Employee name: Kevin Franco Position: co-owner Time with company: 30 years Location: 5321 Lakeside Avenue, Henrico VA 23228 Website: www.francos.com * * * Faces of Henrico Business is a regular feature spotlighting employees of Henrico businesses. Would you like to be featured? Email a photo of yourself at your business location to citizen@henricocitizen.com.
32-year-old Henrico woman charged with felony animal cruelty in August dog-in-dumpster case
A 32-year-old Sandston woman faces one count of felony animal cruelty in connection with the discovery in August of a badly injured dog found in a dumpster in Sandston. Henrico Police announced the charge against Shaymeshia L. Washington, who was served with it Sept. 29 following an investigation into the Aug. 21 incident involving a Boston Terrier in the 1900 […]
Police investigate alleged sexual assaults at Douglas Freeman High
Two Douglas S. Freeman High School students were sexually assaulted before school on Thursday near campus, according to Henrico Police. The alleged assaults occurred in the parking lot of the high school, and police believe the same person committed both assaults. The two victims went immediately to their school counselors, who reported the incidents to school administration and the school […]
Richmond man caught by TSA with loaded gun at Richmond International Airport
Transportation Security Administration officers at Richmond International Airport prevented a Richmond man from carrying his 9-mm handgun loaded with 10 bullets onto his flight Oct. 3. The gun was detected in the X-ray machine among the traveler’s carry-on items at the security checkpoint. It was the 14th time this year that a traveler with a gun was stopped at a […]
Henrico reports fewest new single-day COVID-19 cases in more than 2 months
Henrico reported its fewest new COVID-19 cases on a single day Monday – 33 – in more than two months, according to Virginia Department of Health data. It also was the 10th time in the past 11 days that the county reported fewer than 100 new cases. The county’s average number of new daily cases during the past seven days […]
Henrico student starts petition to abolish dress code
A high school student started a petition to abolish the dress code in Henrico County Public Schools, and it had garnered more than 1,150 signatures as of Oct. 4. Sydney Smith, a senior at Glen Allen High School, said that the dress code objectifies women and targets people of color. The 17-year-old addressed the Henrico School Board at its Sept. […]
3 Henrico businesses earn BBB accreditation
Three Henrico businesses were among the latest group to be approved for accreditation by the Better Business Bureau Serving Central Virginia. They are Frey Integrated Health; Sweets By Keet, LLC; and Richmond Fingerprinting and More. “Accreditation by the Better Business Bureau demonstrates that this licensed business has passed multiple steps of reviews to earn that Accredited Business standing,” said BBB […]
72nd, 73rd district candidates to appear at Oct. 4 forum
Candidates for the 72nd and 73rd district Virginia House of Delegates seats will appear at a forum at Reynolds Community College’s Workforce Center, 1651 East Parham Road, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 4. Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter and columnist Jeff Schapiro will moderate the event, which also will be streamed online through Zoom (use passcode 522381 to access the […]
Henrico to receive $67k from VDEM
Henrico County will receive $67,504 from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management’s Emergency Management Performance Grant Program. The program is a federally funded, state distributed program focused on funding planning, operations, equipment acquisitions, trainings, exercises, construction and renovation efforts at the local government level. Overall, Virginia localities received a total of $2.6 million through the program, which provides resources to […]
Business in brief – Oct. 4, 2021
Keiter, a certified public accounting firm, recently announced that Zachary Blanco and Asif Charania have been promoted to partner as of Oct. 1. Blanco joined Keiter as an audit senior associate in 2012 with prior public accounting experience at Reznick Group. During his tenure, he has worked in the emerging business and technology space as well as healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, […]
