🌱 How did a Short Pump-area youth escape turn into a lawsuit?

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• How did a Short Pump-area youth escape turn into a lawsuit?

Also on today's calendar: Make Some Scenes and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Periods of sun; not as warm, with a high of 77 and low of 63 degrees.
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 83, low: 65.
• Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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📰 News we're reading

• Former counselor says he was assaulted during Hallmark Youthcare escape (prismnews.com) — A former counselor says he was assaulted during a July 5 escape from Hallmark Youthcare, the treatment center serving youths in the Short Pump area near Route 288 and Broad Street. His account, plus two recent breakouts and a new federal civil-rights lawsuit, is intensifying scrutiny of staffing, supervision, and safety protections at the West Creek Parkway facility many local families drive past daily.
   

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📸 Around Short Pump

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Short Pump

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday July 25

• Make Some Scenes →
  CSz Richmond Theater, 8906-H W Broad St, Richmond, VA, 23294,
  9:30 pm

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Other local events

Sunday July 26

• 2026 PBT Virginia World Series
  Deep Run High Multiple Locations
  8:00 am

Monday July 27

• Footwork Academy Camp
  Deep Run High School - Multipurpose
  4:00 pm
• Level Up with LaShawn
  Deep Run High The Oak Avenue Complex, 15 S Oak Ave, Highland Springs, VA 2307
  6:00 pm

Tuesday July 28

• Footwork Academy Camp
  Deep Run High School - Multipurpose
  4:00 pm
• Cooking with a Global Neighbor
  Deep Run High The Oak Avenue Complex, 15 S Oak Ave, Highland Springs, VA 2307
  6:00 pm

Wednesday July 29

• School Athletics
  Deep Run High School - Multipurpose
  7:30 am
• Footwork Academy Camp
  Deep Run High School - Multipurpose
  4:00 pm
• RVA Fitness Warrior (Free exercise class) @The Oak Avenue Complex
  Colonial Trail Elementary 15 S Oak Ave, Highland Springs, VA 23075, USA
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday July 25

• 2026 PBT Virginia World Series
  Deep Run High Multiple Locations
  8:00 am
• 2026 Beer Bourbon and BBQ Festival - Saturday →
  The Meadow Event Park, 13191 Dawn Blvd, Doswell
  12:00 pm
• Yachtley Crew →
  Innsbrook After Hours, 4901 Lake Brook Dr, Glen Allen
  7:00 pm

Monday July 27

• Footwork Academy Camp
  Deep Run High School - Multipurpose
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Tuckahoe

• Henrico Crime Report: July 17-23, 2026 (henricocitizen.com)
• Darby House fire survivors get extended housing support, but residents worry about what comes next (henricocitizen.com)

Glen Allen

• Henrico Schools to host annual 'Back-to-School Kickoff' event Aug. 15 (henricocitizen.com)
• Win tickets to see The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA! (audacy.com)
• Citizens push DEQ to consider cumulative pollution impacts at environmental justice town hall in Henrico • VA-01 Democrats escalate dispute with state party over primary neutrality (henricocitizen.com)

Ashland

• Ashland launches 'Art in Orbit' outdoor sculpture program with 6 rotating works of public art (wtvr.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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