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The University of Richmond's Modlin Center for the Arts has received a ,500 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts that will support three performances commissioned by the center during its 2024-25 season, including two world premiers. The grant is the first from the NEA received by the Modlin Center. It will support the Sept. 26 and 28 performances of 'What Belongs to You,' composed by David T. Little and directed by Mark Morris, based on the debut novel of the same name by Garth Gre...

The Henrico School Board will meet on June 6 for a 2:30 p.m. work session and 6:30 p.m. monthly meeting to vote on changes to sexual harassment and discrimination policies, as well as revisions to technology use policies. The changes would put Henrico Schools in line with new updates to federal Title IX policies released in April, which expand the definitions of sexual harassment and discrimination and provide more protections for LGBTQ+ and pregnant women. Updates to HCPS policies expand the...

At a June 3 community meeting at Belmont Recreation Center, Henrico County Public Works officials gave citizens the space to discuss their road-safety concerns, including a lack of law enforcement and high vehicle volumes, as a part of the county’s new Arrive Alive Henrico program. The plan – funded by the U.S. Safe Streets for All program – aims to find such concerns and create plans to address them in the future. Officials from the Henrico Public Works ’s Transportation Development division...

A Henrico County domestic abuse treatment center is seeing a drastic rise in calls for service from domestic violence survivors. It comes on the heels of two different shooting deaths that police say are tied to domestic issues. On Tuesday, Henrico County Police released more information on a homicide investigation near Hope Road, saying the initial call to 911 came from someone involved in a domestic dispute. According to police, that same caller made a second phone call while police were on...

Virginia State Police say they are investigating a shooting that happened on Interstate 64 sending three adults to the hospital. According to State Police, the shooting happened on westbound I-64 near the 192 mile marker at around 8 p.m. Tuesday. That's near the on/off-ramp for Route 360/Mechanicsville Turnpike. Troopers say their initial investigation leads them to believe that there was an altercation at a restaurant in Henrico County that continued onto the Interstate once the parties had ...

Twenty years ago, Henrico Police had just one property crime detective assigned to car thefts. Now, there are four. Major Chris Eley, who oversees investigations at the Henrico Police Division, said auto thefts have "grown exponentially" in the county in recent years, especially among Kias and Hyundais after a viral social media trend suggested they were easy vehicles to steal. The most common age of the suspects, he said: 16 and 17. “The car has no value to them. It's the ride. It’s what the...