HENRICO, Va. -- The annual Let It Glow contest has kicked off, and this week Fred Gay was the winner!

Mr. Gay has been decorating his Henrico home for well over 15 years, and it definitely shows. He's bought over 300 inflatables in that time period, added more fuses to his home, and bought heaps of cords and outlets.

He does it all simply to see people smile and said that he grew up in a house where his dad also loved to decorate for Christmas.

The family helps him accomplish that goal, by handing out hot chocolate during the weekends that Santa visits. Visitors can park and walk around, or drive through the display.

The house lights up at 5 p.m., seven days a week. Starting Dec. 8, Santa comes to visit on weekends, and hot chocolate is served.

Address: 7703 Strath Road, Henrico

Would you like to nominate a holiday lights home? Click here to make a nomination.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — The FBI has offered a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of Ward Christopher Royal.

Royal, 54, is wanted for multiple Richmond-area bank robberies.

He is considered armed and dangerous.

Royal, described as a 5’8″ white male with brown hair and brown eyes, is accused of robbing :

Wells Fargo Bank – 8101 Brook Road in Henrico County, Virginia on October 17, 2017

Wells Fargo Bank – 5610 Brook Road in Henrico County, Virginia on October 30, 2017

New Generations Bank – 1700 Robin Hood Road in Richmond, Virginia on November 7, 2017

Wells Fargo Bank – 4901 West Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia on November 11, 2017

“There is an active state warrant for Ward Christopher Royal from the Commonwealth of Virginia, dated October 30, 2017 for Robbery – Firearm: Use in Commission of Felony, Second Offense,” according to the FBI. “The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of Ward Christopher Royal.”

Anyone with information was asked to call the Richmond Division of the FBI at 804-261-1044.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Forty years and counting. That is how long one Henrico woman has been amassing her collection of Hollywood.

Like Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” the song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” is the one tune that can stop Yvonne Carter-Hopkins in her tracks.

“Judy Garland is my all-time favorite female actress,” said Yvonne. “Wizard of Oz is my all-time favorite movie.”

Yvonne Carter-Hopkins

The woman’s passion for the Hollywood classic runs deep.

“I met the munchkins,” said the Kansas native. “Even if I watched it 50 million times, it is like I am watching it now for the first time.”

But Yvonne isn’t just satisfied watching. The movie buff is bringing a lot of Tinsel Town to Henrico County. Yvonne scoops up anything from the silver screen and beyond.

“This is one of the older posters in my collection that numbers about 1,000. I’ve been collecting say twenty plus years. I had to have it. Had to have it,” said Yvonne.

Yvonne Carter-Hopkins

Yvonne also collects autographs. “’The Exorcist’… Linda Blair. ‘Alien’… Veronica Cartright.”

She collects movie posters from all genres. From “Blackula” to “The Bride of Frankenstein.”

Her favorite films are from Hollywood’s golden era.

“1939. ‘Gone With the Wind’ ‘Wizard of Oz’ ‘Gunga Din’ ‘Dark Victory’ ‘Juarez’… I could go on and on and on.”

However, Yvonne said not every movie excites.

“I fell asleep on ‘Star Wars’. I thought it was really long and drawn out,” she said.

Yvonne Carter-Hopkins

Whether bad or good Yvonne is preserving the past through memorabilia from American history to the major leagues. Yvonne has a full uniform once worn by a Tuskegee Airman and a bat signed by a Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame player.

“One of my main items of course is my Louisville Slugger from Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks,” she said.

It is a collection that fills a ballroom at the Cultural Arts Center in Glen Allen. A collection that keeps growing.

“I go to antique stores, thrift stores, yard sales,” she added.

Her supportive husband Maurice said he knows when Yvonne has struck movie magic.

“It is enormous. It is absolutely beautiful, and it is expensive,” said Maurice. “I hear, ‘Can you present your wallet? How much money do you have. What do you think of this?’”

At 69-years-old Yvonne knows there will come a time she may need to part with her collection. The mother of three is hoping a museum or archives will display her treasures.

“That is my dream. That is my dream come true,” said Yvonne.

Yvonne and Maurice

Until then, Yvonne will keep looking for treasures on the Yellow Brick Road of life because there is no place like the movies.

“I loved it from the first time I saw it,” said Yvonne.

Yvonne said in addition to the movie posters, she has about 5,000 movies on DVD and videotape.

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HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Ring in 2018 with R&B legends Kool & The Gang at Innsbrook After Hours' New Year's Eve celebration.

Kool & The Gang, who have been performing together for 45 years and influenced the music of three generations, have garnered two Grammy Awards and 31 gold and platinum albums.

In addition, Richmond’s party rock band The Mashup will open the show.

Doors will open at 6 p.m. and showtime is at 7 p.m. There will also be a ball drop and light show.

Organizers said a number of dinner and VIP Hospitality tickets and packages are available for the special show.  Dining and hospitality areas will be tented and heated, and include dinner drinks and private restrooms.

General Admission tickets in advance are $30. They will be $40 at the gate. Click here for more information or to get tickets. For more information about dinner and VIP Hospitality packages, call 804-562-0489 or email info@afterhoursconcertseries.com.

WTVR CBS 6 is a proud sponsor of the event. 

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- It did not take long for Ms. Antoinette Jackson to set the tone for her Fairfield Middle School students.

On the very first day of school, the sixth grade English teacher learned a unique handshake to greet each one of her students.

She greets each student with their unique handshake each day before English class.

"I think having that foundation on the first day of school really set the tone for the class," she said. "Teaching [at Fairfield] and doing the handshakes with the kids, really changes my life for the better."

Ms. Jackson said she uses the daily handshakes to  build positive relationships and encourage success.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — With nearly 200 more homes nearing completion and further development in the works, a new phase at Rocketts Landing will offer a first for the project: office space along the James River.

WVS Cos. is planning a 21,000-square-foot riverfront building that is being marketed for office use, just downhill from where construction is progressing on a 156-unit apartment building and 28 new townhomes on the southern end of the mixed-use development.

An additional commercial space with upwards of 6,800 square feet on the new apartment building’s river-facing side is slated for office or retail, and an existing structure along the river – the shell of a 19th-century industrial building – is envisioned for redevelopment as office space as well, downhill from the site of another planned apartment building.

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer is marketing the sites for WVS, the developer behind the 50-acre project between the river and Route 5 on the Richmond-Henrico line. WVS engaged the real estate firm to determine best uses for the spaces that were initially envisioned to house retail.

While retail remains an option, Thalhimer brokers Jeff Cooke and associate Amy Broderick said the square-footage of the spaces, and their locations along the riverfront, make them more suitable for use as offices.

“Retail space struggles in the middle of downtown,” Cooke said. “We think this will make a unique office space for somebody.”

“It’s unusual that it’s riverfront property,” Broderick added.

The two buildings are being offered for sale or lease, while the space in the apartment building is for lease only. Cooke and Broderick said each space is suitable for one tenant but could be divided for two or subleased by a buyer. The new buildings would be constructed once buyers are secured.

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RICHMOND, Va. -- Most people love the convenience of checked baggage, but certainly not the extra fees -- airplane travel is expensive enough as it stands. That's why CBS 6 Reporter Rob Desir decided to cover some baggage fees for people flying, as part of the CBS 6 Month of Giving.

He spotted two people traveling at the Richmond International Airport and offered to pay their baggage fees.

He said that one lady traveling to Seattle was shocked when he picked up the fee for her two bags.

Rob said he came up with the idea because he frequently travels.

"As a traveler, I understand how bag fees add on to an expensive trip," he said. "I thought one great way was to pay for this baggage fees."

But he wasn't done there. He noticed that the sky captain had been working hard, checking bags for Fort Lee cadets headed home.

So Rob surprised him with two $50 gift cards.

Every day through December, a CBS 6 team member will surprise someone in the community with a random act of kindness.

The CBS 6 Month of Giving is possible due to a partnership with Union Bank and Trust.

Watch CBS 6 Month of Giving segments each day or catch up online.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Henrico’s Essex Village apartment complex will not be named after Richmond native Maggie Lena Walker after all.

Ernst Valery, the business man who bought the complex for $42.5 million, confirms the complex will renamed to St. Luke Apartments.

In November, Valery announced the troubled apartment complex would be renamed after the Richmond woman who became the first woman in the nation to charter a bank.

After the announcement some people argued that Walker’s name should not be attached or associated with Essex Village. Valery did not explain why he decided not to rename the apartments after Walker.

Valery previously told CBS 6 report Melissa Hipolit that he planned to buy the Section 8 property and renovation the area. That renovation, he said, would transform the complex so that a three-bedroom apartment at the Section 8 complex would cost up to $1,445 a month in rent. A one bedroom would cost $1,055 a month in rent.

Numbers that are higher than what the U.S. Housing & Urban Development Department (HUD) calculated for fair market rent in Henrico in 2018.

In October, Henrico County Manager John Vithoulkas said the proposed rent increases did not sit well with him since taxpayers already paid $5.4 million annually to subsidize the complex.

Valery said the amount of rent residents would pay would not change, but the amount subsidized by taxpayers would increase by about 40 percent.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. --  Before some people get up in the morning, the children at the La Petite Academy in Glen Allen are revving things up. The school provides a health and nutrition program called Grow Fit.

"In the morning after circle time, they get up and have a 10-minute break, a physical fitness break," Academy Director Pamela Mayfield-Smith said.

Grow Fit is a health and nutrition program recognized with a prestigious national award from The Partnership for a Healthier America, a non-profit affiliated with Michelle Obama.

Mayfield-Smith called the program a great way to get kids thinking healthy, especially in the fight against childhood obesity.

"In some ways we have a food fight,” Mayfield-Smith said. "It's the good food versus the bad food. Our goal is to encourage them or help them to make a better choice. To choose between an apple or a Doritos."

Through the Grow Fit initiative, the schools focus on making nutrition and physical activity essential elements in helping their children reach their full potential.

"Especially as they get older and get to middle school and high school," Mayfield-Smith said. "If that foundation is laid there, then they'll be successful with their eating habits."

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- They are real life calendar girls.

“At first, I thought it would be kind of glamorous to be honest" said Ms. January, Newsha Dau

Dau is from Henrico and is one the calendar models not only gracing the pages, but baring her soul.

" It was so good to see how far I've come,” Dau said.

Through scrapbooking, Dau chronicles the highs and lows of the past year-and-a-half which included a photoshoot in Sandbridge, Virginia.

The calendar models were part of a group of 85 women from Virginia, Texas, Florida and North Carolina.

"They were bonded by breast cancer, but that's not what they focused on,” said Rene Bowditch, co-founder of ‘Here for the Girls, Inc.’

Rene Bowditch and Mary Beth Gibson started ‘Beyond Boobs’ in Williamsburg in 2007 from their dining rooms.

The in-person support group now helps close to three hundred women. The support group services the non-profit "Here for the Girls" which connects younger women going through breast cancer.

The ‘Beyond Boobs’ support group target women diagnosed 51 years old and under. Breast cancer in a young woman is often more aggressive and found later.

"Their issues are so different. They're in their 20s, 30s and 40s. They're put into menopause because of the treatments. The whole-body image thing,” Bowditch said

These women are also either in a relationship or married with young children such as Dau.

"So, I had been crying for a long time,” Dau said while pointing to her calendar photo.

“I had a lot of trouble feeling comfortable,” Dau said.

It's that body image "thing" that Dau said made her feel anything but glamorous the day of the shoot.

"I had this crazy hair. It's really short. My eyebrows are likely still coming in. My body's different. I was a mess, Dau said.

In 2016, at 39 years old and a young mother, Dau and her family got the life-changing news.

"I got my diagnosis the day the moving truck was leaving our house,” Dau said.

She was leaving her support system in Falls Church, Virginia and going to a new city--with a new diagnosis.

“It was scary. It was scary,” Dau said.

At VCU Massey Cancer Center, Dau would endure six rounds of chemotherapy. She did cold capping in an effort to keep most of her hair.  She also had a double mastectomy and a 20-hour surgery that would take skin from her stomach to fill in her breasts.

Her sisterhood from Beyond Boobs was with her every step of the way.

"After you’ve gone through what you’ve been through and you’ve shared the most personal things, I feel like freely people gave me love. Now, I can say it back to them,” Dau said.

That photo shoot may not have been picture perfect for Dau, but it revealed one of life's little lessons.

“I was like this is me. This is what I look like,” Dau said.

The "Here for the Girls” 2018 calendar is $20. It can be purchased at Westbury Pharmacy at 8903 Three Chopt Road and online www.hereforthegirls.org/

For more information on the in-person support group, contact richmondsupport@hereforthegirls.org or www.hereforthegirls.org/support

For more information on the online support services 24/7, contact www.pinklink.org/

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Support is coming in from around the world for a Godwin High School student who was paralyzed in a car accident on his way to school.

Ryan Estrada, 16, says he lost control of his vehicle while trying to avoid a bicyclist on Gayton Road in Henrico County on Nov. 8.

“I remember swerving past the biker and there was another car coming in the lane so I had to swerve back into my lane,” recalls Estrada. “I remember losing control of the wheel, hitting the mailbox and then hitting the tree.”

Estrada said two motorists, who he now considers his “angels,” came to his rescue and called 911.

A photo shows Ryan's car near where the crash happened.

“Vehicle in the ditch with someone hanging out of the vehicle not moving. Complainant thought they were deceased,” can be heard from emergency communications from that morning.

“When I was hanging out the window, I knew something was wrong because I couldn’t feel anything in my shoulders and I just couldn’t feel anything,” said Estrada.

Ryan suffered a broken vertebrae in his neck and severe spinal cord injury resulting in paralysis of his hands and legs.

Ryan Estrada

“It was easily the worst day of my life to see him in the emergency room so helpless and crying,” Caroline Estrada, Ryan’s mother, said.

“I was about to go into surgery and the whole day I was sad, crying, bummed,” said Ryan. “I remember my uncle, I saw him in like heaven, and he told me that I’m going to get through the surgery and everything is going to be alright, so I knew from that moment, I was smiling. I looked over at my mom and told her everything was going to be OK -- You know uncle Jack, he’s got me.”

Ryan said he also saw his Grandfather whom he had never met and had only seen in family photos.

Ryan's grandfather.

“I think it means heaven is real and God’s real and that I’m here for a reason. I didn’t die for a reason,” he said. “I think it happened to regain my faith. I wasn’t really a religious person the last year going through depression. But ever since the accident every day praying.”

Ryan spent seven days in the trauma center at the VCU Medical Center and has since been moved to the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Center at VCU. He is in intense physical and occupational therapy.

The family has been overwhelmed by support from as far away as Ireland from a GoFundMe account that friends set up.

“As Caroline prepares to bring Ryan home, doctors and therapists have informed her of all the equipment necessary including a motorized wheelchair, a wheelchair accessible van, a chair lift for the stairs, a Hoyer lift for all transfers just to start. The rehab therapists have been using the Tobi Dynavox with Ryan in the hospital and highly recommend he purchase one for home. This technology allows Ryan to use his eyes to operate a computer since he does not have use of his hands. They will also need to make renovations to their home to accommodate Ryan's new life,” the GoFundMe stated.

Ryan's smiles as his mother shows him a wrestling video on her phone.

“The gratitude and indebtedness I feel for people and just the love it’s so overwhelming, but it’s the thing that Ryan talks about and I feel it everyday,” said Caroline.

Ryan’s swim season at Godwin High School started the day of his accident. His hospital room is filled with cards and well wishes from his team and the community.

“How long have you been swimming?” asked CBS 6 reporter Laura French.

"Since I could walk, can’t walk anymore though but that’s going to change," Ryan responded. "I’m going to swim next year and go to states watch me."

Ryan’s doctors are telling him to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. But Ryan feels his positivity will get him through and predicts he will walk again within six months.

“I just throw a smile on my face there’s no point in being negative that doesn’t do anything for you but when your positive and have a good mindset only good things will come,” said Ryan.

“As desolate as it may seem he’s actually the happiest Ryan I have seen in a couple of years,” said Caroline. “I did worry more before [the accident] than now everything has come to a head and he’s on the upswing.”

Caroline and Ryan Estrada.

Ryan told his mother everything happens for a reason.

“We don’t know that reason yet,  but it happened for a reason and after seeing pictures of his car there is a reason Ryan is here he is going to make good on his promise to touch lives in some way but hasn’t figured that out yet,” said Caroline.

“I honestly don’t know why I am here, but I can’t wait to find out,” said Ryan.

Ryan will celebrate his 17th birthday Sunday. He could be released from the hospital as early as Dec. 27. He hopes to get back to school by February.​

To keep up on Ryan's progress, click here to visit his CaringBridge site.

Ryan Estrada

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Henrico Police called it "puuurfect timing for a traffic stop."

Henrico Police posted video to social media that showed an officer go out of his way to rescue a kitten on Interstate 64 near Parham Road on Sunday.

"During a recent traffic stop, Henrico Police Officer McGuire noticed a frightened kitten running through the center grassy median of I-64," a Henrico Police spokesperson posted to social media. "Without hesitation, McGuire walked towards the kitten – careful not to scare it into traffic."

The officer's body camera showed McGuire leave the car he stopped for a traffic violation and follow the kitten into the media.

With gloves on his hands, Officer McGuire reached into a pile of straw and pulled out the kitten.

"He then let the violator go with a warning and focused on the kitten’s safety," the Henrico Police spokesperson said.

"You know what ma'am," Officer McGuire is heard saying on the video. "Here's your license back. You're good to go, OK. Just make sure you slowdown."

The video then showed Officer McGuire grab a towel from his cruiser, wrap the kitten in it.

"It's OK. It's OK," he said to the animal as he buckled it in for a ride to the animal shelter.

"He did what he did because he thought the kitten was going to get hit by a car," the Henrico Police spokesperson said. "More often than not, officers put themselves at risk to save others."

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A Henrico woman is being charged with 33 counts of embezzlement after police say she stole money from her job.

Crime Insider sources tell CBS 6 that 38-year-old Wendy Seidel worked at the Walmart in Short Pump.

Police responded to the store, located in the 11400 block of W. Broad Street, after it was reported that Seidel had conducted fraudulent transactions and kept the money for herself.

Wendy Seidel

The transactions resulted in a financial loss for her employer.

Seidel, who was arrested Wednesday, December 6, has been charged with 33 counts of embezzlement.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Two people were taken into custody following a crash in northern Henrico County.

Police received a call about a robbery near the Wawa convenience store on Staples Mill Road, near East Parham Road, Thursday afternoon.

When Henrico Police officers caught up with the suspect's car, it crashed near the intersection of Lydell Drive and Hungary Road.

Charges against the person in the car are pending, according to Henrico Police.

Nearby Brookland Middle was placed on a precautionary lockdown during the incident. The lockdown has been lifted.

RICHMOND, Va. – A police chase that ended in a Henrico crash Thursday afternoon started with a carjacking and abduction in Richmond, according to Crime Insider sources.

Those sources say the wrecked SUV in Henrico belongs to a maintenance man at the Saint John’s Woods apartments on Richmond's Southside.

While working at the complex, the maintenance worker was abducted and carjacked around 1 p.m. in the 500 block of Argyle Terrace.

"That's not something I've heard of, and especially in broad daylight to do something like this is pretty intense," said Saint John’s resident Robert Shuffett.

Crime Insider sources say two armed suspects, 18-year-old Ja'imon Cannon and 18-year-old Gregory Alston Jr., forced the man to get money from an ATM at a Wawa convenience store on Staples Mill Road, near East Parham Road.

Ja'imon Cannon and Gregory Alston Jr.

But while there, the victim was somehow able to alert police he was being robbed.

When Henrico Police pulled up, the two men took off, leading to a brief chase and a crash at Hungary Drive.

Nearby Brookland Middle was placed on a precautionary lockdown during the incident.

"We were all in school like what's happening," said Joshua Perez an 8th grader at Brookland Middle School.

Back where Thursday incident started, Shuffett says they've had to digest a lot of crime and destruction in recent months at Saint John’s Woods.

"It’s been very, very long four months," said Shuffett. "The crime, and dealing with the safety of the area itself.”

So far, both suspects have been charged with carjacking, attempting robbery, and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony in Henrico County. Charges in Richmond are pending.

RICHMOND, Va. – A Sandston man has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for his role in a long-running arson scheme to illegally collect insurance money.

Vershawn Jackson was sentenced Friday to 57 months in prison for the crimes that happened over a 17-year period, from as early as May 2000 until as recently as Nov. 30, 2016.

According to court documents, Jackson and his co-conspirators purchased cars or mobile homes at auction, or signed leases at rental properties, insured the property, and set fire to the insured property to collect insurance proceeds.

The insurance fraud conspiracy took place in Richmond, Henrico, Charles City, and Chesterfield counties, to even parts of Florida.

One of the fires happened in the Casey Meadows subdivision in Sandston.

The 39-year-old is one of six people who were arrested in connection to the scheme. Court documents show that Jackson purchased the home just eight days before it burned to the ground.

Court documents show he collected $303,000 from the insurance company.

Jackson pled guilty on August 18, 2017.

Over the course of the scheme, defrauded insurance companies paid out over $1,000,000 on claims by the conspirators.

The other co-conspirators in the case includes Jackson’s father, Verdon Taylor, Eugenia Fleming, Marie Taylor, Sylvia Mitchell and her son Dorel Watson.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- When a simple note becomes a life’s mission it can change lives. Garth Larson is a Henrico father who is leaving his daughter a lasting legacy on paper.

Garth Callaghan received news no one ever wants to hear. The Henrico man was diagnosed with cancer six years ago. It would be the first of four diagnoses.

Fearing he would not live long, he wanted his daughter, Emma, to know how much he loved her and cared for her as she grew up. So, Garth started writing hundreds of notes on napkins and did not stop.

Garth Callaghan and Emma 3

Some of Garth’s simple notes are original while other phrases were borrowed from authors like Dr. Seuss, Maya Angelou or Mr. Rogers.

The notes would be placed in Emma’s school lunch through her high school graduation. Garth wrote 826 notes in total.

“When I started writing Napkin Notes I didn’t think it was a legacy. I thought it was a nice thing to do and maybe I could do this instead of putting a pudding cup in Emma’s lunch bag. It is absolutely my legacy now. It is my purpose,” said Garth.

Now Garth’s Napkin Notes have been turned into a book and New Line Cinema has purchased the rights to Garth’s story with Reese Witherspoon serving as the executive producer.

“Little did we know through a few more cancer notices from our doctor and someone writing a story about us that Napkin Notes would take on a life of its own,” said Garth.

The 48-year-old said as he battles cancer he hopes his notes encourage others to connect in meaningful ways.

“I’m saying, ‘Hey, if you like our story and think of what we do has some meaning you can grab your own pen and your own disposable napkin and write a note to your own child. It doesn’t have to be great. It can say,’ ‘I Love You’ or ‘Have a great Day.’”

Garth’s daughter Emma is an 18-year-old senior at Hermitage High School. Garth said he has his good days and bad days as he fights kidney cancer. But thinking about his Napkin Notes always gives him strength. If you would like to learn more about Garth’s journey, click here.

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Watch "I Have A Story" Fridays on CBS 6 News at 11 p.m. If you know of someone with an interesting story we should tell, email gmcquade@wtvr.com

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A tractor trailer driver was charged with reckless driving following a crash early Saturday morning in eastern Henrico.

“Virginia State Police responded to reports of an overturned tractor trailer hauling several vehicles on southbound I-295 at the 28 mile marker, just south of Rt. 60 in Henrico County,” Virginia State Police spokesperson Sgt. Keeli Hill. “The Troopers preliminary report reveals the driver, Larry Cruz, of Miami, Florida lost control running off the right side of the roadway into a ditch forcing the tractor trailer to turn over on its side.”

Cruz was not hurt in the crash.

He was hauling seven cars at the time of the crash.

The accident was reported at about 1 a.m.

The crash remains under investigation.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. --  On each school day, kids across the area swipe a card at their cafeteria to pay for one or two meals.  This money is deducted from an account used at the school.

If a child shows up with a negative account balance, the school still feeds the student.   A negative balance could be because a parent forgot to replenish an account, but sometimes it is because they cannot afford to pay the bill.

In early December, the student accounts at Charles Johnson Elementary School had a total deficit of $296.

CBS 6 gave the school $400 so they would have extra money for the January accounts or a special treat.

Our thanks to Principal Dr. Tracie Daniels, Matthew Franklin, Heather Alvarez, Betty Colby, Carolyn Jones, Lakeisha Gray and Andy Jenks.

Every day through December, a CBS 6 team member will surprise someone in the community with a random act of kindness.

The CBS 6 Month of Giving is possible due to a partnership with Union Bank and Trust.

Watch CBS 6 Month of Giving segments each day or catch up online.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. – The Central Virginia Wind Symphony held their 13th annual Holiday Spectacular Sunday afternoon at the Collegiate School.

Meteorologist and Music Director Mike Goldberg, along with world-renowned bass clarinetist Michael Lowenstern, performed with some of the most talented high school musicians in Virginia.

WTVR CBS 6 anchor Bill Fitzgerald served as host for the event.