Richmond News

Among the swords, the wrenching letters home and the haunting photographs in the Museum of the Confederacy's new exhibit on Gettysburg, few artifacts embody the ferocious battle more than the eight battle flags recovered from the bloodied fields where Pickett's Charge was fought.

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"Pay phones are gone! Everywhere you look," says William Kennard of Ashland. He relied on payphones for long conversations that would chew up the minutes on his cell phone.

Virginia Republican Party delegates officially nominated Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to run for governor at its state convention Saturday in Richmond.

Unsuspecting while out for some afternoon exercise, a man riding his bike on Seminary Avenue was popped in the face with a paintball at close range.

In fact, city leaders are offering qualified employees a chance to retire early and get a lump sum of money to sweeten the deal.

A national protest of the Boy Scouts of America has made its way to Richmond. The group known as "On My Honor" is protesting a proposal to lift the longstanding ban of openly gay scouts.

RICHMOND, VA. : Brown's Island will be rocking with a bit more than music this weekend, the Country's Premier Outdoor Lifestyle Festival Dominion Riverrock will invade the Island and surround areas.

This Richmond-based band is set to release their second CD called "Oh Delia". You're invited to "The Green Boys" CD release party tonight.

Some of the top players in Virginia's 2014, 2015 and 2016 classes will be at Sunday's Blue Chip Challenge, where an invitation to the Chesapeake Bowl can be earned for class of 2014 prospects.

As 8News continues its investigation into the allegations against The ROC Church pastor Geronimo Aguilar who is accused of having sex with minors in Texas, another woman has come forward with allegations against Pastor G... The pastor of a large, well-known church in Richmond has been accused of sexual misconduct on a group of websites.

Kristin Cottrell Haynes is delighted to chauffer her daughter and five of her Falls Church High School classmates to their senior prom Saturday night in her Honda Odyssey.

Richmond and Henrico Police are combining forces to help stamp out crime in one of the most violent areas in the Metro area.

National Park Service volunteers portraying Confederate sailors, heavy artillerymen, and Marines will demonstrate artillery action at a Richmond-area battlefield this weekend.

Hidden secrets are unearthed and family tensions fly high in Pulitzer Prize nominee Jon Robin Baitz 's contemporary family drama Other Desert Cities , hailed by the New York Times as "the best new play on Broadway" in 2011.

One day before Republican delegates meet in Richmond for the 2013 Republican Party Convention, Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli is laying out another policy proposal.

The Commonwealth Transportation Board laid out a six-year plan Wednesday that has an additional $4 billion in its overall budget and looks at adding another lane to congested Interstate 95 in Stafford County.

Rolling in the river city. A movement afoot in Richmond to get more people moving on two wheels instead of four.

Just 48 hours after nearly tying a record cold low temperature, Richmond set a new record warm low temperature May 16, 2013.

It's played on ice at the L'il Rink in Lakeside with a spongy toy ball and "spatulas on a stick," as one player said.