On Sunday afternoon, the last baseball game will be held at The Diamond after 40 years of service to a city and region and two baseball teams in what was, when it opened, “a major league park in a minor league town.” Between opening night in 1985 and the last game on...
It’s early afternoon at Kuba Kuba, and the place is buzzing. Coffee cups clatter, plates hit the counter, and over it all, Melissa Vaughn is already in motion. Before we’ve even ordered our food, she’s out of her chair, greeting someone at the table next to us like a long-lost friend, leaning in to compliment another patron on their...
Before the beer taps and condos, before the buzzwords about ‘revitalization,’ Scott’s Addition’s future passed through the hands of a single man: Justin Glynn French. A convicted felon whose empire collapsed in scandal, he set the stage, even if unintentionally, for the neighborhood we know today. Scott’s Addition is now one of the crown...
Richmond lost more than a business owner this week. On September 2, 2025, Vicky Hester, the longtime owner of Babe’s of Carytown, passed away at age 71. For many, her death marks the end of an era. For nearly five decades, Hester kept the doors of one of the nation’s oldest lesbian bars open and in doing so, she helped hold a community...
A GoFundMe has been launched to support Baby Saphire and the family of Johnnita Russell, who was killed the night before what would have been her 34th birthday. Just nine days earlier, she had given birth to her daughter, who has spent her first weeks in the NICU. According to Richmond Police, Johnnita was shot inside her home...
Most Richmonders haven’t heard about it, but the City of Richmond is rewriting the rules that will determine what can be built, and where, for decades to come. It’s called the Zoning Code Refresh, and right now, it’s quietly moving through the public comment stage. If that sounds boring, it isn’t. Zoning controls whether your neighborhood sees...
Scott Burger, longtime Richmond community advocate and publisher of OregonHill.net, has raised the stakes for local students interested in experimenting with ranked choice voting (RCV). This week, Burger announced his award for any Richmond-area student government association. The prize, which began at $1,000, is meant to encourage...
With Women’s Equality Day approaching, a new WalletHub report has delivered sobering news for Virginia: the Commonwealth ranks 42nd out of 50 states for women’s equality in 2025. Breaking Down the NumberS WalletHub compared all 50 states across 17 key metrics, including pay disparities, executive leadership, and educational...
UPDATE August 4, 2025: As of this week, RVA Performance Training has gone over 100 days without functioning plumbing, the result of a damaged line caused by nearby Diamond District construction. The issue began when a utility pole was installed just feet from the gym, rupturing the line. Since then, despite ongoing progress on the...
National rankings say Richmond is thriving. But talk to the people living and working here, and a more complicated picture emerges. Richmond has been named one of the best cities to live in America. Again. A global marketing firm ranked 100 U.S. cities, and Richmond landed at No. 43, ahead of plenty of places with bigger skylines and better...
