A 14-year-old Hermitage High School student who was a passenger in a car being driven illegally by another 14-year-old Hermitage student died when the car crashed in Henrico’s West End Sept. 19. The crash happened shortly before 6 p.m. at the intersection of Olde West Drive and Kilcolman Drive. All three occupants of the vehicle were 14-year-old boys and Hermitage students, according to Henrico Police, and all were injured when the car ran off the road and onto a sidewalk before striking a tree and a parked car. The boys were taken to a local hospital, where Keyon Johnson later...Article Link

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*Sponsored content* Heidi Barshinger, the Henrico County Circuit Court Clerk, is ready to set the record straight! The truth is: under Heidi’s leadership, the Henrico County Clerk’s Office has soared to new heights, being recognized by the Supreme Court of Virginia as a model for other Clerk’s Offices around the state along the way. Heidi, elected 8 years ago in 2015, has dedicated her entire career, over 30 years, to working in the Courts. Heidi, who holds degrees from Duke University, Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, and Tulane University Law School, Juris Doctorate, practiced in the Virginia courts as...Article Link

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2111 Turtle Creek Drive, Unit 2 - 6,000, 1,120 SF (built in 1987), from Dana Marie Moore to Olanike Alaba and Adebayo Subuloye. 1003 Old Williamsburg Road - 0,000, 1,624 SF (built in 2001), from Arnisa Johnson to Natisha Neal Little. 8416 Kalb Road - 6,000, 1,631 SF (built in 1962), from Christopher E. Riviere and Susan R. Jewell to Trek Properties LLC. 5902 Laurel Bed Lane, Unit B - 0,000, 2,452 SF (built in 2020), from Simone Terrell and Marko Olah to Raeanne Marion Morris. 8802 Brawner Drive - 5,000, 1,854 SF (built in 1955), from Oliver Ulises and...Article Link

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Henrico County Public Schools’ Bridge Builders Academy workshop series returns with five workshops this fall that are designed to explore topics of interest to Henrico families, while building connections throughout the community. The series is open to all residents, regardless of whether they have students enrolled in the school division. Students, staff and members of the public can participate in the two virtual sessions using Microsoft Teams. More information about the workshops, as well as instructions and links for participating, are at the Bridge Builders Academy webpage at https://www.henricoschools.us/page/bridge-builders-academy. Many workshops are recorded for later viewing, and you can watch...Article Link

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Henrico Police officials are asking the public to report any previous interactions they may have had with two suspects in a Short Pump murder. Deontae Marquel Winston, 33, and Katoya Brown, 35, both of Crewe, Virginia, are facing charges in connection to the deadly shooting that occurred Sept. 5 in the parking lot of Whole Foods at West Broad Village, in the 111000 block of West Broad Street. A preliminary investigation shows that the suspects were outside of a business in the parking lot when an argument ensued with the victim, resulting in him being shot. During the past several...Article Link

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Amazon Tuesday announced that it will hire more than 3,000 seasonal, part-time and full-time employees in Metro Richmond, as part of a nationwide effort to hire some 250,000 such employees across its operations network. In all, about 9,000 of those jobs will be in Virginia, according to company officials. Amazon is hiring for a wide range of roles — from packing and picking to sorting and shipping. Opportunities exist for applicants from all backgrounds and experience levels. Customer fulfillment and transportation employees can earn, on average, more than .50 per hour for those roles, and up to depending on...Article Link

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A 51-year-old man died after apparently being shot in Varina Monday night. Henrico Police found D’Wayne Lamont Crawley, of Henrico, in the front yard of a home in the 1400 block of Southbury Avenue, just off New Market Road, at about 8:47 p.m. He was suffering from apparent gunshot wounds and taken to a local hospital, where he later died. Police had responded to the scene after reports of a suspicious situation. Detectives are seeking information from anyone in the area who may have heard or seen anything just prior to the call for service. Community members who have home...Article Link

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The following local students were named to the summer 2023 dean’s list at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va.: Delaney Grace Escobar, of Glen Allen; and William Ballard, Jazmine White, Samantha Game, Adaire Adams, Taylor Bonser and Zoe Mowery, of Henrico. *** Daniel Kroll and Andrew Levin of Glen Allen were named to the spring 2023 dean’s list at Ithaca College in New York. *** Jayda Starckey of Henrico was named to the summer 2023 dean’s list at Georgia State University. *** The following Henrico County students graduated this summer from the University of Alabama: Christopher Brennan (BS in Commerce...Article Link

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In a filing Monday with the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Dominion Energy Virginia proposed what company officials are calling a groundbreaking battery storage pilot project that they believe could significantly increase the length of time batteries can discharge electricity to the grid. The Darbytown Storage Pilot Project will test two new technologies as potential alternatives to traditional lithium-ion batteries, both of which could offer strengthened safety features for battery storage. One of the technologies could discharge energy for multiple days. The batteries in the company's fleet and across the U.S. have durations that, on average, are limited to four hours...Article Link

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The Henrico School Board Sept. 14 approved schematic designs for new buildings that will replace the current campuses of Jackson Davis Elementary School and R.C. Longan Elementary School. The projects, which Henrico Schools officials expect to complete between August 2025 and August 2026, will address overcrowding and facilities issues at the schools. The two new buildings each will be able to accommodate 750 students, an increase from the buildings’ current capacity of a little more than 500 students. The new buildings also will add more educational spaces for certain programs, such as the Early Childhood Special Education Program. “I can’t...Article Link

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