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King William Friday night Cruise Ins continue weekly through Aug. 8 at King William High School. The 6-8:30 p.m. events combine food, music and classic automobiles in the parking lot. For details, or to find out how businesses can help sponsor the event, call JudiAnn Shaver at (804) 769-4981.

Colonial Heights A hotel guest's Fourth of July fireworks celebration on his balcony set off smoke that resulted in the man being charged with violating a state fire code, Colonial Heights police said. The man, Jeremy A. Griffin, 23, of Texas, was charged after firefighters were called to the Comfort Suites on South Avenue about 8 p.m. Friday because of smoke in the hotel.

Chesterfield Bon Secours Richmond Health System has switched the physician group it uses to provide emergency care at St. Francis Medical Center in Chesterfield County and Richmond Community Hospital in Richmond. Michigan-based ER-One started providing emergency coverage at Richmond Community on May 8. The same company will start covering St. Francis Medical Center's emergency department Aug. 1. Central Virginia Emergency Associates will continue to staff the emergency department at St. Mary's.

Henrico Award-winning author Julia Alvarez will discuss her works, which include "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" and "In the Time of the Butterflies," on Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. at Deep Run High School, 4801 Twin Hickory Road. The event is free and open to the public. For details, visit www.henricolibrary.org.

Hanover Hanover County has been awarded a 2008 National Association of Counties Achievement Award for Hanover's Debris Management Plan. The plan identified a way to provide cost-effective and timely management of debris and other waste generated from catastrophic events.

Petersburg The Petersburg Library Foundation has received a $1,000 donation from Quota International of Petersburg toward the building of a new Petersburg Public Library headquarters. Quota International, a women's-service organization chartered in Petersburg in 1953, recently voted to dissolve and disburse its funds. For details on the library, see www.plf-giving.org or call (804) 733-7815.

Hopewell ElkayMedia LLC, a video-production company in the Shenandoah County town of Edinburg, has received a 2008 Telly Award for a video it produced for the 50th anniversary of Hopewell Church of the Nazarene. Steve King, a 1975 Hopewell High School graduate, is president of ElkayMedia. The half-hour documentary featured interviews of former pastors, charter members and other parishioners as well as dozens of old photographs.

Henrico The Keep Henrico Beautiful Committee has announced the winners of the 2008 Clean Business Awards, which recognize a business in each district that has maintained an outstanding property through landscaping, lawn care, litter removal and recycling. Winners are: Bob Evans restaurant, Brookland District; Wendy's restaurant, Fairfield District; Morningside in the West End, Three Chopt District; Bank of Virginia, Tuckahoe District; and Hillbilly Red's Barbeque restaurant, Varina District.

AROUND THE STATE

Fairfax County police have identified a woman whose body was found on a Vienna sidewalk and say a Woodbridge man is charged with killing her. The body of Homaira Rahman, 25, of Vienna was found about 6:30 a.m. Friday on Malraux Drive near the Washington and Old Dominion Trail and less than a mile from her home, police said. Ehsan Amin, 30, faces abduction and murder charges. Police say they believe the two knew each other. -- From Staff and Wire Reports