Richmond couple seeks donations to help share warmth with those in need this winter
As winter chills sweep through Richmond, a local couple is opening their hearts -- and their home -- to the city’s unhoused population.
Richmond to temporarily pause street sweeping for rest of 2025
The City of Richmond has announced a temporary pause in street sweeping operations for the rest of 2025.
Richmond’s Scott’s Addition to reinstate parking enforcement after years without
Parking enforcement is returning to parts of Richmond's Scott's Addition for the first time in years.
How 8,000 pet alligators from Florida turned a Virginia hotel into a reptile refuge
The Jefferson Hotel’s Four-Decade Alligator Invasion. The Jefferson Hotel had a lobby full of live gators for over 40 years. After reopening in 1907, the Richmond hotel added marble pools that soon filled with unwanted pets. Florida tourism had boomed, and thousands of tourists bought baby alligators as souvenirs....
Rerouted Christmas Parade brings joy to kids at children’s hospital
The Dominion Energy Christmas Parade made a special detour to the Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, bringing holiday joy to young patients.
Legendary musician, Sting, to perform in Richmond
Legendary rock artist, Sting, has added a stop at Richmond's Allianz Amphitheater to his "STING 3.0" world tour.
Inside Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys’s Monumental Celebration of Black Art, GIANTS at VMFA
This fall, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) unveils “Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys,” one of the most significant presentations of contemporary Black art to reach an American museum in years. On view from November 22–March 1, 2026, the exhibition gathers more than 130 works...
More than half of Henrico’s public schools ranked as ‘off track’ or in need...
More than half of Henrico schools fell into the bottom two performance categories – “off track” and “needs intensive support” – under the state’s new accountability system released Dec. 9. The Virginia Department of Education’s new school rating system categorizes schools into
Schedule of events for Gov.-elect Spanberger’s inauguration weekend in January
Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger will make history as Virginia’s first female governor with a series of notable events and celebrations surrounding her inauguration in January.
Massive sinkhole closes road at Petersburg National Battlefield
Petersburg National Battlefield closes Eastern Front Tour Road to vehicles after sinkhole forms near Harrison Creek due to recent heavy precipitation.
