Victoria Lucas

2 weeks ago | wric.com | Victoria Lucas

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Thousands of dollars worth of product were stolen during a Wednesday morning burglary at a family-owned Carytown food market. According to the Richmond Police Department, at approximately 5:18 a.m. on Wednesday, April 2, two suspects broke into a locked business and stole more than $2,000 worth of tobacco products. 8News was able to confirm that the business involved was Sunny’s Food Market.

2 weeks ago | wric.com | Victoria Lucas

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Ahead of the Richmond Flying Squirrels’ move to CarMax Park, the franchise is celebrating 40 years of the Diamond with a proper sendoff. “My grandfather, my father, my two uncles, and my cousin. We all came out here for Father’s Day in 1972. And that was my first introduction to baseball,” said Steve Barden, Richmond Flying Squirrels’ clubhouse attendant.

3 weeks ago | wric.com | Ryan Nadeau |Victoria Lucas

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond firefighters are at the scene of an incident at a Commerce Road packaging company, where heavy smoke can be seen pouring out of the building. Firefighters with the Richmond Fire Department were called to Sonoco Product Company, located at 1850 Commerce Road, just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1. Heavy smoke was visible from the upper levels of the building. Details on this incident are limited as of the time of reporting.

3 weeks ago | wric.com | Victoria Lucas

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Undocumented immigrants in the City of Richmond are beginning to become fearful as a potential agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) nears. “The agreement itself has not become public knowledge,” said Alex Kornya, director of litigation of Virginia-based civil aid organization Legal Aid Justice Center.

3 weeks ago | wric.com | Victoria Lucas

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Henrico County mother remains in disbelief after her son was shot and killed Sunday morning in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom. On Sunday, March 30, 29-year-old Shamar Trimmer of Henrico was found down on the ground with a gunshot wound in a parking lot in the 1800 block of East Main Street, according to the Richmond Police Department. Officers responded to the area at approximately 3:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a person shot.