‘Dark to light’: City unveils plans for infamous Lumpkin’s Slave Jail site
Like much of the rest of Shockoe Bottom, the location of the jail lies in a floodplain, with part of its footprint encroaching into a floodway.
Haidyn Brockelman
Crime continues downward trend in Richmond; Fan passes Shockoe for car gun thefts
Violent crime maintains an overall downward trend, according to data presented by police at Thursday’s mid-year crime briefing.
Corn removal commences in canal after train derailment
Crews will use “specialized equipment, including vacuum trucks, to safely access and extract the material and help prevent it from entering the water.”
Witnesses dispute police account of pepper spray usage in Scott’s Addition
“People were jumping through the back of the restaurant, jumping over the counter, jumping through the windows, girls crying, guys crying (and) coughing.”
Styrofoam ban for all food outlets begins July 1
Localities are allowed to grant a one-year exemption to eligible food vendors if they can demonstrate that complying with the ban would create “undue economic hardship.”
Pridefest will continue this year thanks to 'angel donor'
Attendees shouldn’t expect Pridefest to be drastically different from previous years.
Former NPR host Mary Childs is starting a new podcast, but keeping her Richmond roots
Childs wants the episodes to be thoughtful conversations rather than simple information-sharing sessions.
