Jessica Lee Sterling Hatch often walked from her Richmond home on West Grace Street to her grandmother’s on Hanover Avenue.

Making her way through the city’s Fan District was common for the 12-year-old. On Feb. 5, 1984, that would all change: Jessica went missing.

Her remains were found on April 12 of that year on Watkins Road in a rural, wooded area of Rockville in Hanover County. Information on the cause of death has not been released.

As the 27th anniversary…

Vehicles still use the lot in Old Mechanicsville for a park-n-ride location, but 20 years ago, the bodies of two Richmond residents were found there.

Mystery still surrounds the deaths of Deborah S. Ferguson and James “Jim” Richard Sherrin, both 21, and law enforcement officers remain tight-lipped about some of the particulars, including how they were killed. As for how they died, the only statement released from the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office was “The manner…

Identity theft. Two words that have become all too common and a crime that continues to rise.

In June, the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office received a report about an individual’s e-mail account being compromised.

“Subsequently,” Capt. Michael J. Trice said, “an unknown person or persons used the victim’s account and sent numerous messages out to the victim’s contacts.”

According to the e-mail, the victim was stranded in another…

While investigators continue to pursue leads into a relatively new cold case of burglary, the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office is urging residents and businesses to take steps to avoid becoming the victim.

Over the President’s Day weekend, Feb. 13-14, a break-in occurred at the Lockwood Business Center at 9007 Atlee Station Road in Mechanicsville.

Lt. Glenn Schneider said the building “had an exterior door they (culprits) were able to get through and then they forced…

Clinton Terrell was known as a hard worker and a man who traveled on foot. He was walking toward his residence in the early morning hours of July 31, 2005, when his life ended.

The 39-year-old became the victim of a vehicular homicide between 2:45 a.m., when he was last seen alive, and 3:36 a.m., when a newspaper carrier discover-ed his body in the 17000 block of Coatesville Road in the Beaverdam area.

Investigator Dave Klisz of the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office has been…