Henrico Citizen Audio Articles

In anticipation of September as Hunger Action Month, AARP Virginia is working to increase awareness about food insecurity and the resources available to help older adults in the commonwealth afford healthy and fulfilling lives. According to the organization, approximately 1 in 10 older adults in Virginia do not have consistent access to enough food. Many of those seniors are eligible for Supplemen...

Member One Federal Credit Union and Virginia Federal Credit Union officially merged Aug. 1, creating a billion holding company with more than 1,100 employees and 37 branch locations. The combined organization will serve almost 500,000 members in a variety of channels, including digital banking, ATM networks, and branch locations. “By joining together two thriving, financially healthy organizations...

Residents 18 and older can register through Aug. 30 for the free Henrico Civilian Fire Academy, a program that started in 2000 and gives participants a chance to experience many of the elements of firefighting. Coursework will include rappelling, driving fire apparatus, learning CPR, performing vehicle extrication and more. The academy will be held on 10 days during an eight-week period between Se...

Henrico County will be hosting an information session on Wednesday, Aug. 21, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. to provide older residents and their families with information about resources available to them. The free event – "Navigating Services for Older Adults in Henrico County" – will be held at the Libbie Mill Library at 2100 Libbie Lake East Street. The session will include information about...

Henrico Library's Summer Reading Challenge resulted in children, teens and adults who participated reading a total of nearly 70,000 books, with 345,325 checked out and 2,686 reviews submitted. To celebrate the end of the challenge, the library held a grand prize giveaway and awarded an Apple iPad (to Genesis T.), a Canon EOS Rebel T100 Digital SLR Camera (to Sebastian V.), and a Nintendo Swit...

The Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality will be hosting three events to commemorate the 225th anniversary of Gabriel’s Rebellion. The events will start Aug. 30 with a community gathering from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Spring Park in Lakeside, the site at which an enslaved man named Gabriel attempted to organize a massive rebellion against slavery on the same date in 1800. A stor...

Augustine Properties RSA, LLC recently bought a 9,177-square-foot office building at 2114 Dabney Road in Henrico for 5,000 from 2114 Dabney Road, LLC. The company will use the building as an investment. Isaac DeRegibus of the Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer company represented the seller in the transaction. Article Link Support the show

School power outages and air conditioning issues caused Henrico Schools to cancel the first day of classes on Aug. 19 for three West End schools. On Friday, HCPS notified families from Rivers Edge Elementary that the school was experiencing power outages and would not open to students until Wednesday, Aug. 21. Families from Maybeury Elementary were notified late Sunday night that the school was wi...

Freeman High School, located in the West End of Henrico County, closed Monday morning just hours after it opened for the first day of classes. A fast-moving storm knocked out power to thousands of people in Henrico on Sunday. While most of those Dominion Energy customers have had their power restored, the outage continued to impact the high school. "I apologize that this message is coming at...

Henrico Police have identified the 42-year-old man who was killed Sunday afternoon when an oak tree fell on his pickup truck during a storm as Peter Lottman of Henrico. Officers responded to the 800 block of Maybeury Drive in Henrico at about 4:48 p.m. for the report of a fallen tree that had crashed onto a pickup truck. When they arrived, they found Lottman dead in the cab of the pickup truck, po...

Commonwealth Commercial Partners, LLC recently announced the following lease transactions in Henrico County: Blanchard Strategies, LLC – renewed its lease of 528 SF at 4915 Radford Avenue (Sam Edwards, Tucker Warren and Eliza Izard represented the landlord); Lucy Davis Law – renewed its lease of 350 SF at 4915 Radford Avenue (Sam Edwards, Tucker Warren and Eliza Izard represented the landlord); Ep...

August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and Richmond and Henrico Health Districts are using this time to remind people of the importance of staying up to date on recommended vaccinations. “Vaccines continue to be one of the best ways to protect ourselves, our families, and our communities from some very serious diseases,” said Richmond and Henrico Health Districts Director Elaine Perry. “...

Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are voicing concern about delays in processing of Employee Retention Credit claims by the Internal Revenue Service. Warner and Kaine believe the backlog of claims is causing confusion and financial uncertainty for many businesses, nonprofits and other taxpayers. “While we applaud the work IRS has done since June 20th to root out improper claims and ident...

A man was killed Sunday afternoon when a storm caused a large tree to crash down on top of his car in Henrico's West End, according to Henrico Police. When officers arrived to the scene of the incident in the 800 block of Maybeury Drive at about 4:48 p.m., they found the man inside the vehicle dead from the impact of the tree. The driver's identity and age have not been released. The cra...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order creating a new initiative aimed at reducing recidivism rates statewide. The Stand Tall – Stay Strong – Succeed Together Initiative (Stand Tall Initiative) is designed to provide support and resources for successful reintegration into society. The initiative builds on the work of the governor’s reentry task force, which was established in April...

As part of its annual hunger relief campaign, AAA is inviting its members and customers to participate in its annual "Stepping Up for Hunger" campaign by making a monetary or canned food donation. The program is designed to help those in the community who are impacted by food insecurity. "As an organization, we are committed to making a positive impact in our communities," Ambe...

With recent rainfall clearing Virginia's drought-stricken landscape, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality recently announced that drought advisories have been lifted for 76 counties and cities throughout the commonwealth, including Henrico. Significant drought is now no longer a reality in 8 of the 13 regions that were previously under drought watch or warning, DEQ officials said....

Saturday didn’t provide the storybook ending that Glen Allen’s 13-year-old all-star team had hoped for in the championship game of the 13-year-old Babe Ruth League World Series on its home field at RF&P Stadium, as the home team fell in agonizingly close fashion, 3-2 to Oahu, Hawaii. It was the third straight year the Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association and Henrico County hosted the tourname...

Henrico students will see several new initiatives on their first day of the 2024-2025 school year this Monday, including new student ID cards, cell phone containers, and weapons scanners at elementary schools. Henrico Schools leaders have been hard at work readying staff for new policies and procedures this summer, HCPS Superintendent Amy Cashwell said at an Aug. 8 Henrico School Board meeting. HC...

One month after all eight members of Henrico’s Virginia General Assembly delegation sent a letter to Churchill Downs, Inc. CEO William Carstanjen, urging the company to withdraw plans for a gambling facility in the county, there’s been no response. The July 16 letter, issued by Henrico’s three state senators and five delegates, outlined the delegation’s opposition to the manner in which Churchill...

Breeze Airways has announced new service between Richmond International Airport and Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport in Connecticut, beginning Feb. 6. The new service will operate on Thursdays and Sundays. Introductory rates are available for one-way, subject to conditions. Breeze serves 14 destinations from RIC. Article Link Support the show

A water main break at 4701 Cox Road in Innsbrook closed the northbound lanes of the road between Nuckols Road and North Park Drive Friday. Henrico Public Utilities officials expect that repair work will be completed by mid-morning Saturday, Aug. 17. Water service to an office building in the area is also temporarily disrupted. A detour is available using Energy Way and North Park. Article Link Sup...

A Chester man is facing a fine of up to ,000 after the Transportation Security Administration found a loaded gun in his carry-on luggage at Richmond International Airport Aug. 13. The .22-caliber revolver was found to be loaded with six bullets, with six hollow-point bullets packed inside. TSA officers discovered the gun as the man entered a security checkpoint. “Our officers continue to intercept...

The Glen Allen 13-year-old Babe Ruth League all-star team will play for a World Series title Saturday at noon on its home field. Glen Allen defeated Lutz, Florida 8-4 at RF&P Stadium at RF&P Park Friday morning in a semifinal game in the 13-year-old Babe Ruth League World Series, which Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association and Henrico County are hosting for the third consecutive year. Afte...

Virginia is moving closer to restricting cell phone use in schools after the Virginia Department of Education published a draft of its “cell phone-free” guidelines on Thursday after a series of public input events. The draft defines “cell phone-free” education as “bell-to-bell,” meaning phones should be turned off and stored away from the first school bell until dismissal. This includes lunchtime...