Henrico Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects (pictured) who robbed a gas station in the 3100 block of Williamsburg Road May 6. It happened at about 10 p.m. that night, while the store was still open. Employees and patrons indicated that two male subjects entered the store armed with handguns and robbed both groups of cash. One person took money from a patron of the store, while the other went behind the counter and retrieved U.S. currency from the cash register. One suspect is described as a black male with a thin build, approximately 6 feet...Article Link

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The two people found dead inside a Quarter Mill apartment in Henrico’s West End Tuesday night have been identified as 18-year-old Aureon R. Evans of Richmond and 19-year-old Antoine M. Hill. Jr. of Henrico, according to Henrico Police. The families of both have been notified. The two knew each other, according to police. The cause of death has not yet been provided. The bodies of Evans and Hill were discovered by Henrico firefighters, who responded to the Quarter Mill apartment complex in the 3000 block of Quarter Creek Road, just off Mayland Drive and north of I-64, Tuesday evening following...Article Link

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Henrico Police are seeking clues about the deaths of two people in a West End apartment. The two were discovered dead by Henrico firefighters, who responded to the Quarter Mill apartment complex in the 3000 block of Quarter Creek Road, just off Mayland Drive and north of I-64, following reports that water was flooding an apartment from an upper-level apartment. When they entered the upper apartment, they found two bodies and called police. Anyone in the area who may have heard something, or anyone with general information about the incident, should call Henrico Police at 501-5000 or report their tips...Article Link

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The JC Penney store at Virginia Center Commons will close permanently Sunday, May 16. The company sold the building that houses the store and an associated parking lot earlier this year to companies controlled by The Rebkee Co. and Shamin Hotels, which paid million for the 7.67-acre site. The companies are planning to redevelop the mall site into a mixed-use development; Rebkee is planning as many as 400 apartments on the Penney site. Henrico County is spending million to build an indoor arena and convocation center at the site on land it purchased from The Rebkee Co.Article Link

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All public Richmond and Henrico Health Districts COVID-19 vaccination events are now available on a walk-up basis to any eligible person. Though scheduling a time to be vaccinated is not required anymore, residents still can do so if they choose by visiting http://vax.rchd.com or calling (804) 205-3501. “Our COVID-19 vaccination events have more appointments available for a variety of reasons- significant progress in the vaccination effort, increased community supply, more vaccination opportunities at pharmacies and doctors’ offices, and some hesitancy,” said RHHD Nurse Manager Amy Popovich. “Because of this, we can be less reliant on our registration systems. We can...Article Link

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1301 Village Views Drive - 5,000, 1,860 SF (built in 2006), from Pranav G. and Moushmi P. Parikh to Anjali Hemant Shukla and Yatharth Hemant. 808 Stonemeadow Drive - 5,000, 1,900 SF (built in 1999), from Larry Robinson Jr. to Benjamin Cisneros and Esthela E.C. Ortiz. 2901 Barbara Court - 7,000, 2,092 SF (built in 2006), from Debra Lynn Hamilton to Dan C. and Liliana N. Butu. 10126 Idlebrook Drive - 5,500, 1,518 SF (built in 1978), from Benjamin G. Martin to Margaret L. McGurn and Ryan A. Melnikas. 2307 Lafayette Avenue - 1,000, 2,279 SF (built in 2008), from...Article Link

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Henrico Police arrested two people in connection with two separate shootings in the county Tuesday. Eighteen-year-old Benjamin A. Newton faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and firing a weapon in an occupied dwelling in connection with a shooting Tuesday morning at the Abbington West End Apartments just off Staples Mill Road that left 18-year-old Brittney J. Peyton of Hanover dead. Police have not described a motive for the shooting. That incident took place just a few blocks from the scene of a Monday morning shooting, which involved two adult females – one of whom (27-year-old Sha’Keela I. Johnson of Henrico) then...Article Link

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Henrico County Public Works officials are planning to spend .8 million in federal funds to upgrade the county’s traffic management system by 2024, Public Works Director Terrell Hughes told the Henrico Board of Supervisors Tuesday night. It will be the second phase of upgrades for the system; the first was completed in 2012 with million in federal money, Hughes said. Henrico maintains 145 signals countywide at county roads and will be adding three more soon, Hughes said. The money will be used to: • upgrade 122 of them; • provided metered electrical service to 107; • provide backup power...Article Link

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The Virginia School Counselor Association recently named Erin Rettig, a school counselor at Ridge Elementary School, as its Elementary School Counselor of the Year. Rettig was surprised by Henrico County Public Schools leaders and members of her family at an April 30 announcement at Ridge. She will be recognized at the Virginia School Counselor Association’s annual conference in October. This is the second straight year the award has been presented to an HCPS school counselor; Last year Lila Hiltz of Donahoe Elementary School won the statewide honor. “I love anything that brings attention to Ridge,” said Rettig. “It’s a very...Article Link

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A woman died in a shooting at a Henrico apartment complex Tuesday morning – just blocks away from the location of a shooting Monday morning. Tuesday’s shooting took place in the 7600 block of Beth Road in the Abbington West End apartment complex, just off Staples Mill Road not far from Glenside Drive, happened shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday. About an hour later, Henrico Police reported that they were in the initial stages of a death investigation. Anyone who may have tips for police about the incident should call Detective Noah at 501-5581 or report that information anonymously through Metro...Article Link

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