A project hoping to scan and archive privately-held Civil War documents will be coming to Hanover on February 26.  The Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access team is looking for materials created between 1859 and 1867.  They are scanning materials and making those materials available to the public online via websites hosted by the Library of Virginia and the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission.

Project staff will be visiting the Mechanicsville Branch of the Pamunkey Regional Library on February 26 from 10 AM to 6 PM.  Appointments are encouraged.  For more information contact Brenda Pennington at 804.559.7745 or brendapenn@verizon.net.

The Senior Citizens Police Academy will take place from April 14, 2011 through June 16, 2011.  The academy will be held every Tuesday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 12 p.m.  There will be no cost for the participants.  Class size will be limited to 30 seniors as first-come, first-accepted, and the classes will be conducted at the Mechanicsville Library, located at 7461 Sherwood Crossing Place.

 The program will be available to seniors 55 years of age or older who are residents, business owners, or county employees.  Applicants must also be willing to submit to a background check.

 This academy is designed to give participants an inside look into law enforcement with the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office. The training will consist of a variety of law enforcement topics, which will give seniors a better understanding of how and why the members of the Sheriff’s Office do what they do.

By Tara Morgan - bio | email

HENRICO, VA (WWBT) - Freedom was short-lived for a former Christian youth worker accused in a federal child sex crime case.

30-year-old Kenneth Mullens, Junior is back behind bars now facing state charges of taking indecent liberties with two teenage boys in Henrico.

Mullens surrendered to state police investigators Thursday afternoon. They've been handling the case from the start with help from the FBI.

30 days - the length of time Mullens spent at home before the Mechanicsville man was reacquainted with a jail cell.