The Virginia Department of Transportation has awarded seven highway contracts, worth about $5.5 million, for construction and maintenance projects in central...

The owner of a defunct Henrico County funeral home who is charged with multiple embezzlement counts is expected to be released soon on bond. Henrico Circuit...

The challenge of playing away from home is about to become more daunting for many high school sports teams in the Central Region. Travel could be affected...

Four developments totaling more than 1,300 residential units and at least 850,000 square feet of commercial space could dramatically alter the landscape...

In 1949, Charles Ylonen and his new wife, Pearl, put up their house, insurance policies and everything else as collateral for an old country store in Seven...

A veteran Henrico County police officer has filed a lawsuit alleging that the county’s police chief, top prosecutor and other law-enforcement officials...

Henrico County police are investigating a rash of commercial burglaries at office parks in the Willow Lawn, Parham and Glen Forest areas. Lt. Doug Perry...

Tricia Alford, for one, is happy that Easter is coming later this year. Alford, president of the children’s clothing store Buttons & Bows on...

The owner of a defunct funeral service is facing years behind bars if convicted in Henrico County of bilking 19 customers of more than $60,000 in pre-need...

The Virginia Department of Transportation will advertise about $176 million in paving and bridge projects for construction bids today, the first of the...

Henrico County: Repaving of 9.8 miles of Interstate 295’s southbound lanes between Interstate 64 and U.S. 33, estimated to cost $8.36 million.  ...

A funeral service operator targeted by multiple civil suits and administrative actions is being held without bond in the Henrico County jail. Kiplin L....

There are certain things in life you don’t expect to see—Red Sox and Yankees fans celebrating together; dogs and cats frolicking in the sun;...

Fire gutted a Henrico County home yesterday evening after the homeowner said he forgot a heated pan on the stove. Edward Handsome, 57, said he was heating...

The first step to make the 2010 census as accurate as possible is being taken. Actually, it’s quite a few steps. In the Richmond area, temporary...

HAMPTON Several students are standing on tables when Patrick Russo strolls into a third-grade classroom at Langley Elementary School. They’re leaning...

The following are recently issued business licenses in Henrico County. A Dog City LLC (pet sitters); licensee same, 6424 Millhiser Ave., Henrico 23226....

There’s a photograph I took on Osborne Turnpike, southeast of the city. It was early and the low sun gilded the fur of a fox lying dead on the shoulder...

During the first three months of 2009, the central Virginia region had 24 homicides, while in the 2008 period there were 20 homicides. Among 22 localities...

Eight people were hospitalized with minor injuries yesterday after a driver rear-ended a Henrico County school bus. The accident occurred about 11:30 a.m....