The number of new daily COVID-19 cases in Henrico County during the most recent seven-day period is at its lowest level since Oct. 23 last year. Henrico is witnessing just 32 new confirmed cases each day, according to data from the Virginia Department of Health. Since reporting 81 new cases April 18, Henrico has witnessed more than 60 cases on a single day only once, and this month, new case counts have been at 34 or lower each day except May 1 (when 54 cases were reported). Henrico’s seven-day positivity percentage among PCR testing encounters has dropped all the way...Article Link

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Keep Virginia Beautiful is giving away 10 litter cleanup kits – each featuring two trash grabbers, two safety vests, two pairs of work gloves, bags for trash and recycling, safety guidelines and other items. To enter, visit the KHB website and enter your name. The giveaways are part of the organization’s efforts to encourage Virginians to help clean up litter from the state’s landscape, roadsides, and waterways before it ends up in the state’s waterways or creates other negative impacts to nature. Ten names will be chosen at the end of the month, and KHB will ship the kits to...Article Link

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The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts will begin offering walk-up COVID-19 vaccinations at a second site – Virginia Union University in the city's Northside – on selected days this month beginning May 7. Anyone 16 or older who lives in Henrico or Richmond can walk into the vaccination site at VUU  May 7, 14 or 28 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on those days and get a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Second doses will be  scheduled for each group exactly three weeks later at the same site. On Wednesday, Henrico and RHHD officials announced that six walk-up...Article Link

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APR. 20 Papa John’s Pizza, 9853 Brook Road – The following violations were reported during a routine inspection: no towels at handsink; temperature is string cheese is elevated and also has exceeded time control policy; sanitizer at three-compartment sink exceeds maximum level; floor cleaner incorrectly stored beside food; water in spray bottle and container of flour are unlabeled; plastic film remains on lower shelf of table; dough trays incorrectly used as shelving; spinner has fibrous cover that appears to be uncleanable; QT40 test strips are unavailable; flour bucket, cutting board counter, can opener, mop sink, top of grease trap, walk-in...Article Link

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Virginia colleges are beginning to announce mandatory fall COVID-19 vaccine policies following the state attorney general's opinion that higher education institutes can require the vaccine. Virginia public colleges and universities can mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for faculty and students returning to campus this fall, Attorney General Mark Herring stated in late April. “Virginia’s college and university students deserve the chance to go to classes in-person and take advantage of all that their schools have to offer, but over the past year we have seen numerous COVID outbreaks on school campuses, so we must make sure that they are doing so...Article Link

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Four Black women have entered the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial race. If elected, the commonwealth would become the first state with a Black female governor. Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, and former Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-Prince William, are competing for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Former Roanoke City Sheriff Octavia Johnson is seeking the Republican nomination. Independent activist and educator Princess Blanding is running for the new Liberation Party, which she helped establish last year. Former U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm, D-New York, made history in 1972 when she became the first Black woman to seek a U.S. presidential nomination for a major...Article Link

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Henrico County will hold multiple walk-up COVID-19 vaccination events in May. All will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Richmond Raceway; all will offer the Pfizer vaccine. • Tuesday and Wednesday, May 11 and 12; • Wednesday and Thursday, May 19 and 20; • Wednesday and Thursday, May 26 and 27. Residents of Henrico or the city of Richmond who are 16 and older are eligible to be vaccinated without an appointment at these events. Individuals with scheduled appointments will also get the vaccine. Participants attending May 11 or 12 will be vaccinated in the Old Dominion...Article Link

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Highland Springs High School science teacher Eric Byers was named the Henrico County Teacher of the Year Tuesday during a virtual ceremony. Three Chopt Elementary School first-grade teacher Leeanne Ward earned the school system’s First-Year Teacher of the Year Award. Byers was selected from a group of five finalists – one from each of the county’s five magisterial districts. He will receive a [post_excerpt],000 award from the Henrico Federal Credit Union and will represent the county in the Virginia Teacher of the Year competition. The other finalists – Kenneth Perrault, Jr. (Hermitage High School), Matthew Seidita (Wilder Middle School), Daniel...Article Link

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4000 Dominion Townes Circle - 0,000, 1,452 SF (built in 2007), from Weston W. Clowney and Jaimeson B. Parris to Barbara A. Roberts. 3824 Broadgate Drive - 0,500, 1,432 SF (built in 1994), from Larry L. and E.Y.R. Lindsey to Calvesha Keionshae Lewis. 4600 Twin Hickory Lake Drive - 1,000, 1,520 SF (built in 2002), from Jocelyn C. Lavorgna to Alev and Murat Cengiz. 9608 Rainbrook Drive - 0,000, 1,832 SF (built in 1978), from David B. and Sandra Nunnally to Justin and Emily Sledd. 12400 Strangford Place - 5,000, 1,404 SF (built in 1994), from Abubaker and Aisha Osman...Article Link

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UPDATE: MAY 5, 2:21 P.M. –Henrico Police Wednesday announced the name of the woman killed in last night’s shooting at the Extended Stay America Hotel in the Near West End. She was 37-year-old Ashley Nicole Tolliver. Police did not say where she lived. Police are seeking Kevin K. Mitchell (pictured) in connection with the shooting. He is described as 5 foot 7, 170 pounds, with a tattoo on his neck that reads “Nyasia." * * * ORIGINAL ARTICLE, MAY 4, 11:04 P.M. – One woman is dead and another person injured critically following a shooting in the 6800 block of...Article Link

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