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The campus at Virginia Randolph is getting a big makeover – and a do-over • Henrico Police seek missing 17-year-old girl

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The campus at Virginia Randolph is getting a big makeover – and a do-over

In 1894, the current site of the campus at Virginia Randolph was the site of a one-room schoolhouse where Virginia Randolph – the daughter of former slaves and a woman who would later become one of the most prominent educators in the American South – began her teaching career in Henrico. Click here to read more

Henrico Police seek missing 17-year-old girl
Henrico Police officials are seeking the public’s help in finding a 17-year-old Henrico girl who has been missing for more than three weeks. Janelle D. Pierson was last seen leaving the 700 block of Brookwood Glen Terrace (near Telegraph Road and Brook Road in Glen Allen) on foot in the
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Missing Henrico man possibly seen in the county April 4
A Henrico man missing since April 3 may have been spotted the following day along Nine Mile Road, according to Henrico Police, who on April 9 released an updated photo of him. Seventy-three year-old Roy Otis Brown, Jr. went for a walk at about 3:30 p.m. April 3
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Person, 2 dogs injured in Henrico house fire
One adult was transported to an area hospital with minor injuries and two dogs are receiving veterinary care following a house fire in the 5400 block of Seminary Avenue this morning, according to Henrico Fire. Henrico Fire was dispatched at 7:22 a.m. for reports of a structure fire
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Henrico Property Transactions: March 19-25, 2025
2701 Skeet Street, Tuckahoe District - $225,000, 1,384 SF (built in 1957), from Linda M. Hunt and Sharon J. Walton to Kline Design LLC. 4508 McGill Street, Varina District - $250,700, 1,206 SF (built in 1951), from SLA Construction LLC Trustee to Celestia Lorei and Zachariah
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Henrico Fur Finder: April 9, 2025
Every Wednesday, the Henrico Fur Finder highlights pets looking for a forever home at the Henrico Police Animal Shelter. Hover over each animal’s picture to see their name, sex, and breed. Animals are sometimes adopted quickly; the shelter cannot guarantee any animal’s availability, and animals cannot be put on
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'Edgar Allan Poe at Home' author Christopher P. Semtner to speak April 12 at Book People

Henrico Recreation and Parks to present 'History of Lakeside' program at Belmont Recreation Center April 13

ALSO MAKING NEWS

• Hope and Remembrance: Students contribute to a memorial mural at the Virginia Holocaust Museum (Richmond Magazine)
• Coffee and kolaches shop Surrounding Counties reopens in new spot under new ownership (Richmond BizSense)
• Henrico became a data center hub seemingly overnight. How did it happen, and what are the impacts? (The Richmonder)
• ‘Stop charging me’: Henrico woman paid thousands for a sewer service she isn’t using, why? (ABC-8)

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Henrico News Minute – April 9, 2025
Henrico’s board of supervisors adopts a budget plan; a conversation about housing was part of Monday’s “Three Chopt Chats” meeting; the National Wheelchair Basketball Association’s adult national championship tournament is this weekend in Glen Allen.
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TRENDING THIS WEEK ON HENRICOCITIZEN.COM

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• Reynolds CC, Lewis Ginter partner on horticulture program
• Proposed federal cuts would prevent 27,000 Henrico students from accessing free lunch program
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• 'Stretched beyond our limits' – Henrico teachers detail hours of unpaid work

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