The RTD is reporting: Police apprehended an unidentified male last night at the edge of Bryan Park in Richmond’s North Side after they got a tip that he might be headed there with an explosive device. Authorities located the person shortly before 9 p.m. after a search involving roughly two dozen officers from three police agencies, at ...
Update One man died in last night’s fire on the 2800 block of 3rd Avenue. From the RTD: A man in his 50s died as a result of the fire, said Lt. Shawn L. Jones, a spokesman for Richmond Fire and Emergency Services. The victim’s name is not being released until relatives can be notified, he said. Original ...
Not all laboratories come equipped with petri dishes and test tubes. Just ask any student enrolled in Jennifer Erkulwater’s spring 2009 political science course “Poverty and Political Voice.” Erkulwater had her students explore systemic poverty through reading assignments, a blog, classroom discussions and service-learning experiences in Highland Park, a low-income neighborhood in Northside Richmond. … Daniel Colosimo, ‘11, ...
From the RPD: The Richmond Police Department would like to alert residents to a recent increase in the theft of HVAC, heating and cooling units from outside homes in the northern part of the city. Within the past two weeks, the RPD has received nine (9) reports from victims whose units were stolen. The thieves cut ...
We drove by the other night on the way to the Lewis Ginter Gardenfest of Lights and it looked really nice. Can’t wait until it’s finished. ...
After a couple reschedulings due to constant rain and a foot of snow, the city’s leaf collection program has been suspended indefinitely. They’ll still pick up bagged leaves if you put them by your supercan. Also, they’ve released the trash pick-up schedule for the holiday week. Its a bit confusing: Solid waste collection is being delayed by ...
Bus lines out of town should be back up and running this morning. The last bus to leave Richmond was Friday at 7:50pm. Some passengers have been stranded at the terminal for over 48 hours. RTD has more. ...
Add your snow photos to flickr and tag them “rvasnow” — we had a lot of success with this the last big snow. While you’re there, make sure you add them to the Northside flickr group as well. ...
From the daily RPD noteworthy incidents email: 4th ROBBERY (COMMERCIAL) 12/17/09 1:15 p.m. The North Avenue Market and Deli, 2301 North Ave. An employee reported the business was robbed at gunpoint by an unknown male. View Larger Map ...
From the latest issue of Key Awareness (PDF): The Brookland Park Business Association decided to do a food drive this year to try to feed some families this Thanksgiving. We put boxes for food donations in 15 businesses here in the Brookland Park business area,” stated Willie Hilliard of Trent’s Barber Shop, located at 19 West ...
This is the first in what I hope to be a continuing series on events and news that happened 100 years ago in our area. All the newspaper clippings are pulled from the excellent Library of Congress’s Chronicling America website. This story comes from the Wednesday December 8, 1909 issue of the Richmond Times Dispatch, eleven ...
In the city of Richmond it is four. ...
From the RTD: A 26-year-old man was wounded in a shooting tonight near Essex Village apartments in Henrico County, police said. The man was shot once at East Laburnum Avenue and Delmont Street and ran to a Racetrack convenience store nearby, where a clerk called 911 about 8:40 p.m., said Henrico police Lt. J.C. Holmes. Police are looking ...
From the RTD: The call originally came in to police at 11:12 a.m. as a “riot” in the cafeteria, but one of the first officers on scene said 50-60 students in the cafeteria were not fighting but instead were “getting riled up.” Within 10 minutes of the call, officers said they had emptied the cafeteria, order had ...
From the RTD: A man was left with a broken arm and other injuries after being attacked by a would-be robber wielding what police described as a large stick near Richmond’s Shockoe Hill Cemetery. … “Give it up or I’m going to kill you,” the attacker told him before beating him repeatedly with the stick, Booth said. The ...
From the Richmond Fire Marshal: fires. Each Richmond Fire Station has a wreath placed on the front of the fire station. The wreath is illuminated with green light bulbs. If there are NO significant structure fires during the holiday season, the wreath will remain lit with only green bulbs. If a significant structure fire occurs ...
From Craigslist: About 4:30 this afternoon (Friday, Dec. 11), in the parking lot of the CVS on Bellevue Avenue, a charcoal black, poodle-terrier mix, “Scruffy,” was taken from a car. His tail is not clipped and curls into a circle. He has a green collar. His family is very upset, especially the little boy. A reward ...
A toy drive organized by students of the Union-PSCE Service Committee will support William’s Christmas Kids Foundation, a local non-profit organization that gives toys to children living in the area’s poorest neighborhoods and terminally ill children throughout the Tri-Cities area. As part of the outreach, nearly 300 children will select from 1,000 toys at a ...
Volunteers will grab their shovels, don their work gloves, and gather at 9 a.m. on Saturday, December 12, rain or shine, to plant seven trees in Richmond’s Battery Park. The volunteers, Richmond Tree Stewards, Friends of Battery Park and neighbors, will meet at the Stone House, 2803 Dupont Circle, and then disperse to five sites in ...
Richmond Slumlord Watch has a post up detailing some of the vacancies on the 3100, 3300, and 3400 block of 2nd Avenue. They count as many as 20 vacant buildings or empty lots — almost 50% of the available parcels! Go checkout the post, along with pictures and details about who owns the properties. This is the ...