Henrico Citizen Audio Articles

Young people in foster care in Virginia will get a boost in financial education and the opportunity to start saving, thanks to a new program from Virginia Credit Union and the National Credit Union Foundation. VACU has been awarded a ,000 grant from the foundation to offer its six-week Financial Education for LIFE program to older youth in foster care. The program will be offered in-person in Rich...

Families and foodies thronged the grounds of San-J International Sept. 15 for the 3rd annual open house featuring demonstrations, classes, tastings, and do-it-yourself workshops. Those who'd registered for a tour of the facility near the Richmond airport (the first Tamari brewing facility built in the U.S.) lined up in protective smocks and caps to peek inside the factory and learn about the...

For the first time publicly, members of the Henrico School Board discussed their thoughts on implementing collective bargaining for Henrico Schools employees, with some members expressing concerns that the initiative would come with negative consequences. At a meeting Sept. 26, HCPS Chief of Staff Holly Coy presented the board with more than 440 pages of information about how collective bargaining...

October is National Fire Prevention Month, and the Henrico County Division of Fire is emphasizing the importance of smoke alarms. The division is displaying banners outside each of its 22 firehouses featuring trivia questions promoting the life-saving message "Smoke Alarms Save Lives." The initiative aims to encourage residents to prioritize smoke alarm safety in their homes, said Henric...

Service enhancements are coming to five Greater Richmond Transit Company routes and two microtransit service areas, organization officials announced Oct. 2. The changes will take effect Oct. 20, aiming to enhance connectivity and service reliability. The most significant change involves a major extension of Route 1 to serve the Virginia Center area. This extension will provide service every 30 min...

In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, HCA Virginia is providing mammography appointments on weekends throughout October. The initiative, known as "Pink Power Hours," aims to increase access to annual mammograms for women. According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women. However, early detection through m...

11201 Greenwood Road, Brookland District - 0,000, 765 SF (built in 1951), from Gordon N. Edwards to Loeuth Soeun. 2807 Cannon Road, Fairfield District - 5,000, 1,323 SF (built in 1976), from Katricia L. Redmond and Dag Redmond Jr. to BLL Investments LLC. 211 North Juniper Avenue, Varina District - 6,500, 980 SF (built in 1994), from Altovise K. Hester to Denise Artis. 10324 Winston Boulevard, Broo...

Older adults age 55 and up accounted for 44% of the homeless population in the Greater Richmond region, according to a recent annual count. Homelessness in the region increased 20% from 2023, while older adult homelessness rose two percentage points, based on recent data collected by the Homeward VA point-in-time count. Older adults have vulnerabilities that don't exist for other renters or h...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced this week that 21 projects focused on creating workforce pipelines for specific industries and helping attract and expand Virginia-based businesses in critical industries have been awarded a total of more than .5 million in grant funding from the Growth and Opportunity for Virginia initiative. Among the planning grants awarded was one for ,500 for a Greater R...

The Virginia Department of Transportation will close all northbound lanes of I-295 in Eastern Henrico near US-60 Oct. 4-5 as part of a pavement replacement project. The lanes will be closed between 8 p.m., Oct. 4 and 9 a.m., Oct. 5 at mile marker 29. VDOT will divert motorists from I-295 northbound onto the commuter dispersal lanes at Exit 28 during the work. Drivers will then be able to continue...

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is seeking the public's identifying any suspected price gouging of gasoline in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene. The agency is accepting reports of suspected cases here. If the price gouging complaint involves other goods or services, such as water, ice, food, generators, batteries, home repair materials or tree removal servic...

A new four-part documentary series on PBS from Retro Report called Citizen Nation follows high school students from throughout the U.S. – including students from Glen Allen High School – as they compete in the nation’s premier civics competition, “We the People.” Virginia State Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-16th District) and some of his students from Glen Allen High School, along with others...

The following local students were named to the summer 2024 dean’s list at the University of Maryland Global Campus: Anthony Berry, Tania Dawson, Kirsten Edwards, Christian Jenkins, Sielalla Lemessa, Brandon Maxey, Nadine Rose and Jace Darling, of Henrico; Ariana Marin, Daniel McAleese and Amie Wanveer, of Glen Allen; and Danniel Aquino, of Sandston. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students mus...

An inmate who escaped from state custody at Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital in August 2023 and was on the run for two months will stand trial in Henrico in December. Naseem Isaiah Roulack escaped from the custody of Virginia Department of Corrections officials and disappeared for two months before he was captured in Northern Virginia. He had been in Henrico for a medical procedure while servi...

Thirty-three people, including a man from Glen Allen, have joined Virginia's Aviation Ambassador Program, which recognizes those who have visited all 65 public-use airports in the state. The new members were welcomed during a ceremony Sept. 14 at Williamsburg Jamestown Airport. They are from 22 different cities and towns throughout the state, as well as Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Chicago...

Henrico County officials this month held a ceremony to celebrate the county's 153 centenarians – several of whom were able to attend the event at the Henrico Theatre in Highland Springs. Honored at the Sept. 22 event were Laura Thomas-Rice (104 years old), Frances Bailey and Robert Hall (each 101) and Shirley Morrow and Robert Polich (each 100). Morrow’s journey has included a long career wit...

After Tropical Storm Helene dropped inches of rain on parts of Virginia last week, the Virginia Department of Health is advising citizens to avoid natural bodies of water statewide. The advisory comes as a result of the heavy rains washing debris and pollution into local waterways. Pet, livestock and wildlife wastes, and untreated wastewater from sewage treatment plants that are overloaded by an e...

Henrico County is hosting its first Active Aging Week Walk and Fitness Forum Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Henrico Sports and Events Center in Glen Allen. The free event is designed for residents ages 50 and older and will include a variety of activities, resources and services tailored to their needs. During the event, attendees can walk the outlined track, participate in fitness demonstra...

A tractor-trailer carrying paper products caught fire on the Varina-Enon Bridge in Eastern Henrico County Monday morning, snarling traffic and closing southbound travel lanes on I-295 at mile marker 18.7. The crash was reported at about 8:15 a.m., according to Virginia State Police. The driver was not injured, but charges are pending the result of an investigation. According to police, the truck s...

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer recently announced the following lease transactions in Henrico County: White Holdings Trucking, LLC – renewed its lease of 3,555 SF of industrial space at 2032-D Dabney Road (Gregg Beck represented the landlord); Impact Services, Inc. – leased 3,192 SF of industrial space at 2521 Grenoble Road (Chrissy Chappell represented the landlord). * * * Zac Price recently...

Jean Parker Harrell, 90, went to be with the Lord on September 23, 2024. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd J. Parker and Louise H. Parker; her husband of 57 years, Henry E. Harrell, Jr.; son, Henry E. Harrell III; daughter-in-law, Donna J. Harrell; and sister-in-law, Elsie H. Edwards. She is survived by her children Donna H. Meland (Mark) and Parker G. Harrell; grandchildren Laura M....

June Alice Murphy, 90, of Richmond, Virginia, died on September 24, 2024, at the Bon Secours Community Hospice House. She was the wife of Patrick J. Murphy, and the mother of Patrick Murphy (Diane) of Lee, New Hampshire, Ellen Bradley (Steven, deceased) of Richmond, Virginia, Timothy Murphy (Sandy) of Pasadena, Maryland, Kevin Murphy (Katie) of Cumming, Georgia, Sean Murphy (Linda) of Atlanta, Geo...

Sybil Kay Shaffer, 78, of Sandston, went to be with the Lord Sunday, September 22, 2024. She is survived by her husband, Billy; one son; three grandchildren; a sister; brother; as well as a niece, a nephew, and extended family. Service will be held 11 am Monday, September 30, 2024 at the Mechanicsville Chapel of the Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee-Davis Rd. Graveside committal services will be held...

The Virginia State Police Sept. 27 issued a critically missing adult alert for a missing 57-year-old Newport News man who was last seen in the Richmond area. Eric Lamont Lamb is believed to be in danger and in need of assistance. Lamb is described as a Black man with brown eyes, a bald head, who is 6 foot 1 in height and weighs 165 pounds. He was last seen Sept. 26 at about 2:10 p.m. on Hull Stree...

GRTC and Henrico County will host a public meeting Tuesday, Oct. 1 about the planned expansion of the Pulse rapid transit bus service along the West Broad Street corridor between Willow Lawn and Parham Road. Officials will discuss the plans to extend the service by 4.5 miles and will present initial concepts for station locations and the system's design during the 5 p.m. meeting at Libbie Mil...