Henrico Rewind: Week in Review – Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2026

A Hanover High School teacher appeared before a judge Friday morning and was denied bond after being charged with soliciting a minor and sexually exposing himself. Ronald Wayne England, 44, was arrested at his home Thursday after Henrico Police executed a search warrant. He is charged with soliciting a child

Henrico County has big plans for improving the walkability and bikeability of the county, including proposed bike lanes and trails for the Lakeside area. But not all Lakeside residents are aligned on the idea of trading car lanes for bike lanes that some argue are “hardly used” by riders and

A proposal to transform the former Hadad’s Lake property in Varina into a year-round recreation and event venue will come before the Henrico Planning Commission Sept. 10, but county planners are recommending that the commission defer the project while a number of concerns are addressed. The meeting also

A special prosecutor has taken over the case of the nine-year-old boy who drowned at a SwimRVA summer camp after a potential conflict of interest was discovered inside the Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. King Overton drowned on June 15, 2026, while attending his first day of

Editor’s note: The original version of this article incorrectly indicated that Virginia Railway Express Service to and through Washington, D.C. would not be affected. In fact, as now correctly indicated in the article below, VRE service also will be impacted and its trains will run to L’Enfant

Some staff at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden voted to go on strike with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union. The garden said it already reached an agreement with the machinists on 23 of the 25 articles in a proposed collective bargaining agreement. The two remaining articles address

Henrico teenager Daniela’s artwork is inspired by beautiful rural and aquatic landscapes she has seen on road trips to her family’s lake house and on trips to the Chesapeake Bay. But some of her artwork portray women going through difficult emotions like the painting of the woman in

Reckless driving doesn’t just result in tickets. Sometimes it results in funerals. Kelly Florian’s 19-year-old son Josh has had many friends involved in serious car accidents. He has visited friends in the hospital and even attended several of his friends’ funerals. But still, Florian said her

Henrico supervisors are scheduled to vote Sept. 8 on an ordinance permitting speed cameras in school zones and also are expected to consider six land-use cases, including the proposed relocation of a private school; a mixed-use development near Willow Lawn; a trucking operation seeking to resolve zoning violations;

Deep Run, Mills E. Godwin, and Glen Allen were all ranked within the top ten public high schools of the Richmond metro area by U.S. News & World Report on Aug. 18. Each year, U.S. News releases updated rankings of all public schools in the nation, using several indicators