Yesteryear
Where Were You on Feb. 6, 1983?
We all feel a bit overworked at times, and that’s true even if you’re a United States Supreme Court justice. Today, United States Chief Justice Warren Burger asks Congress to create a new court made up of judges from other federal courts just to ease the workload a bit on the Supreme Court.
Fifty Years of the Carol Burnett Show
Carol Burnett’s book covers her popular variety show, first broadcast in September 1967
Looking Back at Richmond Sports
In this case, I’d like to rewind back to the fall of 1980. Jimmy Carter was President, the Strawberry Street Café was four years into an incredible run with the bathtub salad bar, and over at WXEX, Ken Strayhorn, Lou Charlip and I were embarking on a magical five-year run of covering sports in the city of Richmond.
Richmond African-American Church Receives Major Grant
The historic church was one of dozens of African-American Civil Rights movement sites throughout the country that the NPS awarded grant funds as part of their African American Civil Rights Grant Program, which preserves the history surrounding those sites. Boyd told me that he and his congregation feel blessed to receive the NPS grant.
Where Were You On December 5, 1986?
Bill Oglesby recalls some of the highlights of that day.
Snow Fun in Richmond's Past
Memories and photographs convey how some locals spent past Richmond winters
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