Home Care In Chesterfield, VA

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - A Chesterfield woman thought she was just having another day at work, but it turned into a miracle delivery.

She didn’t even know she was pregnant.

After getting married in 2011, Becca Johnson and her husband struggled through years of fertility treatments.

In 2016, they welcomed their first child. But doctors warned Johnson she’d likely never conceive again, without intervention.

Then, to their surprise, a second daughter was born in August 2024.

“Out of nowhere, right before our anniversary, we were getting ready to go on a date for our anniversary, and I just had a gut feeling. So, January of ’24, I took a test. We found out we were pregnant with our second,” said Becca Johnson.

After that, Johnson says she struggled to lose the baby weight, blaming it on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, also known as PCOS.

On Tuesday, Sept. 9, Johnson says she woke up in pain.

“So we go to the ER, they check me in. I can’t sit at this point. My back is killing me. I’m telling them it’s my back, but it’s now radiating to my front. They’re thinking kidney stones or cysts,” Johnson said.

At the hospital, she told the nurse she felt she needed to go to the bathroom.

But what happened next left everyone stunned.

“I hurry over and I go, ’Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry if this is constipation. I feel like such a horrible person,’” she said.

“She [the nurse] looks over and she goes, ‘That’s a head,’” the mom said.

In just minutes, she was holding her third baby girl, Carlee Evangeline. She weighed 7 pounds and 8 ounces and was 19 inches long.

Johnson says she felt fine the entire nine months and never suspected anything, especially not a full-term baby.

She calls her daughter a miracle and has a message to anyone still hoping for a child.

“Obviously, never give up hope and prayer. God steps into the storm, whether you realize it or not. He didn’t say there wasn’t going to be a storm, but he said he would stand beside you in it and don’t give up because clearly your body will reset,” she said.

For the Johnsons, baby Carlee is a reminder that the greatest gifts can arrive when we least expect them.

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - Chesterfield County is one of the fastest-growing localities in Virginia.

Nearly 20% of residents are 65 and older, and they make up a majority of medical calls for fire and EMS.

“Unfortunately, there are only two acute care hospitals within the county. Johnston-Willis Hospital in the north and St. Francis Medical [Center] to the northwest,” said Chief Edward Senter Jr.

Chief Senter said this has extended the county’s response and transport times. In fact, Senter said, about 46% of their patients are taken to hospitals beyond county lines.

However, that could soon change, with VCU Health and HCA Healthcare proposing to build new hospitals in the county. Bon Secours is also looking to expand its current St. Francis Medical Center in Midlothian.

“The needs of healthcare of our aging populations are not diminishing,” said Dr. Joseph Casey, the Chesterfield County Administrator.

VCU Health proposes a 66-bed general hospital along Beach Road with six operating rooms and a neonatal unit. It would also include a CT scanner and an MRI scanner.

“Chesterfield Hospital will help VCU Health examine the obstacles and barriers patients face to getting appropriate care, enhance population health,” said Sheryl Garland with VCU Health.

HCA Healthcare wants to build a 60-bed facility called Magnolia Hospital featuring six ICU beds and four operating rooms along Hull Street Road in Moseley, right next to Powhatan County.

The Powhatan County Fire Chief, David Johnston, is showing his support.

“Magnolia Hospital’s ideal location will make a significant difference in the outcomes of the patients we have the privilege to serve,” Johnston said.

Bon Secours hopes to expand its St. Francis Medical Center by adding 36 general and four ICU beds.

“Our proposed opportunity is to address a facility-specific institutional need for expansion and does not propose the development of a new costly hospital,” said a Bon Secours representative.

The county administrator showed his support for all three hospitals.

“I would just like to think and say that we are greatly supportive of the interest of any and all the medical providers in whatever they may do in coming to Chesterfield County,” Dr. Casey said.

Members of the state health commissioner’s staff were at the meeting, listening to their arguments. They will recommend the project to the commissioner, who will then decide which project moves forward.

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - Inside the Talley Workforce Center at Brightpoint Community College’s Chester campus on Wednesday morning, Google announced their plans to build a new data center near Meadowville Technology Park in Chesterfield.

“Today, I’m proud to announce that Google is building a new data center in Chesterfield County,” said Ruth Porat, president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google during Wednesday’s announcement.

The plan is part of Google’s $9 billion investment in Virginia through 2026, with a focus on cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure and funding to expand two existing facilities in northern Virginia.

“When we look for new sites, we look for a strong talent pool, both for construction and operations, as well as available infrastructure and land,” said Amber Tillman, head of data center public affairs for Google. “Lastly, but most importantly, great community partners who want to work with us and who will help advance our projects quickly and we found all of that in Chesterfield.”

The plan, touted as a “new era for American innovation,” has a mission to create economic opportunities, fortify cybersecurity, and expand workforce development in Virginia.

“Just a few weeks ago, Google launched the Google AI for Education Accelerator,” said Porat.

Porat said the program will give students access to free AI tools, training and a chance to earn their Google career certificates. The program will be available to students who attend the University of Virginia, Old Dominion University, Northern Virginia Community College and Brightpoint Community College.

However, Porat notes this support will expand differently for students across Virginia.

“As part of our broader overall commitment to American education and competitiveness, all Virginia-based college students also have access to a free Google AI Pro plan, providing access to advanced personalized AI collaboration tools,” she said. “This gets everyone the ability to actually have AI skills for the jobs that are here today and will continue to grow.”

Gov. Glenn Youngkin joined state and local leaders for the announcement in Chester.

“AI is at the heart of the future of business,” said Gov. Youngkin.

Data centers have also been at the heart of criticism growing across Central Virginia, with many people voicing their concerns about their environmental and energy impacts.

12 On Your Side asked Gov. Youngkin about his response to the pushback.

“I worry that the progressive left side of the political spectrum wants to dictate from Richmond what businesses can go where and they want to try to restrict data centers across the whole state, when each county or jurisdiction should be able to make that decision,” he said. “Do we need to make sure that citizen voices are heard? Yes. Do we need to make sure that local leaders are empowered to make decisions about where they go? Yes. Should that be decided in Richmond? Absolutely not.”

Gov. Youngkin also took a moment to double down about the reasons he advocates for these types of developments.

“They bring enormous investment, they bring a great tax base, they have great jobs to hire people and pay them very, very good salaries and on top of that, the ecosystem that builds up around our data center community has somewhere between six and 10 more jobs that come with it,” said Gov. Youngkin.

Google said the data center in Chesterfield is in the pre-construction phase and could take anywhere between 18 and 24 months to complete.

A spokesperson for Chesterfield said the data center is slated to be built on Bermuda Hundred Road and as with any project in Chesterfield, will need to obtain all necessary local and state permits.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A developer working in Chesterfield County is accused of denying a restaurant company the land promised to it years ago in favor of building a retail store.

In late September, Cooper’s Hawk Midlothian, LLC filed a federal lawsuit accusing Atlanta-based developer SJC Ventures of breaching the terms of a lease agreement for a property within the up-and-coming Midlothian Depot.

The development, located at the intersection of Midlothian Turnpike and Alverser Drive, was previously described by SJC Ventures as a site that will one day contain both homes and businesses, from a high-end grocery store to multiple retail shops.

In the lawsuit, Cooper’s Hawk claims that it was promised a “desirable, commercial space” within Midlothian Depot for an upscale restaurant centered on wine service, complete with “ample parking area and high visibility from the roadway adjacent to the space, Midlothian Turnpike.”

However, Cooper’s Hawk alleges that, as of this year, SJC Ventures is trying to illegally alter the terms of their lease agreement.

“Recently, it became crystal clear that [SJC Ventures] does not intend to honor the commitments in the lease — having broken ground on development of an incompatible site plan on the site it promised Cooper’s Hawk,” the lawsuit reads.

Per the lawsuit, after finalizing the acquisition of the Midlothian Depot property in January, SJC Ventures then provided an “entirely new site plan for the project” to Cooper’s Hawk. The developer reportedly explained that it “‘had to make a number of changes to get [the] deal to work, including reconfiguring the site plan.'”

Specifically, Cooper’s Hawk claims that the newest site plan was “unrecognizable” and a “complete departure” from the one agreed upon in 2023, saying it “appears to not even identify a location for [the restaurant,] much less the desirable location” that was agreed upon.

Further, the lawsuit asserts that SJC Ventures “has already made significant progress” in building a retail building on the space originally promised to Cooper’s Hawk, as pictured below.

At no point did either SJC Ventures or Cooper’s Hawk exercise their right to terminate the lease, the lawsuit states.

This legal action comes after what Cooper’s Hawk described as “several months” of failed attempts to resolve this issue with SJC Ventures.

“If [SJC Ventures] is permitted to continue building and disregarding the parties’ valid lease, Cooper’s Hawk will suffer irreparable harm in the loss of the unique and desirable location it bargained for,” the lawsuit reads.

Cooper’s Hawk is therefore asking a judge to stop SJC Ventures’ construction on the site and order the developer “abide by the terms and conditions” of the lease as written. Cooper’s Hawk is also requesting financial compensation.

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - Chesterfield County area residents packed a room at Tuesday’s State Corporation Commission hearing.

Dozens of people with the community group Friends of Chesterfield sported their red shirts opposing the gas plant.

“This is a catastrophe,” one resident said.

Residents and elected officials alike said that the gas plant, which would be located where the retired coal plant is on Coxendale Road, would lead to health problems for people living near it.

They pointed out that those tend to be low-income families and communities of color.

“This is not the right time or the right place. We know the impacts it has to health on particular areas. We know that projects like these end up in the same neighborhoods and the same parts of the commonwealth time and time again,” Delegate Mike Jones said.

Another concern was the environment. Many said the plant would release harmful matter into the air, adding they’d prefer cleaner, renewable energy sources like wind and solar instead, which is mandated by the Virginia Clean Economy Act.

“We have high incidents of asthma and cardiovascular disease. We also want to protect the water and the soil,” Aileen Rivera, a resident who’s against the plant, said.

However, Dominion Energy said it currently has the largest offshore wind project underway and has a solar fleet.

It’s still not enough to deal with the growing demand, which Dominion Energy said will only double in the next decade.

“Off-shore wind and solar are both intermittent resources. So we need natural gas to fill in the gaps,” Jeremy Slayton, the spokesman for the utility, said.

However, residents speculate that demand is really coming from the area’s increased number of data centers, which require a lot of energy.

One woman said she feels residents are forced to foot the bill for the centers.

“They’re the ones increasing energy needs in the state, but they’re not really serving the ordinary, average customer. And so, if Dominion is building a giant gas plant that is entirely serving one customer, I think that customer should be on the hook for paying for it,” she said.

Dominion Energy said that it is legally required to provide power to anyone in its service area, regardless of their identity or industry.

Now, this project still has multiple hearings to go through before it can be approved.

If everything goes in Dominion’s favor, they hope to have it operational by 2029.