Virginia officials expect to receive 480,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna by the end of the month, and they’ll be given to healthcare workers and long-term care facilities in the state, Virginia Health Department officials announced last Friday afternoon. State officials learned details about the number of doses they should expect during a Thursday update from the […]
Virginia officials announce COVID-19 vaccine plans
Healthcare workers, long-term care facilities will receive first batch
Henrico’s unemployment rate drops to 5.5%
And first-time unemployment filings in the county fall to post-pandemic low during most recent weekHenrico’s unemployment rate dropped by more than 1% from September to October, according to data released Dec. 3 by the Virginia Employment Commission and U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The number of Henricoans who were looking for work in October but couldn’t find it was 5.5% – down from 6.6% in September. The encouraging change occurred because of a […]
Vithoulkas gives his state of the county address virtually
Henrico County Manager John A. Vithoulkas is presenting his 2020 state of the county address in a series of videos highlighting the county’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as scores of accomplishments and initiatives in such areas as economic development, services and infrastructure, sports tourism and public-private partnerships. The State of the County address went live Dec. 4 […]
Obituary – Thomas Elwood Waters
Thomas Elwood Waters, 90, of Glen Allen, Va., went to be with the Lord on November 25, 2020 surrounded by his family. He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Sarah; his children, Will, Anne, Sarah Beth (Bryan); and his grandchildren, Nicole, Ryan, Audrey, Brianna, Abby and Austin. Elwood was a veteran of the U.S. Army, stationed in […]
Obituary – Gracie Louise Loving
LOVING, Gracie Louise, 89, of Henrico, went to be with The Lord on Tuesday, November 24, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband, Davis Loving; mother and father, Sellus and Lucy Harris; sister, Dorothy Harris; brother, Charles Harris; and nephew, Robert Lewis Harris. Louise retired after many years from Kiddie Kompany Day Care Center, where she worked with […]
Obituary – Ronald Nugent Crumpton
Ronald (Ronnie) Nugent Crumpton, 82, went to be with the Lord on November 24, 2020 while surrounded by his three children. He is predeceased by his father Eugene Day Crumpton Jr, his mother Dorothy Bevelheimer, his brother Eugene Day Crumpton III and two great-grandchildren. He is survived by one brother William (Billy) Crumpton (Beverly), two sisters Debbie Corbett (Quentin) and […]
Obituary – Barbara Anne Weatherford
Barbara Anne Weatherford, 82, of Henrico, passed away after a long illness on November 27, 2020. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 32 years, Bryan Legrand Weatherford; her parents, Robert Thomas Roberts and Grace May Roberts; and siblings, Hazel Williams, Robert ‘Lucky’ Roberts, Jr., Walter ‘Chicken’ Roberts, James ‘Cotton’ Roberts, and Billy Roberts. She is survived […]
Obituary – Jean Frances Dearing Andrews
Jean Frances Dearing Andrews, aged 85 years, a native of Richmond, Virginia, passed away peacefully on Thursday evening. She was the daughter of Chester Edward and Annie Mae Dearing. Jean was a lifelong member of Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church and was retired after 44 years of service with Life of Virginia/Genworth insurance companies. She was a voracious reader and enjoyed […]
Henrico H.S. wins Virginia ABC awards grant
Henrico High School is one of five schools statewide to win a mini-grant for its participation in Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority’s Youth Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Project program. YADAPP is a peer leadership program that begins each summer when high schools and community groups send teams of four students, assisted by an adult sponsor, to a five-day kick-off […]
Henrico’s 7-day COVID positivity percentage climbs to 7.8%
The Virginia Department of Health reported 95 new cases of COVID-19 in Henrico Dec. 4, along with seven new COVID-related hospitalizations. The county has surpassed the 8,700-mark in total confirmed cases, and its’ 7-day positivity percentage jumped to 7.8% as of Nov. 30. That’s still lower than the state’s level of 9.5%. Following several days of declining numbers of testing […]
