Every morning at 9 a.m. in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, the world stops. Cars freeze in the streets, trams halt mid-track, and pedestrians stand silent as the national anthem plays. It lasts a minute, a ritual pause to remember the dead and remind the living what they’re...
*This story has been updated. A man has been arrested on VCU's campus in front of the James Branch Cabell Library for yelling racial slurs at passing students while holding a racist sign. In a video posted to YouTube by Noah McKinney, a young white man can be seen yelling inflammatory remarks to a crowd of gathering students. At one point he can...
After their September rally-turned-rout, the rag-tag group of Confederate memorabilia sellers, led by Thomas and Judy Crompton and Tara Brandau, that make up the CSA II are returning to Richmond this Saturday for an event they've titled "Protect All The Monuments On Monument Ave Rally - Round 2." Attendance will likely be low again, although...
In this week's batch of RVA Missed Connections we have a steamy encounter in a Planet Fitness locker room, one lone soul in a Red Lobster hoping sparks will fly with their waiter, and a bizarre "incident" at an Ashland Chick-Fil-A offering a cash reward for details. Check out all this and more below. Friends Of Jefferson park - m4w (Church Hill)...
Richmond’s best kept not-so-secret custom motorcycle shop, Classified Moto is known for their signature Franken-vehicles simply called “Classified”. This Richmond business is shifting gears and expanding from just working on recycled, custom motorcycles to their own web series, "Restricted". About a year ago, with their steadily-growing number of...
"It puts our water in jeopardy. No business has the right to infringe upon water, air, and things that deal with our land." - Reverend Paul Wilson, Buckingham County, Virginia Around 400 people descended on the bell-tower at the Capitol Building to protest the Mountain Valley (MVP) and Atlantic Coast Pipelines (ACP) this afternoon. The pipelines...
“CBS This Morning” anchor Charlie Rose, NPR news chief Michael Oreskes, New York Times political reporter Glenn Thrush, political analyst Mark Halperin, and now “Today Show” host Matt Lauer have all lost their job or been suspended due to sexual harassment claims. President Donald Trump (R), Senator Al Franken (D), Representative John Conyers...
Food insecurity and homelessness is an all too real issue growing across college campuses, and even right here at home. Many students here are struggling, but the university's student-run food pantry, known as RamPantry, is working to combat hunger and homelessness on campus. The cost of college tuition, food, room and board, textbooks, and...
*This is a developing story. In a post to his blog site yesterday, white supremacist Jason Kessler announced that he has submitted paperwork to hold a demonstration one year to the day after last August's disastrous Unite the Right rally, which ended in one person being killed in a terrorist attack. Kessler, in his announcement, railed against...
This week's batch of RVA Missed Connections is cluttered with memories of "Island Love", Peeping Toms in Richmond alleys, someone on the hunt for a thief with a tiger tattoo, and a 420-friendly "queen" in search of the perfect gentleman. All this and more below. You smiled at me in Chick Fil A - m4w (Near Willow Lawn) We made eye contact...
