 2 for 4, RBI; Matt Lyman (P) 2 for 3
Girls Tennis: Powhatan 9, Greensville 0
Singles: Ramthum d. Woodruff 8-1; Ja. Harris d. Hicks 8-1; Farr d. Grizzard 8-0; Je. Harris d. Graves 8-1; Watts d. Logan 8-0; Carlson d. Wray 8-1 Doubles: Ramthum-Ja. Harris d. Woodruff-Hicks 8-2; Farr-Je. Harris d. Grizzard-Graves 8-3; Toibin-Seeley d. Wray-Whitlock 8-1 Records: Powhatan 2-0 Southside, 5-2; Greensville 0-2, 2-2
Man charged in motorcyle accident held on $25k...
A Greensville man charged with involuntary manslaughter remained in Middle River Regional Jail on Monday.
Softball: Powhatan 14, Greensville 0
Powhatan------------- 130 811 0 -14 14 0 Greensville------------- 000 000 0 -0 1 3 Walters, Brooks (6) and Sill, Smith (6); Newsome, Seal (5) and Sopko; W: Walters, L: Newsome Highlights: Jessica Brooks (P) 4 for 4, 4 RBI; Cady Shelton (P) 3 for 5, RBI; Rachael Walters (P) 2 for 4, 2 RBI, 13 K
Man convicted of killing retired Greensville...
A man convicted of raping and killing a retired teacher in Greensville County more than three decades ago will be sentenced in May.
Second conviction in'75 Emporia murder leaves many...
Not everyone who was gratified to see the right person convicted of murdering an 88-year-old retired teacher in Emporia 35 years ago was in the courtroom to witness it. On Wednesday, a Greensville County jury found Thomas Pope Jr., 55, guilty of the Jan. 2, 1975, rape and murder and recommended sentences of life and 35 years in what may have been the oldest murder case ever tried in Virginia.
Man convicted in 1975 death of retired teacher in...
The 35-year-old rape and murder of a retired teacher was resolved yesterday by a Greensville County Circuit Court jury and DNA evidence. Thomas Pope Jr., 55, was convicted of the first-degree murder and rape of Eva King Jones, 88, who was attacked in her Emporia home Jan. 2, 1975. The jury recommended sentences of life for the murder and 35 years for the rape.
Death house part of life for Jarratt residents
Roger Mason knows at least 10 people who work inside Greensville Correctional Center, and one person who’s serving time there for beating his mother with a pipe.
State Girls' Hoops: Millbrook beats Greensville ...
Courtni Green scored 31 points and had eight steals Saturday, leading Millbrook to a 49-38 victory against Greensville County and its first Group AA, Division 3 girls' state championship.

  * Millbrook wins girls basketball state title
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