News about Northern Henrico County, Virginia, including the Brookland, Chamberlayne, Fairfield, Glen Allen, Glen Lea, Lakeside and Laurel areas.
The Henrico High School community gathered together in the days after a brutal stabbing occurred on campus to help students process the incident, with county leaders calling for more conversations on bolstering school security and mental health processes. On Dec. 4 just before 12:30 p.m., a 16-year-old Henrico
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In an effort to reduce serious and fatal crashes in Virginia, the Virginia State Police will conduct "Operation DISS-rupt," a traffic enforcement and educational safety initiative along Interstate 95 Dec. 15-16. The operation will focus on the four key causes of serious crashes: distracted driving, impaired driving, speeding,
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The next wave of public works projects in Henrico County will prioritize pedestrian safety improvements and the expansion of sidewalks in areas surrounding schools and high-traffic streets. This follows a troubling rise in pedestrian deaths in Henrico County, which has seen some of the highest rates in 2024. As of
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Henrico Police have arrested and charged two men in connection with a fatal crash that occurred Nov. 21 along East Laburnum Avenue. Lamontae Boomer, 20, of Henrico, and Timothy Gray, 50, of Mechanicsville, both are facing charges of "reckless driving: causing injury to another." Additional charges are pending
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Recovery advocate Ryan Hampton spoke about his journey with addiction and signed copies of his third book, Fentanyl Nation, Dec. 5 at the McShin Recovery Resource Foundation in Henrico. Hampton spoke about his own opioid addiction and recovery before reading an excerpt from his book about the danger of misinformation
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