Richmond area harm reduction boxes mark three months in service
About three months ago the City of Richmond began a new program, offering harm reduction and personal hygiene products for free at vending machines across the city. It got off to a bit of a rocky start, but as I pull up to the massive blue, black and lime green vending machine across from Richmond city Richmond City...
Pedestrian hospitalized after being hit by driver in West End • Jones text scandal...
Pedestrian hospitalized after being hit by driver in West End A West End driver was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian after a Tuesday evening crash in the Twin Hickory area. Click here to read more Jones text scandal reshapes Virginia’s attorney general race — and
Richmond lights up with festivals, oysters and “wing wars” this weekend
Welcome to another jam-packed, festival-filled weekend in RVA. 🏮 Garden Glow, the event that sets Maymont's gorgeous gardens aglow, is back and running every night except Mondays through Nov. 9. Don't skip a trip to the activities-filled Glow Village. Times vary. $20. 🔆 InLight, 1708 Gallery's annual outdoor...
‘Hardly anyone has come in:’ Petersburg restaurant feels impact of government shutdown
Despite the financial impact, the restaurant’s dinner crowd is helping keep the business operational during this challenging period.
Richmond City Council votes against lowering real estate tax rate after heated debate
A heated debate broke out at Richmond City Hall Tuesday night, with council members striking down a controversial proposal to lower the city’s real estate tax rate by four cents.
Cost of living continues to increase in Virginia, data shows
Emily Cagle and her husband chose to live in Metro Richmond because it was more affordable than Northern Virginia, where her husband is from. “I think it’s gotten really absurd,” Cagle said, about the cost of living in Richmond. Standing outside a Henrico County Kroger, Cagle
Man arrives at hospital with gunshot wound to arm following reports of shots fired...
A man arrived at a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm following reports of shots fired in Hopewell on Wednesday evening.
Richmond vape shops are victims of robberies and operating illegally
According to WRIC 8 News, Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said commercial robberies in the city have increased by 14% compared to last year, and 34% of those robberies have happened at vape shops.
Richmond, Virginia native D’Angelo’s death touched people worldwide
Michael D’Angelo Archer was born in Richmond, Virginia, but he was well-known around the world as D’Angelo. He died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 51, after being hospitalized for months and in hospice for two weeks.
Two men face murder charges after 31-year-old shot, killed on Coalter Street
A Richmond man and a South Carolina man are both facing individual murder charges after a 31-year-old man was shot and killed on Richmond's Coalter Street in late May.
