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Everyone knows that President Barack Obama is an avid basketball fan and is quite knowledgeable when it comes to his NCAA Bracketology. The Prez started out on a roll in the first two rounds, but it was those two teams from Richmond that threw a monkey wrench into everyone’s brackets, including Obama’s. Now, with Kansas […]
KISS-FM congratulates the University of Richmond Spiders and Head Coach Chris Mooney on a fabulous season in winning the Atlantic 10 championship and moving on in the NCAA Tournament to the Sweet 16. Despite the loss to the Kansas Jayhawks, the students, the fans, and the community have been inspired by your success and we […]
Jamie Squire/Getty The VCU Rams Cinderella season continues! The Rams pulled out the upset verses Florida St. winning in stunning overtime fashion 72-71, becoming only the fifth 11 seed to ever reach the Elite Eight. The Rams will now face their biggest test of the season when they match up against #1 seed Kansas Jayhawks. […]
There is no dispute. Tonight is the biggest sports night in the history of this city, and only if both teams win could there be anything bigger. A win by either VCU or UR, or both, would guarantee a chance for one or both to compete for the trip to the Final Four. At any […]
Win McNamee/Getty The childhood obesity rates are high in Virginia. A bill was introduced in the General Assembly to activate 150 minutes of physical education a week. Opponents to the bill said it would cost local districts millions of dollars and take away from other instructional programs. Governor Bob McDonnell is a proponent of exercise […]
This weekend we’re taking you on a journey. A journey when ‘music really mattered’. You know, when music spoke to you when you wanted to celebrate a special day, or those moments when it made you think about that special someone. So listen while we play all those joints that actually had a message and […]
The city’s Cold Weather Overflow Shelter will open tonight, as overnight temperatures are forecasted to remain at or below 35 degrees. The shelter is located at Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, 14 West Duval Street. The shelter opens at 7 p.m. and closes the following morning at 6 a.m. Food will not be provided and […]
The state of Virginia will celebrate the life of the one-time preeminent female civil rights leader Dorothy Height today as the memory of her untimely death still lingers in our thoughts. Dorothy Height died in April of last year at the age of 98. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women […]
Ezra Shaw/Getty The City of Richmond became the first city, since 2007, to have the men’s basketball teams of two universities within its jurisdictional limits reach the Sweet 16 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Basketball Tournament. To celebrate our universities and root our city’s home teams to victory, a community “Downtown Pep […]
From: The Washington Post Thomas E. Haynesworth of Richmond VA, got his freedom yesterday after spending 27 years behind bars for crimes he didn’t commit. Haynesworth was an 18-year-old high school dropout when was arrested and as been proclaiming his innocence ever since. Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell (R) asked the parole board to review […]
Mike Clarke/Getty Bad news turned to worse yesterday as Japanese officials found the body of missing Midlothian woman Taylor Anderson. She is the first confirmed American death caused by Japan’s devastating earthquake and Tsunami. Anderson, last contacted her father via AOL Instant Messenger a couple days before the earthquake hit Japan. Governor Bob McDonnell released […]
The Transformation Expo was a huge success! If you missed it we will be bringing you highlights all week long! Check out a few of the local performances below from this amazing event. Kyte.Embed.path=”http://media.kyte.tv”;Kyte.Embed.altpath=”http://www.kyte.tv”;window.kyteplayer=new Kyte.Player(“”,{appKey:”default”,width:600,height:400,p:”1763″,s:1226509,tbid:”9″}); Check Out More Pictures!
