Henrico Citizen Audio Articles

Henrico County is celebrating the grand opening of Taylor Farm Park in Sandston with several weekend activities. On Friday, the 1990 movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" will play outdoors on the event lawn starting at sunset, approximately 8:30 p.m. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and flashlight. Concessions will be available for purchase. On Saturday, RADshare and Richmond Cycling Corps...

Citing confusion about potential impacts to Henrico citizens, Henrico County officials are urging the Goochland Planning Commission to defer a request on Thursday night’s agenda from Luck Stone Corporation, which is seeking to expand operations at its 70-acre Rockville quarry just west of the Henrico-Goochland border near Pouncey Tract Road and Kain Road. The proposal seeks a conditional use permi...

A Henrico man died after being struck by a vehicle along Cedar Fork Road July 17. The driver stopped and remained on scene; police do not believe alcohol or speed were factors in the crash. The crash was reported at about 8:53 p.m. at the intersection of Cedar Fork Road and Tiffanywoods Lane, according to Henrico Police. When police arrived, they found 22-year-old Tyrone Calvin Jeffries with serio...

JUNE 24 Royal Farms, 2401 Mechanicsville Turnpike – The following violation was reported during a routine inspection: temperature of spicy chicken tenders in front service warmer unit is too low. Kabab House, 3411 Old Parham Road – The following violations were reported during a routine inspection: temperatures of noodles and several containers of chicken in walk-in cooler are elevated; temperatur...

Despite the hot temperatures, dozens turned out for Tuesday's ribbon-cutting at Taylor Farm Park in Sandston. The 20-acre park is nestled among what used to be 99-acres of eastern Henrico farmland owned by the Taylor family since the 1850s. Sallie Cochran said her dad had wanted to see a park on his land since the 1990s when he wanted to try to work with the county to give them 100 acres, but...

Despite numerous setbacks, Henrico’s Tuckahoe Little League complex renovation project is still in the works. After a bond referendum including million for the project was approved by voters in 2016, the county created a plan to improve numerous aspects of the complex, such as revamping fields, creating a new main entrance, building new restrooms and batting cages, and more. The project initially...

The Great Aspirations Scholarship Program, or GRASP, is hosting workshops in the coming weeks to help students complete their financial aid applications. The workshops will help students with everything from filling out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form to how to find federal financial aid opportunities. GRASP is a non-profit organization that works to ensure all students h...

The Sheltering Arms Institute was ranked the 19th Best Rehabilitation hospital in the country by U.S. News & World Report, an improvement from last year’s ranking of 29th. The U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of the "50 Best Rehabilitation Hospitals" are based on quality of care, clinical outcomes, and physician opinion. Sheltering Arms Institute, located just over the...

4820 Wall Avenue - 0,000, 1,950 SF (built in 1987), from Doris S. and James A. Pollock to Champs Global Concept LLC. 3207 Gaulding Lane - 0,000, 1,405 SF (built in 1960), from Raymond L. Kenney Jr. to Huzhabr Akhgar and Ghulam Sakhi. 121 North Rose Avenue - 5,000, 1,006 SF (built in 2024), from Bruce W. Taylor Masonry Inc. to Joseph Lafser. 4138 White Orchid Lane - 2,765, 1,504 SF (built in 2024),...

The Law Office of James Steele, PLLC in Roanoke has won the Attorney General’s Cup in the 18th Annual Legal Food Frenzy. It is the firm's fourth consecutive win in a competition sponsored by the attorney general's office to raise money for food banks throughout Virginia. This year's event raised a total of nearly 0,000, enough to provide about 1.2 million meals for those in need sta...

Throughout the month of July, Sheetz is raising money to support children in need through its Sheetz For the Kidz campaign. The employee-driven charity helps children with life-threatening medical conditions by sponsoring one child per Sheetz operating district. Customers at Sheetz’s 720-plus stores across six states can make a donation at the check-out by adding funds to their purchase. The money...

Henrico Citizen Education Reporter and Report for America Corps member Liana Hardy will spend Monday, July 22 at the Fairfield Area Library (1401 North Laburnum Avenue) as part of the Citizen’s new “mobile newsroom” initiative. Hardy will be in the library’s large conference room (located in the lobby, past the circulation desk across from the restrooms and vending machines) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m....

Seven HCA Virginia hospitals – including Henrico Doctors' Hospital were named to U.S. News and World Report's "2024-2025 Best Hospitals" list. The hospitals were recognized for their excellence in providing care for patients with 15 different specialties and 20 procedures and conditions, ratings based upon a number of factors, including clinical outcomes, level of nursing care,...

Leadership Metro Richmond will host two identical virtual workshops designed for nonprofit organizations that want to learn about effective board of directors governance. The workshops, "Board Essentials," will take place on Zoom Wednesday, July 24 from noon to 2 p.m. and Wednesday, July 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The same content will be presented each time. Attendees will be able to lear...

Earlier this week, U.S. Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-4th District) presented a check for [post_excerpt].66 million to the YWCA of Richmond. The money will help the organization's "Transforming Lives After Surviving Domestic Violence Project" build at least 40 new homes and offer 24/7 services for survivors of domestic violence. “YWCA Richmond is an important cornerstone of...

Henrico County Public Schools will host its "Back-to-School Kickoff" Aug. 9 at the Henrico Sports and Events Center. The event will feature a variety of activities for families, including the return of the 3-on-3 Hoop It Up basketball tournament, a pep-rally style celebration, a school and community resource fair, a "Kid Zone" area and an immunization clinic. Competition in the...

Two players with Henrico ties were selected in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft this week. The Baltimore Orioles made Griff O’Ferrall – the starting shortstop for the University of Virginia and a former Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association player who graduated from St. Christopher’s School – the 38th player selected in the draft when they took him in the Prospect Promotion Incentive portion o...

The owners of a familiar 52-acre office park in Henrico’s West End want to turn it into a massive urban mixed-use development with more than 1,500 apartment and townhome units, a town center, event space and more than 30,000 square feet of retail space. Forest Avenue Office, LLC, a holding company of Reynolds Development, has filed plans to transform the Reynolds Crossing Office Park at the inters...

The eight members of Henrico County’s Virginia General Assembly delegation Tuesday sent a letter to Churchill Downs Incorporated, urging the company to withdraw plans to operate a gambling facility featuring historical horse racing machines in the Staples Mill Shopping Center in Henrico’s Near West End. The company submitted plans last month to open the gambling facility at the 25,000-square-foot...

Josh Goldberg was elected president of the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond, effective July 1, at the organization’s recent annual meeting at the Virginia Holocaust Museum. He most recently served as vice president and a member of the executive committee of the JCFR. He succeeds Amy Nisenson as president after she completed her two-year term. Other officers elected at the meeting: Shelley G...

Virginia farmers will be able to access 7 million in cost-share funding for conservation practices that aim to improve water quality. The Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program offers farmers up to 0,000 to implement practices such as cover crops, nutrient management plans, and forested or herbaceous buffers. These practices can help reduce nutrient pollution, sediment,...

The Henrico Division of Recreation and Parks will host its Christmas in July movie day Thursday, July 25 at the Henrico Theatre in Highland Springs and will be collecting items for the Henrico Christmas Mother throughout the day. The division will show "Jingle All the Way" at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and "Scrooged" at 7 p.m. Admission for each showing is [post_excerpt] per person, an...

The Haiti Ministry at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Glen Allen will host a rummage sale Sept. 6-7 to benefit the people of Haiti. Thousands of items will be available for sale at the event, which will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 6 and from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 7. The church will accept gently used items for the sale Sept. 3 (from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.), Sept. 4 (from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) a...

The George Washington Carver Initiative and lolaa Chain Hair Salon will be hosting a back-to-school clothing sale and hairstyling/haircuts event for children Aug. 3 at the salon, located at 2745 Hungary Spring Road. All gently used clothing items will be available for [post_excerpt] apiece, and all shampoos, haircuts and hairstyles are available to children for half price. The event will run from...

As a result of his efforts in promoting innovation in the healthcare sector, U.S. Congressman Rob Wittman (R-First District-VA) has been named a "Champion of Healthcare Innovation" by the Healthcare Leadership Council. "As America's healthcare industry stakeholders continually innovate to improve the lives of patients and enhance each function within the delivery of care, legis...