Henrico Rewind: Week in Review – June 1-7, 2025

Henrico County Public Schools officials fired Henrico High School track coach Jourdan Davis-DeWitt June 2, after posts circulating on social media showed inappropriate messages sent from a social media account under Davis-DeWitt’s name to an underage student. Davis-DeWitt was employed by HCPS as a track coach at Henrico High

An 18-year-old driver was killed early Sunday morning in a shooting on Interstate 64 in Richmond. The deceased was identified as Naseem Kariem King, of Varina, according to Virginia State Police. King was driving a 2016 Nissan Maxima at about 1:47 a.m. when he was shot along Interstate

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a special series of articles, produced in partnership with The Chronicle of Philanthropy, examining the nonprofit organizations that are key to helping refugees in Henrico find employment, learn a new language, acclimate to a new community and thrive. Last Aug. 15 – the three-year

Another pedestrian has died in Henrico County after being struck by a vehicle. A 70-year-old woman was struck and killed just before 5 a.m. June 6 at the intersection of West Broad Street and John Rolfe Parkway in Short Pump. Henrico Police who responded to the scene found the

Henrico County broke ground Tuesday on a new detox and residential treatment center aimed at addressing the growing opioid crisis in Virginia. The Henrico County Detox and Residential Treatment Center will be located on the county’s Eastern Government Center campus at Nine Mile Road, and is being built through a

Live music is returning to Innsbrook this week. The inaugural ‘Tribute Thursdays’ concert series at the SERVPRO After Hours Concerts at The Innsbrook Pavilion in Glen Allen will kick off with Face 2 Face - Tribute to Elton John and Billy Joel June 5. The series will run through September

The Staples Mill Plaza shopping center has a new owner. A holding company – SO - Staples Mill Plaza JV LLC – purchased the 70,147-square-foot shopping center for $10.02 million in a deal that closed May 30. Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the seller, Washington, D.C.-based Stavins & Axelrod, in

Henrico CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) welcomed 12 new CASAs to its ranks May 29 during a swearing-in ceremony. The volunteers will join nearly 100 others who are already serving children impacted by abuse or neglect. The new volunteers have been equipped by Henrico CASA, a nonprofit organization, to help

Roughly 80 fifth-grade graduates gathered to say goodbye to David A. Kaechele Elementary School one last time May 29. Their music teacher, Edward Krauss, did the same after 50 years in music education. Krauss has been teaching at Kaechele for 12 years, since the school first opened. “I’m sure that

Saint Paul’s Baptist Church in eastern Henrico County is proposing an ambitious development project that could become a national model for church-centered community initiatives. The church plans to transform 321 acres of land surrounding its property into what it is calling the “City of Possibility”—a mixed-use development featuring