Format: 2013-06-19

Colonial Heights Fire Department to add heavy rescue truck

Bids are being accepted until tomorrow to supply Colonial Heights with a new multipurpose fire and rescue unit.

Legislative preview: Morrissey

In the first in a series of 2011 General Assembly previews, Democratic Delegate Joe Morrissey of Henrico is submitting several bills on controversial topics for the upcoming session.  Craig Carper reports.

Science Museum to test fruitcakes

This week the Science Museum of Virginia will continue the holiday spirit, testing the scientific properties of a central element of the season.

Third suspect arrested in Petersburg shooting

Petersburg police have a third suspect in custody in connection with an incident on Saturday the 18th.

Analysis: McDonnell punishes VCU for tuition hike; seeks to make amends for oversight on slavery history

Jeff Schapiro views the state political news of the week. (Spin past national news.)

Rediscovering Richmond: the Year in Review

Brooks Smith reviews the highlights of this year's essays on sports.

State to buy former slave burial ground from VCU

Gov. Mcdonnell says the state will buy the VCU parking lot and turn it over to the City of Richmond for preservation.

City shelters invite homeless and jobless to come in from the cold

Richmond has opened its cold weather overflow shelter, and there are many new faces seeking refuge there.

Fact checkers find recent claims false

Warren Fiske and Wesley Hester of Politifact Virginia at the Richmond Times-Dispatch report on recent fact-checking investigations.

Poll finds wide support for public schools

VCU's annual education poll results have been released.