Joe Lewis Harris II first learned his son was a member of the Bloods street gang years ago after the teenager was branded with three cigarette burns on his arm.

One driver was killed and another injured in a three-vehicle crash on Richmond's Downtown Expressway Friday.

Following is a list of building permits issued in the past few months in Henrico County and Richmond for construction valued at $50,000 or more. The name listed is that of the owner and contractor unless otherwise noted; the project is a single-family dwelling unless otherwise noted. Real estate transfers for the same localities appear today in the Classified section.

VCU Health System makes Top 10 list

Cold front to come through region Saturday afternoon

A union affiliated with Communications Workers of America is seeking to organize faculty and staff at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia.

Two people were injured, one seriously, in a house fire Friday afternoon in the 16100 block of Meridian Avenue in Chester, fire officials said.

Skateboarders at Carter Jones Park were put on notice Friday. Unless they remove their skateboard ramps by Wednesday, the city will remove the ramps.

Work crews for the Virginia Department of Transportation will be closing lanes of Interstate 95 in the coming week as work continues on bridges from the Lombardy Street span in Richmond to the Upham Brook bridge 5 miles north in Henrico County.

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