Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

1 week ago | 12onyourside.com | Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - More than a year after a cat named Sylvester was locked in a crate, doused in accelerant and set on fire, RACC and law enforcement have been determined to find the person responsible for his death. “Some people like ‘oh, it’s just a cat or it’s just an animal.’ This is a human being setting another living thing on fire. Our concern is someone that can do that is someone, that is unsafe in the community,” said Christie Chipps Peters, the director of RACC.

1 week ago | 12onyourside.com | Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT)—The Richmond community is coming together at a time when some may feel uncertain. “As soon as we had the alert that we were under a boil water advisory, our volunteers and community members have been coming together just working together to figure out where there is water, where we can pick water up from and which fridges at the very least we can drop water off too,” said Taylor Scott, the founder of RVA Community Fridges.

1 week ago | 12onyourside.com | Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond residents are stocking up on bottled water, following a boil water advisory issued for certain parts of Richmond. Residents like Gabe Vargas, who lives in Scott’s Addition. He was at a nearby coffee shop when employees asked customers to leave. “They just said that because of the boil advisory that they weren’t going to be able to, obviously, serve anymore coffee,” he said. This reminded Vargas of the water crisis in January.

1 week ago | 12onyourside.com | Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The unofficial start to the summer travel season is here, and Richmond International Airport passengers told 12 On Your Side that Memorial Day Weekend travel went smoothly for the most part. Airport officials said they saw 75,000 to 80,000 flyers over the holiday weekend, which is well above pre-pandemic levels and on par with last year. Michelle and Gloria Jackson, a mother and daughter from Richmond, attended a family reunion in Ohio. They said traveling was a breeze.

1 week ago | 12onyourside.com | Joel Vazquez-Juarbe

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The weekend many consider the unofficial start to summer is here, and with it, a whole lot of travelers. “70 [mph] was the speed limit, and people were flying, so I had to stay in the middle lane and try to keep up,” said Dan Kauffman of Maryland. He is in town with his family for his son’s volleyball tournament at the convention center. He said they hit some traffic in the beginning, but nothing too terrible.