Henrico Police have arrested five women suspected of prostitution at a hotel in Western Henrico County. The name of the establishment was not released in order to allow for future stings. The women were contacted via websites like Craigslist and officers arranged to meet them at the hotel, where they were arrested.

The John Rolfe Parkway project caused a short interruption of water service Thursday afternoon for residents and businesses along Church Road between Pump Road and the Lake Loreine subdivision. The interruption happened as crews were relocating an existing water line as part of the new road project. Water service was expected to be fully restored by [...]

Have pesticides sitting around that you need to dispose of? Henrico County is providing an easy way for you to get rid of them safely on Friday. The event is being hosted by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The event is free, and because of funding from the sale of pesticides, no taxpayer money [...]

And from the ashes, new life emerges. Sounds biblical, but in this case it applies to three entrepreneurs who have a plan to sell low-priced menswear online. Bert Hardy and two other former S&K Menswear executives are trying to take the S&K model and cut out the stores, leaving a profitable online operation. 

The former chief executive of Short Pump-based S&K Menswear has found a new home as the president of locally-based RetailData Services.The company collects information about supermarkets and sells it to the grocery industry.  Oliver said he wanted to stay in retail and had known about the company for a decade.

Admiral Americas, the U.S. arm of Welsh-based Admiral Insurance, has picked a new name. The firm will do business as Elephant Auto Insurance and has launched a web site. Admiral located its U.S. headquarters in Richmond last March. As of last month, the company has 19 employees and was still growing into its 26,000-square-foot office in The [...]

Following the demise of Circuit City, the book has closed on yet another national retailer based in Short Pump. S&K Famous Brands has shuttered its Short Pump location, next to the headquarters on West Broad Street at Interstate 64. Operations have wound down at the chain’s brick and mortar stores across the country, but some [...]

The former Short Pump Circuit City, soon to house an hhgregg electronics store, isn’t the only one in the area to come back to life. The Broad and Gaskins location, which was a Circuit City concept store known as “The City,” and just blocks from the former company’s corporate headquarters, will soon be the new [...]

Three separate thefts over the span of a month are being investigated at the American Family Fitness Center behind Short Pump Town Center. In the incidents, keys were stolen from lockers and wallets were subsequently stolen from vehicles. In one case, a car was moved to another parking lot.