Rob Witham

2 months ago | richmonder.org | Michael Phillips |Graham Moomaw |Jerry Lindquist |Rob Witham

Weather: Overnight storms left cooler temperatures, with a high of 55. On this date in 1931, Admiral Richard Byrd speaks at the Mosque (now Altria Theater) after returning from Antarctica. "There is no woman on the whole of the Antarctic continent. It is the most silent and most lonesome place on earth,” he says, according to a Times-Dispatch account from the event.

2 months ago | richmonder.org | Sarah Vogelsong |Graham Moomaw |Jerry Lindquist |Rob Witham

Tournament season starts for the VCU Rams men's basketball team Friday morning at 11:30 a.m., when they face St. Bonaventure in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament in Washington, D.C.By all accounts, it has been a wildly successful season for the Rams. Senior Max Shulga was named the conference's player of the year, and VCU won 15 of its 16 games at the Siegel Center, in addition to claiming the conference title.

Mar 4, 2025 | richmonder.org | Michael Phillips |Rob Witham |Sean Sublette

Warm winds Wednesday arrive before rain and potential thunderstorms. Smaller showers will also race through before the primary batch of rain arrives between midday and early afternoon, and once that arrives, be on the lookout for some damaging winds. Even before the rain, winds will regularly be 10-20 mph on Wednesday, with the gustiest winds happening as the most intense rain moves through. But there likely won't be much thunder and lightning to go with the strongest winds.

Mar 2, 2025 | richmonder.org | Michael Phillips |Sarah Vogelsong |Rob Witham

4 min SALEM, Va. – On one face, tears of joy. On another, unadulterated joy. For Randolph-Macon head coach Lindsey Burke-Eberhart and fifth-year senior Catherine Kagey, the final seconds of the Yellow Jackets’ 65-58 win over Washington and Lee in the 2025 Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship game on Saturday night in Salem were a dream come true. “I keep telling them, whatever is delayed is not denied,” said an ebullient Burke-Eberhart courtside during the postgame celebration.

Mar 2, 2025 | richmonder.org | Graham Moomaw |Sarah Vogelsong |Rob Witham |Michael Phillips

Midway through a multi-year rezoning process, Richmond is holding a series of open houses this week to introduce residents to potential new zoning districts. The process, which will run through the end of the year, will ultimately seek to overhaul Richmond’s zoning code for the first time since 1976, and is guided by the Richmond 300 master plan. The current zoning code has 30 districts, while the new proposal has 23.