The 25-year-old Richmond man facing second-degree murder charges in connection with the June 6 murder of a woman in Eastern Henrico was found dead inside a Hampton hotel room Wednesday morning after barricading himself inside, according to Henrico and Hampton Police. Just before 9:30 a.m., Hampton Police officer, Henrico County Police investigators and the United States Marshals Taskforce responded to the Red Roof Inn hotel on Coliseum Drive after learning that Christopher Leon White, Jr. (the suspect in the death of Chardonnay Gunn near the Shops at White Oak Village) was inside a room there. Officers then learned that White...Article Link

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The Henrico County Public Schools district is facing its largest school bus driver shortage in more than a decade.  After schools shut down last March, many part-time drivers, who are not under contract, left their school district jobs.  “We certainly did our best to give them an opportunity to work so that they can still get a check, but many of them had to find something else,” said Jim Ellis, HCPS transportation director. “So we lost a lot of our support staff.” Last April, the district instated a hiring freeze, and it was difficult to bring anyone on board during...Article Link

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The Henrico County Public Schools district is once again introducing the option of beginning the school year before Labor Day, district officials announced Wednesday. If the proposal is adopted, the 2022-23 school year would start Aug. 29, 2022 and end June 16, 2023. The number of “school days” would remain the same, but possible advantages of an earlier start date include additional employee holidays, flexibility to add new religious and/or cultural observances, and the opportunity to provide more planning and professional learning time for teachers.  Any decision wouldn’t affect this coming school year, which is slated to start Sept. 8....Article Link

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A new VCU Health clinic is one of the first in Virginia dedicated to providing comprehensive care to people with chronic symptoms from COVID-19. The VCU Health Long COVID-19 Clinic will open to existing VCU Health patients, who have been referred by their provider, June 10. “Many patients are experiencing chronic symptoms, whether they were hospitalized or weren’t even sick enough to be in the hospital. This clinic will give patients an opportunity to see specialists from a range of areas who can help them manage these long-term symptoms,” said Wes Shepherd, M.D., a lung specialist in the Medical Respiratory...Article Link

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Henrico officials shared a “good news tour” of updates about federal community project funding and transportation project funding submissions with the Henrico Board of Supervisors at a work session on Tuesday afternoon. Mike Schnurman, assistant to the county manager and Henrico’s legislative liaison, summarized current projects that Henrico legislators and leaders have focused on as the county renewed its look at infrastructure as a mechanism to economic development. Proposals include a detox and recovery center, an Achievable Dream Academy, the Fall Line Trail and pedestrian improvement projects, Schnurman noted. Henrico Finance Director Meghan Coates recounted the federal stimulus and emergency...Article Link

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7370 Creekridge Road - 0,000, 1,728 SF (built in 1978), from Marvin Hugh Gardner to Alexander L. Timberlake. 5509 Millstream Lane - 7,000, 1,292 SF (built in 2003), from Milton Leland to Ajit Singh. 4404 Gladewater Road - 0,000, 1,216 SF (built in 1987), from Linda K. Harris to Daniel A. Reese Jr. 9514 Spring Moss Terrace - 4,000, 1,966 SF (built in 2003), from Savann Ly and Sina Siek to Jacqueline McKee. 6952 Sir Galahad Road - 1,089, 2,164 SF (built in 2021), from Ross Run LLC to Tyrell R. and Taylor Williams. 5113 Drayton Drive - 0,000, 1,538...Article Link

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A soaring video version of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” combines the voices of more than 500 Henrico County Public Schools students in an ambitious artistic response to racial strife and national division. The video creates a seamless rendition of the Simon and Garfunkel classic made from hundreds of individual home recordings from choral students who attend each of the school division’s nine high schools. In an introduction to the video, Lauren Relaford, a Glen Allen High School senior who will attend Duke University in the fall, explains the project’s aim of providing a measure of “refuge, connection and peace.” The...Article Link

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Henrico voters – the few who showed up Tuesday or cast absentee ballots – helped determine party nominees for Virginia House of Delegates races in three districts and for the top three statewide candidates on the Democratic ticket during Virginia’s primary election. In the House of Delegates races involving the county, two incumbents – Democrats Dawn Adams (68th District) and Lamont Bagby (74th District) – claimed their party nominations easily and will attempt to win third terms this fall. Adams registered a comfortable win against attorney Kyle Elliott, garnering more than 61% of the vote to earn the nomination in...Article Link

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The Innsbrook After Hours concert series – which will retain its name, after the previous organizers moved their “After Hours” series north to the state fairgrounds earlier this year – will return to its roots this year, offering weekly concerts on Wednesday nights from July 7 through Sept. 29. That’s how the series began more than two decades ago, before its schedule gradually evolved into one featuring less structure, in order to allow organizers to book national acts whenever they were available. Now, the Innsbrook Foundation and Innsbrook Owners Association are returning to the concept of hosting a smaller series...Article Link

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The Better Business Bureau has issued a warning about a footwear company that claims to be located in Glen Allen but in reality appears only to be using the address of a UPS Store there. The BBB has received more than 7,000 inquiries and more than 450 consumer complaints about Sneakfoot.com, a website that claims to be an “independent reseller” of name brand products ranging from shoes to apparel. Those complaints allege that consumers have made purchases from the company but have not received their merchandise or a refund. The vast majority of complaints are from California, New York, Florida,...Article Link

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