•ALLEY KATZ—10 Walnut Alley, 643-2816. Bass Invasion, Telemetrik, Corrupts Souls and others, 10 p.m. Friday, $7-$10. David Bazan and Headlights, 8 p.m. Saturday, $12-$14. The Relentless, 4 Miles Away and A Study of Scarlet, 6 p.m. Sunday, all ages, $10.

Richmond police are investigating the second bank robbery in as many days in the city. The latest robbery occurred at 3:50 p.m. yesterday at a BB&T branch in the 5700 block of Patterson Avenue. A white man, estimated to be age 25-28, 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing 140 pounds entered the bank and handed a teller demanding “all your money,“ police said.

Conflicts of interest, and the appearance thereof, can be wildly overblown. The contretemps over gubernatorial economic adviser Robert Sledd made that truth painfully clear. Sledd does not serve as secretary of commerce and trade, as Gov. Bob McDonnell originally wanted him to. But suppose the former chairman of Performance Food Group still did. Then suppose the state asked for food-vending proposals for all of the commonwealth’s prison mess halls. Suppose that it received nearly a dozen. Then suppose one of Sledd’s old friends from Performance Food Group came in during the late innings with an entirely new proposal. Suppose the McDonnell administration then returned all the earlier proposals unopened, and accepted the new proposal, even though it was only a “conceptual” pitch with only a few details sketched in.

Mayor Dwight C. Jones has scheduled a series of public hearings on the Richmond city budget.

•ALLEY KATZ—10 Walnut Alley, 643-2816. Madrone, Numb Inclusion, Bullet to Black and others, 5 p.m. Friday, $10. Property, Krass Judgement, Elisium and others, 10 p.m. Friday, $8. Wake of Ruin, Team Extreme, Crunk Budder and others, 5 p.m. Saturday, $5-$6. Dub Nation, 10 p.m. Saturday, $15.

Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts will have its first lottery for admission tomorrow night.

Del. G.Manoli Loupassi has asked the attorney general to comment on the legality of language in the charter between the Richmond School Board and the fledgling Patrick Henry School.

One person was killed and two others injured during a shooting in the Gilpin Court public-housing complex yesterday. Victims advocate Alicia Rasin said relatives identified the slain man as 23-year-old Keith Brunson. Rasin said Brunson’s family moved from Gilpin Court about eight months ago. “They are distraught. They are in disbelief,“ Raisin said of Brunson’s family.

Local governments across the commonwealth are facing reduced state funding and declining tax revenues. The City of Richmond is no different. With the reduction in tax revenues and the reduction in state funding, our city has the chance to openly address what is important to the citizens of Richmond and determine the best way to deliver core services. We have the opportunity to use the reduction in funding and tax revenue to eliminate wasteful spending from the city government and look for innovative ways to deliver services at a reduced cost.

Police today were looking for Tion Randell Bates, 18, in a shooting in Richmond’s Gilpin Court yesterday that left one man dead.

Virginia had 193 major corporate location projects or expansions in 2009, ranking the state ninth in an annual list published by a magazine focusing on economic development and corporate real estate. For the fourth straight year, Ohio ranked first for major economic development deals in Site Selection magazine’s annual “Governor’s Cup” rankings. That state had 381 projects announced in 2009.

•ALLEY KATZ—10 Walnut Alley, 643-2816. Kidz in the Hall, 88 Keys, Donnis and others, 7 p.m. Friday, $12-$15. Roslyn, City Riots, The Perfects and others, 6 p.m. Saturday, $10.  •ASHLAND COFFEE & TEA—100 N. Railroad Ave., Ashland, 798-1702. Miss Tess & the BonTon Parade (swing, blues, jazz), 8 p.m. Thursday, $17. The Boxcars (bluegrass, Americana), 8 p.m. Friday, $15-$20. BJ Kocen CD release with Paul Curreri & Devon Sproule, Stephen Lecky and Bob Bowen, 8 p.m. Saturday, $8-$12. The Taters (Americana), 7 p.m. Wednesday, $5. Darden Smith, 8 p.m. March 11, $15-$20.

Jimar Lee Jewell pleaded guilty today in Richmond Circuit Court to malicious wounding and use of a firearm in a felony in connection with a shooting at Virginia Union University in August.

Billy Barber tossed three innings of shutout ball in relief and then got the win after driving in the winning run in the seventh inning of Richmond’s 6-4 win over George Mason. Andrew Lowry led the Spiders’ offense with three hits and two RBI. Brig Tison had two hits and two runs for the Patriots. GMU————————————- 000 103 000—4 7 2
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A storm Tuesday night and Wednesday morning could drop up to 2 inches of snow on the Richmond area, the National Weather Service said. Areas to the south and east could get more. The forecast is difficult, and Richmond could just get rain, said Wayne Albright, a weather service meteorologist.  A storm moving east out of the Gulf Coast region should cross the northern Florida-southern Georgia area Tuesday, then turn east-northeast off the coast, the weather service said.