From a new pizza joint that just opened to a Mexican restaurant that’s coming soon, plus a new tenant for the former Short Pump S&K store, a cancer research benefit and a new scholarship program, the Short Pump area is abuzz with activity this week.

Henrico Police are looking for a suspect after a man was shot in the face in his own kitchen in the Park Meadows subdivision of Twin Hickory late Thursday evening. Police were called to the 4900 block of Park Meadows Lane around 11:00 p.m. and found the 53-year-old victim with a single gunshot wound to [...]

Martin’s announced plans Tuesday morning to remodel and renovate all 25 Ukrop’s stores in the Richmond and Williamsburg areas, closing them on a staggered schedule for one week each while signage is changed out, fresh paint is applied and other updates are made.

The Children’s Museum of Richmond unveiled plans and renderings of its new Short Pump location on Monday, scheduled to open in June. The organization has leased 15,500 square feet of space at 2200 Old Brick Road in West Broad Village, across from Whole Foods Market to expand their offerings to Far West End children and [...]

An unidentified resident of a home in the 11000 block of Thorncroft Drive died early Sunday morning when a fire broke out around 2:00 a.m. in a one story brick rancher off Sadler Road near Innsbrook.

A locally-owned Short Pump cupcake bakery is in the running to be casted in a national television show on Food Network, competing against other cupcake bakeries across America in a show called Cupcake Wars. The owners of Frostings, in the Short Pump Station shopping center near Trader Joe’s, say they’re up for the challenge, should [...]

College-bound high school students and their families can face challenges when searching for information on college scholarships. Athletic and academic scholarships offered by colleges and universities are easy to identify, but sometimes those offered by local business, civic and faith-based organizations aren’t.

Troy Ralston is the president of Richmond’s newest institution of higher learning, South University. The university opened for classes in October at its campus in West Broad Village. Other South University campuses include Virginia Beach, Savannah, Georgia, Columbia, South Carolina, Montgomery, Alabama, Tampa, and West Palm Beach, Florida. Andy Taylor

Henrico Fire crews were called to the 9800 block of Camberwill Court in the Victorian West townhouse complex off Pemberton Road near Interstate 64 around 8:00 p.m. Monday night and discovered flames coming from the roof of the structure. The two residents escaped unharmed.