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Old Men Escape Nursing Home, Make Way to Heavy Metal Festival

Wacken Open Air Festival in southwest Germany is the largest gathering of heavy metal bands in the world. This year, scions of the heavy metal world like Judas Priest, Sepultura, Dimmu Borgir, and Nightwish converged once again to bring planet Earth the heaviest music...

Occupation: Appalachia

“I miss my house. I really would not have traded it for a piece of plywood if this were not important,” shouted Red Terry, high above her property in a tree-sit on Bent Mountain this past April. Theresa “Red” Terry lives in an “active crime scene,” according to law...

Statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee Vandalized in Richmond

*This story has been updated The statue glorifying Confederate General Robert E. Lee, which sits on Monument Ave. in Richmond, was vandalized in the early hours of the morning. Dark red paint was splashed all over the plinth of the statue with the letters BLM written...

RVA Mag Sharpens Axe Throwing Skills at G-Force Karts

First, it was escape rooms, then arcade bars, then ball pit bars and now adrenalin junkies are on to the next latest craze: axe throwing. Because throwing darts is for old people and sitting around getting drunk is boring apparently. The trend has popped up in...

Manchester Community Divided on Proposed Homeless Shelter

At a town hall meeting Wednesday night, over 200 people crammed into the former Community Bainbridge Street Baptist Church to voice their concerns and discuss the opening a new homeless shelter in the heart of a Manchester residential district. Residents and business...

Critical Victory For MVP Opponents in the Pipeline Battle

Environmentalists rejoiced as the Federal Appeals Court struck down two important decisions that had allowed the Mountain Valley Pipeline natural gas line to cut through the Jefferson National Forest this past Friday. The decision, which comes after years of cases and...

RPD officer identified in fatal Southside shooting

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...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 5/9/17-5/18/17

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...

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Black people are 3 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana in Virginia with largest disparities in majority-white communities

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...

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Kickers host Christos FC Wednesday

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...

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Kickers tie 0-0 against Harrisburg City Islanders

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...

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Richmond Kickers end FV Cincinnati game in 1-1 draw

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...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 5/2/17-5/9/7

Missed Connections did some navel gazing this week with posts that mused on the very nature of posting missed connections as well as positive reassurance from someone who claimed they found their own missed connection. Read on for more. Too bad you can't uncreep someone Has anyone ever read a MC that you knew was for you and you knew who had...

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