In September 2023, Zachary Alam was convicted of eight felonies related to his activities inside the Capitol on January 6. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and three years of supervised release. However, in January 2025, Alam was released after...
RICHMOND – CARITAS, a nonprofit that strives to end homelessness, plans to start a long-term recovery program for women in Richmond after the success of its program for men, The Healing Place. The women’s facility is tentatively scheduled to open in late 2017 or early 2018. In the midst of what federal and state officials call an opioid epidemic,...
“It was a rush in more ways than one,” said Joel Graybeal, Managing Partner of Triangle Rock Club, on his first time climbing. Graybeal’s passion for rock climbing began during opening week of their first indoor rock climbing gym, when he read an article on the new facility in Raleigh and came to see it for himself. “I was in the very first Intro...
While most kids only get to visit the circus once a year, one high-flying man grew up living and breathing it, which would shape his daring, life-long career. David “The Bullet” Smith, Jr. has been shooting himself from the family cannon about 300 times per year for 21 years, and will do so at the Flying Squirrels baseball game this Thursday. His...
Regency Square Mall has started to undergo a $30 million renovation to refresh its look and bring in new retailers. Joint owners Thalhimer and Rebkee received approval from the Henrico County Planning Commission to begin the project, which started in April. The mall was constructed in 1974. Steven Bonniville, the mall’s general manager,...
Local bike courier, Quickness RVA, is making it easier for Richmond residents to receive locally-sourced, sustainable prepared meals at their doorsteps. Ellwood Thompson's has partnered with Quickness RVA by creating a meal menu, which includes a selection of 13 sandwiches and wraps, such as The Drunken Sailor, the Bacon, Spinach and Tomato Wrap,...
Hollywood Cemetery flaunts pristine iron gates, beautiful mausoleums and monuments, and majestic views of the James River. This gorgeous scenery is sorely lacking at two other historic cemeteries less than 15 minutes down the road. When created in the 1800s, Evergreen and East End cemeteries were envisioned as high-end resting places for...
After almost six months of sweat, tears, and conscientious underwater gardening, our bay grasses, as part of the Chesapeake Bay foundation's Grasses for the Masses program, made a new and more appropriate home on a beautiful shore off the Rappahannock river, a small and seemingly untouched area of forest with the stillest water I’ve ever seen....
RICHMOND – Already this year, Richmond has seen three double homicides: On Feb. 16, Deborah Walker, 55, and her daughter Shaquenda Walker, 24, were shot and killed in their home on Coalter Street. On March 29, a triple shooting in Jackson Ward left Mikkaisha Smoot, 16, and Taliek Brown, 15, dead after both were taken off life support at VCU...
For Republican Congressman Dave Brat, public town hall events in Virginia's 7th district continue to set the stage for anti-Trump and anti-GOP displays, both traditional and creative. Brat, who came into office in 2014 on the back of the Tea Party-wave, has faced jeering crowds during both post-Trump Congressional recesses. A policy wonk and...
