Henrico High School football player Samar Lemons suffered a broken neck during his team’s March 12 game against Douglas Freeman High School, and a GoFundMe page has been created in his name to help assist with anticipated significant medical bills. “We believe that he will walk again and need YOU to believe it too,” organizers wrote on the page. Lemons, a senior defensive back, was injured during a kickoff. He hopes to attend Old Dominion University in the fall and ultimately join the Army after college, according to the GoFundMe post. “They have to begin aggressive physical therapy to gain...Article Link

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Richmond International Airport recently achieved Global Biorisk Advisory Council STAR accreditation, which recognizes it as having implemented the most stringent protocols for cleaning, disinfection, and infectious disease prevention in its facilities. As the cleaning industry’s only outbreak prevention, response, and recovery accreditation, GBAC STAR helps organizations establish protocols and procedures, offers expert-led training, and assesses a facility’s readiness for biorisk situations. The program verifies that the airport implements best practices to prepare for, respond to and recover from outbreaks and pandemics. To achieve the accreditation, RIC was required to demonstrate compliance with the program’s 20 core elements, which range from...Article Link

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Henrico Police make an arrest in one fatal shooting; another one Saturday morning claims two lives; a high school football player suffers a serious injury during a game; new COVID cases in Henrico spike slightly during the weekend; the county reports its second case of MIS-C. (Today's Henrico News Minute is brought to you by Henrico County's COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance program.)Article Link

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Two men are dead and several other people in the hospital with critical injuries following a shooting in the parking lot of a shopping center near Richmond Raceway early Saturday morning. Henrico Police responded to the 5100 block of Richmond-Henrico Turnpike after 3 a.m. and found a group of people there, including the victims. Police reported shortly before 11 a.m. that two men had died, though they did not release their names, pending notification of their next of kin. There was no word on how many other injured victims there were, but police said they would provide details as they...Article Link

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Henrico Police have arrested and charged the husband of a woman found dead in a Highland Springs home March 10 with her murder. Forty-year-old Germaine Anthony Barlow of Henrico was taken into custody Thursday without incident at the home in the 1000 block of West Nine Mile Road where his wife, 37-year-old Tiffany Michelle Yellardy, was found dead, according to police. He is facing a first-degree murder charge and is being held without bond at Henrico Jail West. Police detectives are continuing to investigate the case as they work with the state medical examiner’s office and the Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney’s...Article Link

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Henrico County reported 53 new cases of COVID-19 March 12, according to the Virginia Department of Health, with most days remaining in the double-digits. In accordance, the moving seven-day average leveled out at 47 daily cases, reflecting the trend in low cases. Among these new cases was Henrico's second case of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, named MIS-C for short. The condition, associated with COVID-19, causes inflammation of the heart, lungs, kidneys and other internal organs within children, teens and even young adults. Virginia has a total of 42 MIS-C cases, according to VDH data. The county reported two new...Article Link

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Hall, Vernon Wayne, 67, of Varina, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. He served in the U. S. Army for two years in Korea and worked at Bear Island Paper Company for 32 years. Wayne loved listening to music, riding in his Mustang, playing his guitars, playing golf and being the best Boppi in the world. Survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Terri: his three daughters, Tiffani Strath (Jay), Candace Carnley (Jamie) and Kimberly Haller (Richie); eight grandchildren, that were truly the love of his life, Taylor, Evan, Gavin, Landon, Luke, Leighton, Ryland and Ridge; sisters, Linda...Article Link

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Cox, Dale S., born November 12, 1963, went to be with the Lord on March 6, 2021. He was born in Richmond, Va. to Frank and Nona Cox of Lakeside, where he lived and was a graduate of Henrico High School. He was draftsman with Shenandoah Shutters and had worked with his brothers at Cox Rails, helping to build and grow the company for decades. Dale defeated death when he committed his life to the Lord in 2020, however his battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis finished with him, joining his wife, Mary Cox, and leaving behind two sons, Mark (Cathy)...Article Link

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MERTSCH, Madison “Maddie” Cate, 22, of Henrico, VA, formerly of Bronxville, NY, passed away on March 9, 2021. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfathers, William Boyle McCracken and Anton von Preu Wallner; and paternal grandparents, Judith Overstreet and Gerhard Otto Mertsch. Maddie was a rising senior at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY studying creative writing, philosophy, psychology, and music. She was the goalkeeper for the women’s soccer team (GoGryphons.com) and set several school records during her career. She has been published in multiple issues of the Sarah Lawrence College Review (poetry/art) and in Love and Squalor...Article Link

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Gloria Gordon McGinnis departed this life on March, 7, 2021 at the age of 77 and peacefully went to the place God has prepared for her. Gloria was born on June 21,1943 and was the proud daughter of Elsie Vaughan Gordon and Harvey Scott Gordon. She was a long time and devoted member of Hunton Baptist Church and served on multiple committees as long as her health allowed. Gloria served Henrico County as a school bus driver for over twenty three years with many of those years driving a special education bus. Her passion was definitely her family and spending...Article Link

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