Henrico County will serve as the host site for the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association women’s softball championship tournament during the next three years. The conference and Richmond Region Tourism made the announcement Monday as part of a larger agreement that will bring three CIAA championship events to the Richmond region in 2022, 2023 and 2024. The CIAA is a Division II collegiate conference and the oldest historically Black athletic conference in the nation, established in 1912. It includes Virginia Union and Virginia State universities locally, as well as 10 other colleges and universities in the Mid-Atlantic region. RF&P Park in...Article Link

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Code Ninjas Innsbrook recently opened its learning center at 10811 West Broad Street, Suite 17 in Glen Allen. The company teaches children computer coding and problem-solving skills through the creation of video games. The new location is owned and operated by Phani Eturu, who has more than 25 years of experience in the software development sector. Code Ninjas provides a game-based curriculum made up of nine belts, similar to those offered in martial arts. The curriculum is self-paced, but not self-taught; kids receive help and encouragement from Code Senseis and fellow students as they advance from white to black belt....Article Link

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Three Henrico companies are among 27 Virginia businesses that recently received accreditations from the BBB serving Central Virginia. BBB accredited businesses must pass 38 requirements within BBB’s Standards of Trust, which include building trust, advertising honest and telling the truth, among others. The three Henrico businesses are: • CB Chandler Roofing, LLC; • The Dog Stop West Broad; • Trust Learning Center. “[Accreditation] truly sets them apart from all the rest, and the public knows it too,” said Barry Moore, president and CEO of BBB. Founded in 1954, BBB serves Richmond, the Tri-Cities, Charlottesville and Fredericksburg, as well as 42...Article Link

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With statewide public safety measures for COVID-19 easing, Henrico County is adjusting pandemic-related protocols and will continue reopening buildings and facilities to the public Monday, May 24. Henrico’s changes align with revised guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and guidance issued last week by Gov. Ralph Northam regarding the use of face coverings and social distancing. Many county offices have been closed to in-person visits by residents and others since March 2020 due to the pandemic. Some county facilities, including libraries, courts, cashiers offices, parks and recreation centers, previously had reopened to the public. Fully vaccinated residents...Article Link

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James Robert Hall, 63, of Henrico, passed away on May 11, 2021. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gerald Thomas Hall and Mildred Marie Jacobs . He is survived by his sons, Casey Hall and Cliff Hall; brother, Richard Hall; sisters, Joan Hall-Tumblin, Carolyn Faye Hall; four grandchildren, Carter, Peyton, Liberty and Logan; nieces and nephews, and his long- time friend, Ann Berkley. James was a beloved father and friend. He was an auto technician and outdoorsman. He loved anything automotive related, enjoyed working on classic Fords and was well known in the car show community for helping...Article Link

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Margaret Jenifer Kirson Weinberg, affectionately known as "Dearie", passed away on May 15, 2021 at the age of 86, in Henrico, VA. Dearie was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Evelyn Kirson, of Baltimore. She is survived by Fred Weinberg, her devoted husband of 64 years, her children, Mary Kay, Paige, Michael, Todd and Kate and her grandchildren, Jenny, Patrick, Callum and Annie. Dearie is also survived by her forever friend, Sharon Athey. The family would like to thank the nurses and staff at Sunrise Living Tuckahoe and the staff and caregivers at Brightstar Care. Dearie enjoyed traveling...Article Link

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Marjorie Marilyn Anderson 83, of Henrico, Virginia, formerly of Montgomery, Alabama, passed away on Monday, May 10, 2021. Born to Floyd Russell and Dorotha Campbell Moores in St. Louis, Missouri, Marilyn spent her childhood in St. Louis, Shreveport, Louisiana and Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was a graduate of Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Memphis, Tennessee, and served proudly in the United States Air Force, where she began her nursing career. She married Air Force Officer Ralph Lawrence “Larry” Anderson, and after their marriage and transfer to Maxwell Air Force Base, in Montgomery, Alabama, she was very active in the...Article Link

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Fritter, Stella Mae Smith, 101, passed away May 5, 2021, after a long, full life. She had been a resident of the Hermitage at Cedarfield in Henrico County for 23 years. Stella was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Albert N. Fritter; her parents Lela Evans and James Jackson Smith of Arley, AL; Three Brothers, Truman, George, and Durell Smith, as well as four sisters, Eva Watkins, Polly Stoffel, Edyth Plunkett and Betty Ledbetter. Stella is survived by her son Albert N. Fritter, Jr. and wife Betty, one grandson, Christopher N. Fritter and wife Yen, and one brother,...Article Link

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Jerry Wayne Wadsworth, 63, loving husband, brother, uncle and friend, passed away peacefully at his home in Sandston on Saturday, May 15, 2021, with his devoted wife by his side. Jerry was born March 21, 1958 to the late Harvey and Bernice Stewart Wadsworth in Smithfield, NC. While working as an LPN, he earned his BSN/RN from Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, NC in 1985. He devoted his life to the care of others until he retired from VCU Health System in November of 2020. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his step-mother Eula Mae...Article Link

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A new airline has selected Richmond International Airport as one of the 16 inaugural airports it will serve, company and airport officials announced Friday. Breeze Airways – founded by David Neeleman, who previously founded JetBlue, Brazil’s Azul, Canada’s WestJet, and Utah-based Morris Air (which was later purchased by Southwest Airlines) – will begin serving RIC July 8 with flights to and from Charleston, S.C. Subsequent flights between Richmond and New Orleans will begin July 15, and those between Richmond and Tampa will start July 22. “Being chosen for the historic launch of Breeze Airways means serious perks for RIC travelers,...Article Link

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