The Henrico Division of Police has been assisting the city of Richmond Police Department during recent daily protests and rallies in the city through a mutual aid agreement that the two localities share, but Henrico Police officials don’t have any record of how many hours their officers have spent on duty in the city or how much that service is […]

Henrico cancels Fourth of July event for second straight year
County plans to present patriotic displays, programming at Dorey, Crump parks July 1-5For the second straight year, Henrico County has canceled its Red, White and Lights Fourth of July event, which had been scheduled at Dorey Park. County officials made the decision to cancel Tuesday, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was to be the third year of the event at Dorey Park; instead, only the first year (in 2018) actually […]

Citizens urge full-time return to school; Henrico officials say it’s not likely
Supervisors, School Board members discuss plans for the coming school year during joint work sessionThree topics brought Henrico’s Board of Supervisors and School Board together Tuesday night at Glen Allen High School for a rare joint work session, but the several dozen county residents who came to watch were interested in only one of them – the plans for reopening Henrico’s public schools. Many of them held signs imploring school system officials to implement […]

Fairfield, Tuckahoe libraries to reopen on limited schedules
Fairfield and Tuckahoe Libraries will open to the public during limited hours beginning June 24. The buildings will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Fairfield also will be open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Library programs will remain online; Tuckahoe and Fairfield […]

Northam: Virginia will begin Phase Three July 1
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced today that the state will begin Phase Three of its reopening next Wednesday, July 1. Data from Phase Two, which has been onging for nearly a month in most parts of the state, gave Northam and state officials the confidence to begin Phase Three, he said. “We’re seeing a decline in people hospitalized with a […]
Today in Henrico – Charleita Richardson, Partnership for the Future
A conversation with Partnership for the Future President and CEO Charleita Richardson, who discusses the nonprofit and how it is working to help local youngsters and teens.

Henrico News Minute – June 23, 2020
The June 23, 2020 edition of the Henrico News Minute podcast features clarification from Henrico Schools officials about their three proposed hybrid learning plans; Henrico’s Police chief makes a big announcement; the county’s first-time unemployment filing decline again; Congressman Donald McEachin hosts a virtual meeting; a Henrico woman makes the most of a headache; the Citizen’s Patty Kruszewski earns a […]