Henrico Rewind: Week in Review – March 2-8, 2025

Henrico School Board members decided to hold off on a proposal to change the attendance zones of four high schools by a 3-2 informal vote at their Feb. 27 meeting. The proposal would shift school boundaries to move 190 students from Douglas S. Freeman High School to Mills E. Godwin

Makayla Swailes, a senior at J.R. Tucker High School, has seen the common area of her school so crowded during lunchtime that many students end up standing, sitting on the ground, or eating their lunch in the bathroom. “I have had personal experiences of my friends and I having

Henrico County’s ambitious GreenCity project, estimated at $2.3 billion, could be in jeopardy due to developers’ failure to meet financial obligations. A letter from the county, dated March 3, indicated the GreenCity Development Corporation had not made a final payment exceeding $5.2 million for a portion of the

The estate of Irvo Otieno has filed a $25 million lawsuit against HCA’s Parham Doctors’ Hospital. The complaint, filed in federal court just days before the two-year anniversary of Otieno’s death, alleges the hospital failed to properly treat him, which led to a fatal chain of events. It was March

A Henrico man faces multiple charges following a crash and foot pursuit by Virginia State Police that occurred March 2 at the 236-mile marker on Interstate 81 northbound in Augusta County. Dylan E. Peters, 18, was reportedly driving a 2013 Hyundai Elantra in the left lane of Interstate 81 northbound

Since its launch in March 2024, the Henrico CARES program has been able to provide Henrico County Public Schools students more than 100 free teletherapy appointments and about 300 mental healthcare appointments, according to school system leaders. Through Henrico CARES, Henrico Schools’ new five-year mental healthcare plan, the division partnered

The Metro Richmond homeless population, as estimated by an annual point in time count, remained relatively unchanged from January 2024 to January of this year. Homeward’s Point in Time count found 660 people experiencing homelessness in January, down slightly from last year’s total of 681. Lack of housing and economic

Ask Sarah Ball about her goal for C.P. Dean, and she answers right on cue: “To limit the barriers to having fun in the home.” Her company does just that, with a long history of happy customers to back it up. With about 14,000 square feet of retail

FEB. 4 Lalo’s Pinches Tacos Bar & Grill, 8026 West Broad Street – The following violations were reported during a routine inspection: employee drink stored on cutting board; hand sink nearest to the ice machine doesn’t have paper towels; raw shell eggs stored over ready-to-eat salsa in walk-in cooler; dried

Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources recently stocked about 200,000 one- to two-inch bluegill fish into the Virgil R. Hazelett Reservoir at Cobbs Creek in Cumberland County. Another 400,000 of the sunfish species will be stocked within the next two years, officials said. The stocking began Feb. 25 with