April 26, 2009
Metro localities’ spending to fall 3%
Total spending on local government services and schools in Richmond and its suburbs will fall nearly 3 percent during the fiscal year beginning July 1,...
Festivalgoers soak up wine, sunshine at event
By MELODIE N. MARTIN TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERWith temperatures yesterday reaching the low 90s, thousands worked up a healthy sweat while sampling from 22 Virginia wineries at the 18th annual James...
April 25, 2009
Special Olympics Little Feet Meet in Henrico a success
Mia Boateng, a preschooler at Glen Allen Elementary School in Henrico County, is so strong she needed only one hand to lift the makeshift barbells in the...
Henrico-based children’s charity changes name
The Christian Children’s Fund is changing its name again. The Henrico County-based charity is eliminating the Christian reference from its moniker...
Henrico kindergarten registration Tuesday
Henrico County Public Schools will hold kindergarten registration Tuesday at all county elementary schools. Parents or guardians can register children...
Henrico-based ClearPoint to merge with Calif. nonprofit
By EMILY C. DOOLEY TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERHenrico County-based ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions is expanding into California. The nonprofit is merging with ByDesign Financial Services, a...
April 24, 2009
Henrico OKs planning money for new Varina district high school
By By LISA CRUTCHFIELDHenrico County’s School Board voted last night to designate $2.5 million in state stabilization funds to begin planning a new high school in the...
Man sentenced in Henrico hit-and-run death
An aspiring doctor begged for forgiveness Wednesday from the family of the man he killed in a high-speed traffic collision. But Leonard Ledbetter Jr.‘s...
Henrico to develop third plan for school redistricting
Henrico County’s school redistricting isn’t a done deal yet. Within minutes of a presentation by a community committee that has spent six months...
Henrico woman guilty of poisoning 3-year-old twin sons
A Henrico County mother faces up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty yesterday to poisoning her twin 3-year-old boys last fall after a lunch at...
Employee burned saving Dean keepsakes from blaze
By By STEVE SZKOTAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAmong items saved was a Grammy award and gold record for “Big Bad John.“ Lost in the blaze, however, were the singer’s signature boots...
Officials prepare for RIR traffic rerouting next week
The Henrico County Department of Public Works will modify traffic patterns on major routes to Richmond International Raceway in preparation for next weekend’s...
April 23, 2009
Varina residents caught in middle as supervisors, School Board sort out funding for school
There is money to build a new high school in the eastern part of Henrico County—but who has that money is not quite so clear. The School Board repeatedly...
April 22, 2009
Fierce blaze at Dean home challenged firefighters
From its half-mile-long driveway to its stunning, panoramic view high above a broad section of the James River, country-music legend Jimmy Dean’s...
Henrico man leaps from window to escape fire
An apartment resident had to leap to safety from a second-story window yesterday as a fire tore through the dwelling off Airport Drive near Nine Mile Road....
April 21, 2009
Police won’t say who perpetrated what they call a murder-suicide
Henrico County police are declining to say who they believe fired fatal gunshots early yesterday that killed a respected school-system worker and her husband...
Richmond man convicted of soliciting murder of pregnant ex-girlfriend
A Richmond man was convicted yesterday of trying to hire a man to kill his pregnant ex-girlfriend for $1,300, including an agreement to pay the last installment...
April 20, 2009
Henrico graphics firm accentuates the positive
Steve Samuel is mad as hell and he wants to let everyone know. Samuel, founder of Graphics Gallery in Henrico County, is frustrated and fed up with all...
BUSINESS LICENSES HENRICO
The following are recently issued business licenses in Henrico County. NAAB Contracting LLC (contractor); licensee same, 8294 Walnut Grove Road, Mechanicsville...
April 18, 2009
Family forever torn by a night of mayhem
With tear-filled expressions of loss and pleas for judicial compassion, the survivors of a night of mayhem last year tried to explain in court yesterday...

