Henrico Citizen Audio Articles

The Henrico County Animal Shelter hosted its "Clear the Shelter!" pet adoption event Aug. 10, and 25 pets found their forever homes that day. More than 20 volunteers from the Henrico Humane Society, the William A. Harrison, Jr. Foundation and other local organizations assisted with the six-hour event, which included the placement of dogs, cats, and one guinea pig in their new homes. All...

The Henrico Humane Society will host its Bark in the Park Dog Walk Saturday, Sept. 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Deep Run Park to help raise money to support dogs in need of medical care. The overall event is free to attend but registration for the 2k walk is for one adult and for children ages 6 to 12. Through Sept. 9, two adults can register together for . Funds raised will help support animals...

The Western Henrico Rotary Club recently presented its annual Service Above Self Awards to a police officer and a firefighter for their service to their communities. The presentations took place during the club's Aug. 13 meeting at The Westwood Club. Henrico Police Officer Phillip Moyer received the award for his work, as well as his efforts with Kelona Hills Farm, a charitable initiative he...

An interactive exhibit based on the life of Van Gogh is opening to the public in Short Pump on Thursday. Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience is a 360-degree digital art exhibition that allows visitors to step into the life and universe of Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh. The exhibit is set up in the former Lidl location in Short Pump off West Broad Street through October. Click here to continue readi...

Partnership for the Future recently held its annual Reaching for the Stars Celebration to celebrate the journeys of the organization's 51 graduating high school seniors. All were accepted into a four-year college, and they collectively earned more than .9 million in scholarships, the highest amount in the organization’s history. The organization assists high school students from disadvantaged...

Brett McCray has sold jewelry and antiques at his store Need-Ful Things & More on Pemberton Road in Henrico for the past seven years. "It was my dream," said McCray. “I have five stars. I mean, people love me and my customers. I even give the little ladies little coupons for a hug when they come in, because that's the type of person I am." But Monday morning, the place wher...

The Henrico County Police Division has identified a person of interest in connection with a double-homicide that occurred in March. Xavier Perkins, 36, is wanted in connection with the March 29 shootings inside a business in the 900 block of Nine Mile Road and also is wanted by Richmond Police on unrelated charges. He is considered armed and dangerous. The victims in the March 29 shootings – Jemar...

Law enforcement agencies throughout Virginia, including the Henrico Division of Police and Virginia State Police, will be hosting sobriety checkpoints in partnership with volunteers from Mothers Against Drunk Driving Saturday, Aug. 24. It's part of the annual "Saturation Saturday" effort ahead of Labor Day weekend, designed to prevent drunk driving deaths and injuries. Labor Day wee...

For the second year in a row, Henrico County Public Schools has been named one of "America's Best-In-State Employers" by Forbes magazine. The recognition is based on criteria such as working conditions, salary, diversity, and recommendations from within the state and from national industry and staff. HCPS employs more than 7,000 people and serves almost 50,000 students. Every employ...

A new nationwide campaign to prevent fentanyl overdoses is getting underway, and Virginia First Lady Suzanne Youngkin has teamed with New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy to help spearhead it. The "It Only Takes One" campaign is a collaboration of first spouses, public figures, athletes, and influencers across the country. Most first spouses have joined the campaign, whose goal is to raise...

A Henrico man was sentenced to 27 years in prison Aug. 16 for selling fentanyl to law enforcement officials in three separate transactions in 2022 while he was also in possession of multiple guns, prosecutors said. Jason Dominic Coley, 38, was arrested on March 22, 2022, after investigators found 13.8 ounces of fentanyl, as well as two semiautomatic handguns, a semiautomatic rifle, and 4.3 ounces...

The family of a missing 17-year-old girl from Missouri believes she could be in Virginia. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is urging the public to be on the lookout for Abigail Lawless, who is missing from West Plains, Missouri. She disappeared from her family's home in the middle of the night Aug. 17 after family members fell asleep, and they are concerned that she ma...

As renters and would-be homeowners struggle with the high cost of housing, the Biden administration has announced policies to address this strain on household budgets. That includes 0 million in funding for a program to incentivize affordable housing production and streamlining loan application processes to expedite building more housing. Some of those proposals — such as a cap on rent increases f...

The Henrico School Board will meet Thursday for a 4 p.m. work session to discuss new tools that will be added to the ParentSquare communication app used by the division’s staff and families. Some of the new features will include: Online sign ups – for volunteer recruitment and signs ups for class and project supplies; Appointment sign ups – for parent-teacher conferences and other meetings; RSVP –...

822 Winnetka Avenue - 4,500, 1,522 SF (built in 1980), from Joe Reeves to Jeannette Erving-Cordor. 9 Lowell Street - 5,000, 1,452 SF (built in 1920), from Gesina Charles to Brian David Moore Jr. 6291 Habersham Drive - 5,000, 1,629 SF (built in 1988), from Frances J. Wylie to Tristan E. Carter. 2812 Farm Creek Drive - 5,000, 1,232 SF (built in 1990), from Elaine Cusack to Sundae Ray. 209 Taylor Far...

Richmond International Airport is investing in upgrades in four areas – cleaner air, energy audits, electric vehicle chargers, and robotics – in an effort to prepare for anticipated passenger traffic growth and as a way to enhance its sustainability efforts. In its latest 20-year annual forecast, Airports Council International World predicted total passenger traffic worldwide would grow at a compo...

Virginia home sales were up 10.7% in July, when compared to the same month last year, according to the Virginia Home Sales Report released on Wednesday by Virginia Realtors. The report showed that inventory continued to expand in the state, with 19,162 active listings statewide at the end of July, which is 4,223 more listings than a year ago – a 28.3% increase. There also were also 12,439 new list...

The Henrico County Board of Supervisors recently approved the [post_excerpt].3 million purchase of a West End strip mall, between Parham Road and West Broad Street, where the county and GRTC will build a new bus transfer station and Pulse bus stop. "That is the dream. To have a climate controlled place for people to wait, use the bathroom, just a much more comfortable transfer experience than...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is sending one of its exhibits to Union Presbyterian Seminary's William Smith Morton Library in Richmond. The traveling exhibition Exploring Human Origins: What Does It Mean to Be Human? will be at the library, at 3406 Chamberlayne Avenue, not far from the Henrico line, from Sept. 3 to Nov. 15. “We are so excited that Union Presbyterian Semin...

Portsmouth-based Mercy Chefs and AARP Virginia have announced a new partnership to spotlight food insecurity while also helping people cook healthy meals on a budget. The organizations will host “Dinner in a SNAP!” – an online series of free cooking demonstrations that will take place each Wednesday in September, from 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m., on Zoom. The series will demonstrate how to cook healthy me...

The Henrico County Recreation and Parks department is changing the way it registers people for fitness classes. Starting this fall, instead of taking reservations for classes, the county is introducing a group exercise access pass that will allow access on a first-come, first-served basis. The new pass will be used to scan in for people attending fitness and wellness classes at the Belmont, Deep R...

Registration for the "Great Return of the Atlantic Sturgeon," a series of outings on a pontoon boat on the James River to view the prehistoric fish as they make their fall spawning migration, is now open. The trips are sponsored by the James River Association and cost per person for people ages 12 and older. (Children younger than 12 are not permitted.) Trips will depart from Osborne Par...

Henrico Police have located one of the two teenage girls from Goochland reported missing more than a month ago in Henrico but are continuing their search for the other. Seventeen-year-old Hailey Yost was found safe, police said, but 15-year-old Alaina Hendricks remains missing. The two girls last had been seen together in the 11300 block of West Broad Street in Short Pump July 18. Detectives say t...

Henrico Police have identified the woman killed in a crash in the West End Aug. 19 as 22-year-old Retika Haider of Henrico. The crash also sent a boy of elementary school age to the hospital with critical injuries. The crash was reported shortly after 5 p.m. Monday in the 4000 block of Wistar Road. A man driving the BMW in which Haider and the boy were riding lost control, fishtailed and crossed t...

The Weinstein JCC has announced its 2024-2025 Arts + Ideas season, featuring a diverse range of programs from the performing arts to the visual arts and film arts. The season’s theme is “unity and harmony.” The season will open Sept. 26 with a concert by Israeli-Ladino folk singer Nani Vazana, ranked No. 11 on the World Music Charts. The concert will commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Oct...