Henrico Rewind: Week in Review – March 15-21, 2026

The atmosphere was already tense when Henrico Schools leaders entered the county board room on Thursday afternoon, with county staffers joking: “Bring out your popcorn.” But just a hour-and-a-half later, several school leaders left the room fuming. After a budget presentation during which HCPS Superintendent Amy Cashwell highlighted the fact

A “takeover event” that prompted heavy police response and caused Short Pump Town Center to close early March 14 involved only one known and confirmed fight between two teenagers, Henrico Police officials said Monday. Police officials have reviewed surveillance video from the shopping center and were able to find just

“Varina is the forgotten child of Henrico.” Like many Eastern Henrico residents, Angela Mastrovito does not want the Varina District to become a cookie-cutter suburb filled with big retail chains, car-to-car traffic, and endless urban sprawl. But Henrico’s most agricultural district is at a “very important crossroads,” said residents,

A 61-year-old Henrico man is in custody, facing second-degree murder charges in connection with the death of a 65-year-old man at his West End home. Police responded to the 7500 block of Roswell Road (near the intersection of Three Chopt and Skipwith roads) for a welfare check March 19 at

Two people were injured after a fight at a mosque in Henrico County on Saturday evening, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett. Henrico Police responded to the 7700 block of Impala Drive just after 8:15 p.m. following a call for an altercation with injuries. That is the address

Henrico County Manager John Vithoulkas is proposing a $343.6-million capital improvement program as part of his overall $2-billion Fiscal Year 2027 budget, and last week he provided an update about the proposal to the county’s planning commission. The CIP is a funding plan for longer-term (and typically more expensive)

Henrico resident Desiney Lowery, 60, brought her recent energy bill into work to show her co-workers. Not because it was exorbitantly high, but because her energy bills this winter were shockingly low. “I ran around the office showing everybody because I was like, ’Y’all better get in on this! You

Short Pump Middle School Principal Jessica Seal earned the 2026 REB Award for Distinguished Educational Leadership for Henrico County Public Schools last week, while Short Pump Elementary School Principal Paige Smith was named runner-up. The Community Foundation and the REB Foundation present the award to four principals annually — one each

Bernice Sim, the owner of the Henrico-based Happy New Beginnings real estate sales team, is getting ready for a strong housing market this spring. Numbers help her understand and prepare her clients. “I do think days on market are getting shorter as we’re coming into spring market,” Sim said, referring

Whitney Harlow Robeson, a Richmond native and Collegiate School graduate who had just begun her career in interior design, died March 7, 2026, following a reported accidental shooting at a home in Trussville, Alabama. She was 22 years old. Trussville police were dispatched at 9:21 p.m. that Saturday