Ruth Ford Duncan, passed away peacefully at Bon Secours Mercy Memorial Regional Hospital on March 6, 2021, and joined the heavenly Angel Choir. She was predeceased by her parents, Earl C. Ford and Theo O’Briant Ford. She was also predeceased by her siblings, Hilda McClintock, Neal Ford, Carlton Ford, Margaret Coleman, Cliff Ford and one son-in-law, Joe Mitchell. Ruth graduated in the class of 1944 from Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, Va. She retired after 40 years employment at NAPA. She was a member of Shady Grove UMC-Short Pump since childhood and remained active until her death. Her faith...Article Link

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Proclaiming there is “light at the end of the tunnel” following a year of COVID-19, U.S. Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-4th District) Thursday highlighted during a virtual press conference Congress’s recent passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. McEachin was joined by City of Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and City of Petersburg Mayor Samuel Parham to discuss the passage of the act and other COVID-related topics. President Joe Biden signed the COVID-19 relief package into law Thursday, introducing resources to increase vaccination, to send out stimulus checks to citizens, to put children back in school and to restore...Article Link

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Music is the great equalizer. It transcends race, gender, sexual orientation, political affiliation, and however else humans are categorically separated. That’s not to say that everyone listens to and interprets music the same way, though. Some people are moved by the rhythm, some by the beat. Some folks prefer the lyrics to the melody or the genre to the tempo. Those who are hearing-impaired sometimes can feel the vibration of the bass. What I can say with 99% certainty is that music transports most of us to another time instantaneously. I’ve done a little research for this topic and asked...Article Link

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Information technology experts say a new Virginia consumer data protection law could be more robust, but it will force businesses to rethink how they handle consumer data. “This is the first time in Virginia that consumers will have the right to understand what data a company collects about them, and how they use that data and who they share it with,” said Andrew Miller, the co-founder of Workshop Digital, a Richmond-based digital marketing agency. Senate Bill 1392 and House Bill 2307 are known as the Consumer Data Protection Act, or CDPA. The governor signed both bills into law this month....Article Link

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Transportation Security Administration officials stopped the third gun at a Richmond International Airport checkpoint March 11. A King William County man attempted to bring a .22-caliber handgun loaded with 11 bullets among his carry-on items at the security checkpoint that morning. TSA alerted airport police, who responded to the checkpoint, confiscated the handgun and cited the man on a weapons charge. The man told officials that he forgot that he had his loaded gun with him. “It’s inexcusable to bring a loaded gun to a checkpoint. You will be caught,” said TSA Federal Security Director for the airport Chuck Burke....Article Link

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N. Laburnum Avenue at Nine Mile Road – Police arrested and charged a citizen with driving under the influence at a vehicle accident Mar. 5 at 4:14 p.m. 11800 block of W. Broad Street – Police arrested and charged a citizen with shoplifting at a retail store Mar. 5 at 6:30 p.m. Monument Avenue at Bremo Road – Police arrested and charged a citizen with driving under the influence of drugs Mar. 6 at 12:01 a.m. 10000 block of Purcell Road – Police arrested and charged a citizen with being drunk in a public place at an apartment complex Mar....Article Link

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Jessica Delk has been waiting months for Henrico Public Schools to open back up for in-person learning. Delk’s three children spent nearly a year in the virtual world of online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. They were ready, Delk said, when they started to go back to school in February. The choice to send her children back to the classroom was long overdue, she said. Some of her friends enrolled their children at private schools or moved to nearby Hanover County to get classroom instruction. “It’s been super frustrating being a Henrico County resident,” she said. But other Virginia families...Article Link

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The Henrico Board of Supervisors will host its annual weeklong budget review March 15-19 to examine in detail the proposals from each county department and agency. The entire series of meetings will be available for viewing on WebEx. All sessions will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except for the one set for 1 to 5 p.m., March 16. The sessions will be conducted at the Henrico County Training Center, Rooms 2029 and 2030, 7701 East Parham Road. Though the public van watch, there will be no opportunity for public comment. That will come later, when the board...Article Link

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Henrico Schools officials provide details about summer learning options; a woman is found dead in an apparent homicide in Highland Springs; Henrico Schools is conducing a public survey; new COVID-19 cases remain low in the county. (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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A woman was killed Thursday afternoon in the 1000 block of West Nine Mile Road, near Longstreet Avenue. Henrico Police arrived at a home just before 2:30 p.m. after a report of a suspicious situation and found the woman dead inside. Detectives are arriving on scene and are in the early stages of their homicide investigation, and there is a heavy police presence at the site. Police are working to determine what happened and are asking for the public’s help. If you heard or saw anything that could be helpful to police, call Metro Richmond Crime Stoppers at 780-1000 or...Article Link

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