Westmoreland County news

Westmoreland still waiting on promised cable upgrade (11/13/2008)
• Promised improvements in Westmoreland slow to materialize

Westmoreland adopts crowd-control law (11/8/2008)
• Westmoreland seeks to give law enforcement officials more control over crowds

Voting is brisk in Westmoreland (11/4/2008)
• Snapshots reveal strong interest in this year's election.

Westmoreland to begin second phase of sewer (11/1/2008)
• Westmoreland prepares to move to second phase of Washington District sewer system

Man sought in tavern shooting (10/28/2008)
• Westmoreland authorities seeking suspect in tavern shootings

Northern Neck lawmen take new patrol cars for a spin (10/19/2008)
• Northern Neck law enforcement officials take new Charger patrol cars for a spin

County to clarify clearing ordinance (10/16/2008)
• Westmoreland board set to do a little clearing on bush-hogging ordinance

Westmoreland man, 71, faces murder charge (9/30/2008)
• Westmoreland man, 71, accused of killing brother-in-law

Colonial Beach raid brings arrest of two men in home-invasion drug robbery (9/18/2008)
• More than 30 heavily armed officers charged into a Colonial Beach apartment complex Wednesday night and arrested two men accused of stealing marijuana in a home invasion last week.

Home-invasion case ends with guilty plea (9/12/2008)
• One of four defendants in home-invasion shooting in Westmoreland gets 10 years in plea deal

Citizens group achieves victory (9/10/2008)
• Westmoreland officials agree to log county vehicle use after repeated complaints from new Citizens Association

Men face 58 counts in home invasion (9/9/2008)
• Four Westmoreland man facing felony charges in home-invasion shooting that left Oak Grove man paralyzed

Museum works with YMCA (9/7/2008)
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Kickoff shaky, but Eagles coast (8/23/2008)
• High school football: Nandua at Washington & Lee