Henrico Rewind: Week in Review – Oct. 20-26, 2024

Henrico Police are searching for two people who are accused of stealing heavy equipment from a Henrico County Home Depot by asking others to rent it for them. Police believe that in August, the suspects twice approached people at the Home Depot in the 6500 block of West Broad Street

As a part of Henrico Schools’ new youth mental health program, all high school students now have access to a free teletherapy service, as well as a free online mental health care coordination service available to all students and staff. HCPS announced its new mental health program “Henrico CARES” this

By Bettina Johnston, Special to the Citizen During the past year, Henrico County has witnessed 70 crashes involving pedestrians – 11 of which resulted in fatalities, according to Henrico Police Executive Chief Ken Burnett. That total has already surpassed the number of pedestrian deaths the county experienced last year (nine). One

A 20-year-old Henrico man has died after his car crashed into a tree and caught fire in Varina on the morning of Oct. 19, according to Henrico Police. At about 11:47 a.m. that day, emergency personnel found Orion Mehki Stewart inside a burning vehicle after the vehicle had

Three people and one family were honored for their contributions to preserving Henrico County’s history, during a ceremony Oct. 3 at Eastern Henrico Recreation Center. The Henrico Historic Preservation Advisory Committee and Henrico County presented the 2024 Award of Merit to: • former longtime Tuckahoe District Supervisor Patricia S. O’Bannon

By Lauren Jones, Special to the Citizen Four students from Glen Allen High School and Deep Run High School competed in the inaugural Revolutionary Rhetoric Speech and Debate Invitational earlier this month in Colonial Williamsburg. Isabella Catalano of Glen Allen High School and Joseph Cedeno, Dillon Kao and Soorya Sridharan

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that more than $3.9 million in grant funding will be allocated to protect 621 acres of Civil War battlefield land throughout Virginia – including significant acreage in Henrico County. In total, 10 projects will receive funding through the Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund, including two in

Virginia has witnessed a 30% decrease in murders and an 11% decrease in overall violent crime so far in 2024 compared with the same timeframe last year, according to statewide data. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares highlighted the information as part of the two-year anniversary of Ceasefire Virginia, a program

At an Oct. 10 meeting, Henrico School Board members addressed the drop in the number of Henrico’s fully accredited schools and expressed concerns about the state’s new accreditation system that will be implemented next year. Fourteen Henrico schools were designated as “accredited with conditions” by the Virginia Department

Richmond International Airport celebrated its busiest summer ever, with 1.765 million passengers traveling through the airport between May and August, according to airport statistics. The total represented an increase of about 2.5% compared to the same period last year. May marked RIC’s busiest month on record, with a