News - Henrico County, Virginia

A-10 to consider extension for women’s basketball championship in Henrico

March Madness might stick around for a while.

The Atlantic 10 Conference Women’s Basketball Championship concluded its second year at the Henrico Sports & Events Center as the George Mason Patriots defeated the Saint Joseph’s Hawks 73-58 in Sunday’s final.

While attendance totals hadn’t been finalized as of Monday afternoon, thousands of fans were on hand throughout the five-day event, which saw the Patriots earn their first-ever bid to the NCAA tournament.

Last year’s tournament attracted more than 16,000 fans and benefited from having the University of Richmond Spiders reach – and win – the championship.

After last year’s event, the A-10 announced it would remain in Henrico throughout 2026. Now, the conference is considering another extension, through 2028 and possibly 2029, A-10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade said. A decision by the member schools’ athletic directors could come as early as mid-March.

Henrico’s proposed budget offers sweeping tax relief for homeowners, businesses

Highlights of FY25-26 plan include real estate, personal property tax-rate cuts, continued investment in schools, safety and $50 million for water resiliency

Henrico’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2025-26 would reduce the tax rates on real estate and personal property, delivering to residents and businesses the county’s most comprehensive, permanent tax relief since 1987.

Mural celebrating Arthur Ashe aims to inspire youth ‘to keep going and don’t let anyone or anything ever stop you’

The late Arthur Ashe Jr. was a trailblazing giant on the tennis court and in advocating for human rights and social change. Now, the Richmond native is celebrated in a larger-than-life mural at the Henrico Sports & Events Center.

Registering with Henrico's alert system

"The community's firehouse," Bungalow City Firehouse 23

'Start where you are'; Henrico mural honoring the late Arthur Ashe

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Henrico begins work to improve Three Lakes Park & Nature Center

The celebrated lakes at Three Lakes Park came from borrow pits used in the construction of Interstate 64. Beginning this summer, they’ll be centerpieces to an improved and modernized park.

Henrico inmate to surprise family on Christmas Eve after ‘amazing’ recovery progress

After nearly two years behind bars, Jessica Benade is about to give her family an unforgettable Christmas gift: the joy of going home to her husband and two children on Christmas Eve.

Woodland Cemetery stabilizes chapel with state historic preservation grant

For years, the chapel at Woodland Cemetery – like the grounds themselves – seemed destined to be lost to history. The chimney had begun to pull away from the 1950s building, and it suffered from poor drainage and inadequate insulation.

'A project that bridges ... communities': Henrico celebrates Creighton Road improvements

Wide and realigned, the new Creighton Road in eastern Henrico County is complete.

County officials celebrated the roughly $16 million project with a ribbon-cutting event Dec. 19. The new road is a common thoroughfare for motorists but also acts as the dividing line between the Fairfield and Varina districts.

‘You don’t have to do it by yourself’

Henrico’s mental health response expands, evolves with empathy, coordination

The 911 call came in just after noon: A woman reported that her 27-year-old friend had a serious drinking problem and might be suicidal.

A dispatcher marked the call as Level 4 – the most serious – under the Marcus Alert system, which is designed to help responders manage behavioral health emergencies so individuals in crisis can get the treatment and resources they need.