Read the first chapters HERE. May 8th, 2025 RHIB crew about to head out. Photo by Kenya-Jade Pinto The call came over the night radio channel to prepare for rescue at 4:40am. A small fiberglass boat with about 50 people on board, according to Alarm Phone. The bridge...
More Virginians were killed in 2014 by heroin and prescription opioid drug overdose than car crashes. More Virginians were killed in 2014 by heroin and prescription opioid drug overdose than car crashes. For some that seems like an abstract concept, but for local Emcee Evan Barlow, it was all too real. At 14, Barlow began experimenting with drugs...
"Woodman, Spare That Tree!" "Woodman, Spare That Tree!" That's the name of a petition launched recently by locals in an effort to save a beloved oak tree that sits at the intersections of Broad and Adams streets and Brook Road and is in danger of possibly being cut down to erect a statue of Maggie Walker. The petition, which you can view here,...
Today I need to run. The urge comes with the same unstoppable certainty of a face-twisting, germ-blasting sneeze. Today I need to run. The urge comes with the same unstoppable certainty of a face-twisting, germ-blasting sneeze. One minute everything is fine, then suddenly I don't just think, but know with an in-the-bones certainty that an...
As the 2016 General Assembly session approaches, there will be no shortage of controversial topics debated. As the 2016 General Assembly session approaches, there will be no shortage of controversial topics debated. Among those is the future of a law which requires women to receive ultrasounds before abortions. Passed in 2012 by Virginia's...
Today in Slow News Week News, CBS 6 is following the case of a mysterious member mug malefactor. Today in Slow News Week News, CBS 6 is following the case of a mysterious member mug malefactor. Two Chesterfield County women have been on the receiving end of what I hope is a more-clear percy-pic than what CBS 6 is showing (seen below). If that's...
Don't get me wrong, I love Richmond. I edit this website, damnit. Don't get me wrong, I love Richmond. I edit this website, damnit. I'm acutely aware of how awesome so many parts of this city are and I'll be the first to say "man, you'll have a blast if you visit RVA and hit these spots." But a new list of "Best Places to Travel in 2016" posted...
Beside a budget hotel in the West End section of Henrico County is an American-style restaurant. There’s a patch of dead vegetables and wilting herbs in the back parking lot. People walk in and out of the dimly lit space. They probably don’t realize the hotel next door had 11 cases of prostitution during a recent six-month period. From April 1...
The massive brick and wood structure at 3306 Cary St. had it's red, green, and yellow sign long before it opened up. The massive brick and wood structure at 3306 Cary St. had it's red, green, and yellow sign long before it opened up. Zzaam!, run by the man, Derek Cha , who owns Sweet Frog, finally opened its doors recently and (thankfully) it's...
How would you like to be a wizard? Evidently a lot of people. How would you like to be a wizard? Evidently a lot of people. And they are all ready and willing to throw their money at a new Kickstarter project with the hopes of recreating a certain book-based magical world. Inspired (And approved) by a similar Polish project, the College of...
