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The Mission Gait Foundation Academy, based in Henrico County, has launched its new Gait Rehabilitation Specialist Certification Program, offering physical therapists and physical therapist assistants with comprehensive training, certification, and inclusion in a searchable database for patients experiencing gait dysfunction (abnormal walking patterns). Gait dysfunction is one of the most frequentl...

Three new members have been appointed to the board of directors of Glen Allen-based LeadingAge Virginia, which works to support older Virginians. The new board members are Taneisha Hampton (assisted living and memory support administrator at Goodwin House Bailey's Crossroads), Aaron Housh (president and chief executive officer of Good Samaritan Hospice Inc.), and William Lester (former longti...

Among the volunteers and corporate partners honored at the Sixth Annual Steps to Success Awards was Karen Whelan, who received the Leadership Champion Award. Hosted by the United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg, the June 5 event was held  at the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond. Whelan, a long-time Henrico resident until her recent move to Goochland County, has supported United Way as a vo...

U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) is among the senators cosponsoring "Tyler's Law," a bill that would direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide hospitals nationwide with guidance about how to implement fentanyl testing in their routine emergency room drug screening processes. The bill is named for Tyler Shamash, a teen who died of an overdose in part because h...

As many as 10 First Tee chapters from along the East Coast will descend upon Henrico's Belmont Golf Course July 9-11 for the three-day Redmond Cup, during which participants apply the life and golf skills learned in the First Tee curriculum. The national law firm of Troutman Pepper will serve as the presenting sponsor for the 10th annual event. The Redmond Cup will include a practice round on...

A new boat rental service is offering the chance to cruise the James River in style. Retro Boat Rentals, part of the Sea Suite Cruises fleet, on June 1 launched a fleet of vintage-style electric boats featuring fins and headlights, retro colors, and chrome details. The classic fiberglass runabout boats (from the 1958-1963 era) were restored and fitted with modern electric motors, according to comp...

MAY 15 Akoya Kitchen, 10921-F West Broad Street – The following violations were reported during a routine inspection: corn starch container isn’t labeled; observed wrap still on stove shelf; shelves on the line are dusty. MAY 16 Chicken Fiesta, 8211 Brook Road – The following violations were reported during a routine inspection: black residue buildup found inside ice machine; temperatures of tomat...

The University of Richmond's Modlin Center for the Arts has received a ,500 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts that will support three performances commissioned by the center during its 2024-25 season, including two world premiers. The grant is the first from the NEA received by the Modlin Center. It will support the Sept. 26 and 28 performances of 'What Belongs to You,'...

At a June 3 community meeting at Belmont Recreation Center, Henrico County Public Works officials gave citizens the space to discuss their road-safety concerns, including a lack of law enforcement and high vehicle volumes, as a part of the county’s new Arrive Alive Henrico program. The plan – funded by the U.S. Safe Streets for All program – aims to find such concerns and create plans to address t...

The Henrico School Board will meet on June 6 for a 2:30 p.m. work session and 6:30 p.m. monthly meeting to vote on changes to sexual harassment and discrimination policies, as well as revisions to technology use policies. The changes would put Henrico Schools in line with new updates to federal Title IX policies released in April, which expand the definitions of sexual harassment and discriminatio...

Virginia State Police say they are investigating a shooting that happened on Interstate 64 sending three adults to the hospital. According to State Police, the shooting happened on westbound I-64 near the 192 mile marker at around 8 p.m. Tuesday. That's near the on/off-ramp for Route 360/Mechanicsville Turnpike. Troopers say their initial investigation leads them to believe that there was an...

A Henrico County domestic abuse treatment center is seeing a drastic rise in calls for service from domestic violence survivors. It comes on the heels of two different shooting deaths that police say are tied to domestic issues. On Tuesday, Henrico County Police released more information on a homicide investigation near Hope Road, saying the initial call to 911 came from someone involved in a dome...

Twenty years ago, Henrico Police had just one property crime detective assigned to car thefts. Now, there are four. Major Chris Eley, who oversees investigations at the Henrico Police Division, said auto thefts have "grown exponentially" in the county in recent years, especially among Kias and Hyundais after a viral social media trend suggested they were easy vehicles to steal. The most...

5618 Annette Drive - 0,000, 1,418 SF (built in 1980), from Sally P. Bryant-Jefferson to Mobley Investment Solutions LLC. 2220 Binford Lane - 0,000, 1,092 SF (built in 1970), from Lillie M. Johnson to Caine Talley. 1705 Hungary Road - 3,000, 1,170 SF (built in 1972), from Wm T. and Rosa P. Winston to Revitalize RVA LLC. 5610 Hawthorne Avenue - 0,000, 1,125 SF (built in 1972), from Umar Goodwin to J...

Henrico Police say they are now investigating a death on Hope Road as a homicide. On Monday June 3, at 8:08 a.m., Henrico Police say they were called to the 1600 block of Hope Road for a reported domestic disturbance. Once on scene officers say they located an adult man with an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives with Henrico Police have identified the victim as...

Officials from Richmond International Airport and Southwest Airlines Tuesday celebrated the airline's first direct flight to Nashville, one of two new destinations Southwest is serving from RIC. The first flight to Nashville passed through a ceremonial water arch (pictured) at the airport before taking off. Southwest previously had announced plans for weekly service between Richmond and Nashv...

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced more than 2,900 winners National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities, including one Henrico student. The winners were selected from finalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program who are planning to attend college at the institution that is financing the scholarship. The awards provide between 0 and ,000 a...

The League of Women Voters of Virginia has launched a fact-checking website to help combat the spread of misinformation ahead of the general election. The new website, which was developed in partnership with VerbaAI, will use artificial intelligence to identify political statements and then check them against known and trusted sources such as Snopes, PolitiFact, LeadStories, and Fact Check.org. Th...

Connor Hicks of Glen Allen graduated cum laude May 4 from the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kan. Hicks earned a bachelor of science degree in Exercise Science. *** Christine Roberts Gettys of Henrico graduated May 19 with a master of arts in Liberal Studies from Hollins University in Roanoke, Va. *** Teja Sai Raghava Gopidesi of Glen Allen recently graduated with a master of science deg...

Police began a death investigation Monday morning outside a Hope Road apartment in the Fairfield community of Henrico County. "Henrico Police responded to the 1600 block of Hope Road for a reported domestic disturbance. Once on scene, officers spoke with the caller about her concerns," a Henrico Police spokesperson wrote in an email about the situation. "As other officers arrived, a...

“Hey there! Where should you be? And is he going too?” High school teacher Elizabeth Broda does this a lot. She calls it embarking on a “grand adventure,” when she roams the campus of the school to track down her students who should be in class. This time, she sees one of her students walking around with a friend, and tells them both, kindly, that they need to hightail it to the classroom. But 10...

Welcome to the 12th edition of the Henrico Citizen’s Henrico’s Top Teachers section, highlighting the work and efforts of 20 outstanding teachers in Henrico County. Since we started this section in 2011, we now have profiled 240 Henrico teachers – each with a story as unique, impressive and meaningful as the teachers themselves. Each year, we receive dozens upon dozens of nominations from readers...

When the new weapons scanners arrived at the front doors of Hungary Creek Middle, along with the new school security officers, some students were apprehensive, a few even looked outwardly traumatized, counselor Britt Nill said. “I noticed the kids were already terrified of the weapons scanners,” Nill said. “A lot of kids looked like they were about to cry before they even walked through.” But many...

Fourth grade social studies and language arts teacher Charlotte Jenkins always imagined herself as a teacher – just never in those subjects. “Growing up, I always hated reading and I hated history,” Jenkins said. “That was because until high school I never had a teacher that told it to me like I was living it.” Following her senior year of high school, Jenkins decided that she wanted to do exactly...

As a student himself, Joshua Aldrich had so many stand-out teachers and coaches that he says it would be impossible to name them all. But he has no trouble naming his primary inspiration to become a teacher: Father Brennan Eagan. "Forty years ago," Aldrich says, "I watched Father Brennan inspire people to do the right thing and to choose paths wisely by making good choices." Fr...