Head on down to Randolph-Macon College this Saturday, June 8th, to experience the Ashland Strawberry Faire. This traditional celebration is held in honor of the strawberry harvest and is typically held on the first Saturday of June. The event runs from 10am-5pm. This event is free and features vendors selling crafts, art, plants, and […]
Do you like bacon and bacon-products? Do you enjoy festivals? Then head to 17th Street Farmer’s Market in Richmond this Sunday to experience the 1st Annual Bacon Festival. It runs on Sunday, June 9th, from 11am to 5pm and features local bacon dishes to sample accompanied by live music and craft beers. So head down […]
Image Courtesy of NBC 12. A man who was hit by a CSX train near Broad Rock and Kinsley in south Richmond Thursday night has died. The train was reported to be traveling at full steam with the crossing lights down. It is still undetermined why the man was on the tracks, but the police […]
This weekend there are three movies that you can see to beat away the rainy blues. The Internship This Google-based comedy reunites Wedding Crashers duo Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in a film that has two men out of work (and out of touch) land internships with Google. Expect it to be a light, enjoyable […]
Yesterday, it was reported that the first tropical storm of the season, Hurricane Andrea, formed in the Gulf of Mexico. It began traveling through Florida, but has considerably weakened since then. The storm hit land on Thursday, in a weaker state than expected, but still managed to drench Florida and is reported to bring […]
Geronimo “Pastor G” Aguilar is facing charges for sexual abuse towards children in Texas and just resigned from the Southside MegaChurch. Now, the Richmond pastor, is speaking out about his resignation. Aguilar says that his decision to resign was due to the criminal charges “taking the focus off of Jesus” and placing it on him […]
Under a top secret court order, the federal government has been collecting the phone records of millions of Verizon customers. The Guardian, a British newspaper, was responsible for breaking the news to the public on Wednesday when they obtained and published the highly secret court order. The Obama Administration defended the NSA’s need to collect […]
According to the Associated Press, a sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday said police can routinely take DNA from people they arrest, equating a DNA cheek swab to other common jailhouse procedures like fingerprinting. “Taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that […]
Prosecutors in Los Angeles have thrown the book at a man whose pack of dogs mauled a jogger to death. The 29 yr-old Alex Donald Jackson was charged after his pit bulls allegedly were responsible for the fatal mauling of 63-year-old Pamela Devitt on May 9th while out for a jog near Jackson’s house in the […]
Major League Baseball is seeking to suspend some of the biggest names in baseball based a story ESPN broke on Biogenesis of America, an anti-aging clinic connected to performance-enhancing drugs. Among the big names included in this scandal are N.Y. Yankee Alex Rodrigues who is one of the highest paid players, Ryan Braun, Melky Cabrera […]
As the result of a demolition accident, a four-story building collapsed at the corner of 22nd and Market streets in Philadelphia’s Center City area on top of an adjacent 1 story building thrift store and busy sidewalk trapping individuals. The fire department was called to the site at 10:43 a.m. where a few individuals were […]
A Petersburg police officer pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated Tuesday, but will only spend five days in jail for the crime. John I. Dixon IV, 31, was originally sentenced to six months behind bars, but five months and 25 days will be suspended. The officer, who is the son of the police chief in […]