Sat beneath a shifting sun and a canopy teeming with chittering cicadas, Madison Turner and I ran the gamut. I first heard of her while I was covering the local music scene for a VCU student publication, and her angsty, self-critical, maniacally upbeat tunes spoke to...
ROCHESTER, NY – (Sunday, May 21, 2017) – The Richmond Kickers (2-5-3) came away with a 1-1 draw in their first of a three-match road trip at the Rochester Rhinos (2-1-3) Sunday night. Kenardo Forbes opened the scoring in the 32nd minute for the Rhinos. Raul Gonzalez would score both his first goal for Richmond and his first professional goal to...
This just in from RPD: Officer involved in fatal Southside shooting on Monday, May 15 has been identified. Details below via RPD: The Richmond Police Department officer who was involved in the fatal shooting earlier this week of Jaison Fitzgerald, 29, of the 1900 block of Accommodation Street has been identified as Officer Cleophas Williams. “I...
It's a hot missed connections this week, from sparks flying at Sweet Frog and Martin's, to a little bit of "island love" and steamy dressing room sex, these people are ready to kick their summer into high gear with some romance. Check out this week's batch of missed connections below: Jersey Mikes/Sweet Frog - w4m (Midlothian) You were with your...
Hanover County, just north of Richmond, has about 88,000 white residents, and in an average year, 246 whites are arrested there for marijuana possession. That represents a rate of 280 white arrests for every 100,000 white residents. About 9,600 African-Americans also live in Hanover County, and in an average year, 171 Black people are arrested...
RICHMOND, Virginia – (Tuesday, May 16, 2017) – The Richmond Kickers open up their quest for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Wednesday, as they host Christos FC (Md.) in the Second Round of the tournament. This marks the first-ever meeting between the two clubs. The match will be streamed live on RichmondKickers.com and USSoccer.com. Fans who...
In front of a crowd of over 3,900 at City Stadium, the Richmond Kickers (2-4-2) played to a scoreless draw against the Harrisburg City Islanders (2-3-2) Saturday evening, despite a number of scoring chances by the Kickers’ offense throughout the match’s 90 minutes of play. Harrisburg worked early to get on the scoreboard with a pair of chances...
The Richmond Kickers return to City Stadium this Saturday, May 13 to host the Harrisburg City Islanders and Deli Night to celebrate the retirement of one of RVA’s all-time greatest players, Matthew Delicâte. The party starts at 5:30 p.m. with live music by The Folly, RVA food trucks and over 15 craft beers on tap that outline Deli’s prolific...
RICHMOND – Factories, power plants and other facilities in Virginia released about 35 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the state’s water, air and land in 2015, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. More than half of the pollution came from just five facilities, the EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory showed. Most of the pollution...
In their first match-up of the 2017 USL season, the Richmond Kickers (2-4-1) and FC Cincinnati (2-3-3) would play to a 1-1 draw after an early first-half own goal by Cincinnati defender Harrison Delbridge and a late second-half goal by Cincinnati's Jimmy McLaughlin. Scoring would open early in first half in favor of the Kickers after a Richmond...
