Henrico Rewind: Week in Review - July 19-25, 2026

The Henrico Planning Department has released its finalized draft for a Lakeside “reimagined” – a corridor with apartments atop of small businesses, trees adorning wider sidewalks, public plazas and parks, and less car traffic. The final plan – which Henrico planners stress is a recommendation rather than a mandate – would revamp the

A Henrico County daycare worker is accused of pinching, flicking and pulling the hair of children in her care, according to Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor. Bethany Davis, 33, was arraigned Monday in Henrico County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court before Judge S.L. Williams Jr. She faces

SwimRVA was required to obtain a license to operate a “child day program” from the Virginia Department of Education’s Superintendent but it did not, according to an email from a VDOE spokesperson. That means SwimRVA was operating an unlicensed child day program when nine-year-old King Overton drowned

About 30 book lovers gathered at Book People’s Ridgefield Parkway store in Henrico’s Far West End July 14 with banned books in hand for an evening that blended community read-in with a larger conversation about censorship and the freedom to read. The event, a fundraiser in partnership

Most people don’t think twice before tossing used batteries into the trash. For Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School students Prithvi Chakraborty, 16, and Abhinav Mehta, 17, that bad habit became the inspiration for Batteries4Better, a student-run nonprofit working to make battery recycling more accessible throughout Henrico and

LaVesha Ingram said she has trusted the KinderCare on Cedar Fork Road in Henrico to care for her son Vee since he was just six months old. That trust was broken earlier this month when she says someone from Child Protective Services called and told her an employee at her

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality held a town hall in Henrico Wednesday night, asking residents to help shape updated environmental justice guidance. Families from across the Commonwealth shared concerns and questioned whether their feedback would lead to meaningful change. The agency says the feedback will help determine how it

Two planning efforts are studying the long view for sustainable, fare-free public transit in Henrico County and the region. GRTC’s next five-year financial outlook looks at projected funding needs and alternative scenarios developed in collaboration with the region’s nine jurisdictions and Plan RVA, a regional planning

Candidates cite newly disclosed campaign finance records and raise conflict-of-interest questions; DPVA chair says party remains neutral and coordinated fundraising is available to all candidates.

Transit-focused artwork displayed at GRTC’s recent TAP Into Transit community fundraiser event is available to purchase through this week. The two-dimensional artwork was produced by the All City Art Club for the recent public transit awareness and fundraising event at the Main Street Station Bidding on the