If you’ve ever wanted to learn to draw, Monday night is your chance. Local artist Paul Steinberg is hosting an ongoing drawing class at Daily Grind Coffee House & Cafe beginning this Monday evening. “If you can sign your name on a piece of paper, you can learn to draw,” Steinberg said.

Henrico County Public Schools announced on Thursday that a Deep Run High School student has been diagnosed with H1N1, more commonly known as Swine Flu. Schools in other parts of the county were also affected. The Deep Run case comes on the heels of a recent one at nearby Short Pump Middle School.

Construction has come to a halt in the Avington development on Pouncey Tract Road near the Interstate 64 bridge. Prospect Homes, the developer of this townhouse project and  well-known local homebuilder for more than 25 years, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week. Al Harris Al Harris covers business news for Richmond BizSense, a Downtown [...]

A group of caring, community-oriented students at Pocahontas Middle School on Three Chopt Road undertook a project to collect funds to purchase a single pet oxygen mask for Henrico County fire crews a few weeks ago, but that effort expanded into a larger project that raised funds for multiple pet masks.

We’re just now learning that the Henrico Police were called to the Gayton Library at Pump & Gayton Roads early Saturday morning. NBC12 reports that a “homemade chemical explosive device” was found. Authorities didn’t take any chances, calling in hazmat crews to investigate the object.

California Pizza Kitchen at Short Pump Town Center is pleased to host a fundraiser called “Philanthropizza” to benefit the furry critters of the Richmond SPCA, Wednesday evening from 5:00 until 9:00 p.m. More details can be found below from SPCA Community Relations Manger Tabitha Hanes.

A local man is facing charges of indecent exposure. 68-year-old David Fuller of the 2100 block of Kelly Ridge Road, in the Copperas Creek neighborhood, allegedly posted ads on websites such as Craigslist seeking female maids and administrative assistants for a supposed business, inviting them to his home.

Three juveniles playing with fire resulted in a blaze that destroyed a barn at the historic 18th century Nuckols Farm in Short Pump in February. The children and their parents went before Henrico Circuit Court’s Judge Will, a former school teacher, who lectured them about the dangerous situation they created and the damage they did [...]