Henrico Police have made two new arrests in connection with the May 19 murder of Henrico High School senior Diamond Brown-Mosby. Brown-Mosby, 17, was shot near the Glennwood Farms Community in Eastern Henrico sometime before 4 p.m. that day. Afterwards, she was transported in a private vehicle, which stopped on the Shockoe Valley Bridge seeking emergency medical help for her […]

BeWellVA to host free virtual workshop about adverse childhood experiences
BeWellVA, a collaborative organization between Henrico and six other Central Virginia Community Services Boards, will offer a free virtual workshop to help raise awareness for adverse childhood experiences, officials announced recently. The workshop will be held on Thursday, July 21 from 10 a.m. to noon. Registration is required. ACEs are traumatic events in childhood, such as abuse or neglect, and […]

Virginia State Police investigating fatal Henrico crash
Virginia State Police officials are investigating a single-vehicle crash June 15 in Henrico’s West End that killed a 35-year-old Ashland woman. The crash occurred at 5:42 a.m. that day on westbound I-64 at the 180-mile marker when a 1997 Chevy Trailblazer, driven by John Wayne Jolly II, 35 of Ashland, ran off of the road to the left into the […]

Henrico supervisors approve assisted living facility in Near West End
The Henrico Board of Supervisors voted unanimously June 14 to approve the rezoning of a 6.1-acre plot of land on Patterson Avenue for the construction of a one-story, 98-unit assisted living facility. According to the county’s 2026 comprehensive plan, the land – bordered by Maybeury Elementary School, Welborne United Methodist Church and the Tuckahoe Family YMCA – originally was […]

Henrico Property Transactions – June 8-14, 2022
701 Pleasant Street – $165,000, 1,334 SF (built in 1973), from Joseph Hrubik Trustee to Lashwan S. Parker and Darius Ware. 508 East Read Street – $189,000, 768 SF (built in 1947), from Housing & Urban Development to Korey Montez Knapper. 114 Battery Street – $210,000, 1,333 SF (built in 1951), from Randolph H. and Frances B. Callahan to Staci […]

Henrico News Minute – June 22, 2022
COVID-19 vaccines are now available for children under the age of 5; free meals are available for all children and teens 18 and younger in Henrico this summer; Henrico hosts its annual Juneteenth celebration; four Henrico schools earn money from Papa Johns; our monthly round-up of food and dining news.