As Circuit City continues to liquidate its retail stores, a small number of employees remain on board with the company’s corporate headquarters to wind down operations. The company was granted approval by a bankruptcy judge on Wednesday for $4 million in retention bonuses for 150 senior level executives and managers. Circuit City argued the bonus [...]

Florida-based Unicorp National Developments, currently developing West Broad Village, have reached a compromise with the County of Henrico over a $3.5 million bill it received for utility connections earlier this month. At issue was the classification of the buildings in the development. Fees for connecting public utilities, such as water lines, are assessed based on [...]

Henrico Fire officials are reporting that three teenagers are being charged in connection with a fire that at the historic Nuckols Farm off Gayton Road that we first reported on last night. While official charges are still pending, Henrico Fire personnel have concluded their investigation after interviewing numerous neighbors and witnesses. The blaze broke out [...]

A barn at the historic 18th century Nuckols Farm in Short Pump burnt to the ground Tuesday evening. The building, adjacent to the Gayton Station and Graham Meadows subdivisions off Gayton Road, caught fire just before 6:00 p.m. When we arrived around 6:10 p.m. the structure was fully involved. Smoke from the blaze could be [...]

A financial dispute between the developer of West Broad Village and Henrico County is threatening to delay the completion of the project. At issue is the cost of connecting water and sewer service to the project’s 14 buildings. Officials from Unicorp, the developer of the 115-acre project at the I-64/West Broad Street interchange in Short [...]

Let the rummaging begin. Blu-Ray players, promotional displays, Hawaiian shirts and wireless routers were among the hundreds of items on display in a downstairs conference room at Circuit City’s former headquarters in Short Pump. A liquidation employee said the brand-new goods were pulled from one closet.

Only about a week after apologizing for a profanity-filled online video, Short Pump resident and 7th District Congressman Eric Cantor has received a cease and desist letter from rock band Aerosmith for using the band’s 1970s song “Back In The Saddle.” The video, posted on YouTube and entitled “The House GOP Is Back,” used the [...]

Short Pump-based S&K Famous Brands men’s clothier has found a buyer for their corporate headquarters on West Broad Street at Interstate 64. TGM Realty Investors, a subsidiary of local company Thalhimer Commercial Real Estate, purchased the corporate offices, attached 110,000 square foot warehouse, and adjacent S&K retail store for $5.6 million. The property’s assessed value [...]

An aide to Virginia 7th District Congressman and Short Pump resident Eric Cantor is apologizing after a profanity-laced video was sent out. Aide Brad Dayspring emailed a profanity-laced YouTube video in which a voice actor dubbed over an American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) commercial from the 1970s. The video was sent [...]