Workers this afternoon stopped a natural gas leak that began when a backhoe struck an inch-and-a-half line at 10th and East Cary streets downtown, Richmond fire officials said.

A former Virginia Union University basketball player who was partially paralyzed in a drive-by shooting outside a downtown nightclub is suing the establishment for $10 million.

Henrico County Police this afternoon identified the homicide victim found at Essex Village apartments this morning as Orlando Isaiah Baylor, 21.

Richmond firefighters are responding this afternoon to a "fairly substantial gas leak" from a line ruptured at 10th and Cary street downtown.

City–arranged transportation is under way for families of inmates displaced by the sudden closing more than two weeks ago of the Juvenile Detention Center.

Chesterfield County police have arrested a personal trainer on charges he filmed a woman at his home without her knowledge.

Today's forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2 p.m., with an afternoon high near 85 degrees.

Lt. Mark Banks said the victim was an adult male who was found face-down outside an apartment building in the 100 block of Engleside Drive when officers responded to reports of gunfire shortly after 4 a.m.

A man was seriously wounded in a shooting in South Richmond on Tuesday, and police were searching today for two suspects. Richmond police Capt. Michael Zohab said the man, found with a single gunshot wound, was taken to VCU Medical Center, where he was in critical but stable condition this morning.

No one was injured in a two-alarm fire that destroyed a house off Millers Lane in eastern Henrico County late Tuesday night.