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Bandwidth: Welcome to the 21st Century

Meet The 21st Century, an eight-piece indie pop band, who released their first album “The City” earlier this month at The Red Devil Lounge in...

Plaintiffs cite cliques, exclusion in Magnus descrimination suit

Cliques, rumors, exclusion: those words came up again and again on Wednesday during testimony in the racial discrimination suit against the city and police Chief...

FEMA’s levee standards may impose extra insurance on North Richmond residents

The North Richmond neighborhood hasn’t flooded since the Army Corps of Engineers erected levees decades ago around the two creeks. But although their record so...

Witness describes shooting, 2009 death of Marcus Russell

When the red van pulled alongside their driver’s side door, the long barrel of an assault rifle was jutting out the window – but it...

Testimony in Magnus trial focuses on descent into dispute

Tuesday’s testimony – a marathon volley between Hartinger and Pickett – traced the rapid devolution of relations in the department after Magnus’ January 2006 hiring,...

Firearm expert links ammunition at various crime scenes in Blacknell case

The gun found near Joe Blacknell III during his September 2009 capture was almost certainly the same Smith & Wesson 9 mm that fired more...

Deputy chiefs leading police department during discrimination lawsuit against Chief Magnus

Although Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus is expected to be in court through March defending himself in a racial discrimination lawsuit, RPD leaders say it’s...

Jenkins testimony continues in discrimination suit

On the sixth day of testimony Thursday, Sergeant James Jenkins, a plaintiff in the discrimination lawsuit against the city of Richmond, police Chief Chris Magnus...

Bandwidth: Alexa Weber-Morales wants to work for you

This Oakland singer/songwriter wants to work for you, so to speak. She’s also the focus of our latest Bandwidth, our continuing video series highlighting talented...

Sergeant testifies he was denied promotion in descrimination suit against Chief Magnus

In 2007, eight high-ranking African American police officers sued the city of Richmond, accusing police Chief Chris Magnus and former Deputy Chief Lori Ritter of...

Gunshot residue found on sweater of alleged Richmond shooter

The black-hooded sweatshirt Joe Blacknell III wore on the day he allegedly shot four people and missed two others had minute traces of gunshot residue...