The water crisis on January 6th immediately and obviously grabbed everyone’s attention because it left city residents without safe water for six days and came on suddenly; people were scrambling for water long before the city even notified the public that afternoon....
On Sunday night, Richmond police used a detained protester as a bargaining chip to encourage the protest to disperse. The incident was part of a multi-night wave of police violence that led to the chief's resignation. When protesters marched to the Richmond Police Headquarters on Grace Street Sunday night, a situation unfolded that left one...
On Sunday in the Richmond suburb of Lakeside, a man named Harry Rogers drove his truck through a crowd of peaceful protesters. He turned out to be a high-ranking member of the Virginia Ku Klux Klan. A Hanover man claiming to be the highest-ranking member of the Ku Klux Klan outside of prison in Virginia appeared in court on Monday morning for an...
Protests continued around the city last night, and Richmond Police responded with force, engaging in behavior that shocked the city and prompted a public apology from Mayor Levar Stoney. Protests in the wake of George Floyd's murder by Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin continued in Richmond for the fourth night in a row on Monday, and a...
Mayor Levar Stoney recently declared Richmond a “City of Compassion.” This global movement is led locally by Mollie Reinhart, creator of the Befriend Movement and member of Richmond's newly-established Human Services Cabinet. Last month, Mayor Levar Stoney declared Richmond to be a "City Of Compassion." In doing so, he made the city part of a...
A social media post recently revealed that Richmond City Council representative Reva Trammell has a Jim Crow-era caricature displayed in her kitchen, a fact that's put her in hot water with some constituents. Richmond City Council member Reva Trammell has represented the city’s majority-African American 8th district since 1998. In her role on...
Hazard pay, face mask requirements, and bus drivers testing positive for COVID-19 are issues that came to the fore after a labor action by GRTC bus drivers in April. The last week of April was a busy week for the GRTC. On Monday April 27, 40 GRTC workers called out sick and refused to come into work, according to a tweet from GRTC CEO Julie Timm....
Traveling during a pandemic isn't too much fun, but it just got a little easier for the neighborhoods south of the city along Jeff Davis Highway. Smack in the middle of a global pandemic may not seem like the best time to open a bus route, but for many who live along Jefferson Davis Highway in Chesterfield County, the Greater Richmond Transit...
All sorts of businesses around Richmond are trying to survive in the midst of quarantine; coming up with survival strategies has been even tougher for those deemed non-essential. With Governor Northam’s recent issue of a mandatory lockdown, it’s clear business won’t be getting back to usual anytime soon. In the last couple of weeks, there’s been...
Richmond school bus driver Tyrone McBride is still driving a big, yellow bus through Richmond neighborhoods, but these days, he’s transporting boxes of food for kids in need. “It gets me out of the house,” said McBride, who has been a school bus driver for 18 years, “and you know, you’re doing a great deed and helping people out.” More than...
