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Local leaders toast to Stone Brewing Company progress
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — They toasted to progress on Friday at Richmond’s Stone Brewing Company. Workers there are installing the last of the massive fermentation tanks that will help make the beer....
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8News on the Move: Grand Illumination 2015
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — It’s beginning to look and feel a lot like Christmas in Richmond. And with the Christmas season comes one of the cities favorite events: Grand Illumination. For the third year...
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UVA taps former BYU coach to lead football program
CHARLOTTTESVILLE, Va. (WRIC) — The University of Virginia has hired Bronco Mendenhall as the 40th head football coach in program history. #UVA announces Bronco Mendenhall (@Bronco_BYU) as Hoos new...
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Great 8 Happenings: Dominion Christmas Parade, Nutzy 5K run, and so much more
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Looking for something to do this weekend? 8News has you covered. Below is a list of events happening this weekend. Dominion Christmas Parade The 32nd annual Dominion Christmas...
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Richmond Jail’s new housing scholarship is Positively Richmond
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Carlos Jackson is beginning a new life. Released from the Richmond City Justice Center just last week, he is now moving forward with a new attitude. “It would help to have some...
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Candidates react to California tragedy, polls show Trump with strong lead
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – After the shooting massacre at a Southern California social services center, the candidates running for both the Democratic and Republican presidential nomination are...
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8News Daily Poll: Which college football game are you most looking forward to?
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — College football fans, rejoice! It’s championship Saturday! Today’s slate is chock-full of marquee matchups as each of the major FBS conferences will crown a champion. The...
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Henrico residents call for enforcement of weight restriction on White Oak Road
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) – Residents in Henrico County’s east end are putting pressure on county leadership after an ongoing problem with large trucks on White Oak Road. On December 3, a truck...
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Richmond woman missing for over a week w/ 2-year-old stepchild
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Richmond Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating 35-year-old Andrea Watkins-Simmons, who has been missing since November 25. Police say Watkins-Simmons is...
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8News Poll: Do you think college students should carry concealed weapons?
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The president of Liberty University urged students at the Christian school to carry concealed weapons on campus to counter any possible armed attack like the mass killings in San...
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Man helps deliver baby of homeless in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The man who helped deliver the baby of a homeless woman, shown in an exclusive video last week, spoke to 8News sister station KRON Tuesday. The baby was born on the streets of...
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Spiders dominate Tribe 48-13 to advance in FCS Playoffs
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Jacobi Green ran for 141 yards and three touchdowns to help lead Richmond to a 48-13 victory over William & Mary in an FCS second round playoff game on Saturday. Richmond...
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Richmond outshoots Northern Iowa 82-67 thanks to great passing
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Terry Allen scored 21 points and notched a career-high five steals, and Richmond made 52 percent of its 3-point attempts en route to an 82-67 win over Northern Iowa on Saturday...
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Virginia pulls away to beat William and Mary 67-52
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – Anthony Gill and Malcolm Brogdon scored 16 points each and No. 10 Virginia beat William & Mary 67-52 for its sixth straight win. Darius Thompson added 12 points for the...
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#8SportsBlitz Playoffs: Highland Springs is the only local team left standing
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Highland Springs wide receiver Greg Dortch caught a pair of touchdowns and returned a kickoff 74 yards for a score Saturday as the Springers defeated Indian River to move on to...
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Latest: woman at center of FBI investigation of terror attack
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The latest on the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California (all times local): 3:02 a.m. In Pakistan, a relative of female shooter Tashfeen Malik says the woman...
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Police: Officer, another person hurt in Wisconsin shooting
NEENAH, Wis. (AP) — A shooting at a downtown motorcycle shop in an east-central Wisconsin town ended Saturday with a police officer and another person injured and at least one person in custody,...
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UK police say stabbing treated as ‘terrorist incident’
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Scotland Yard says a stabbing incident at a London Underground station is being treated as “terrorist incident.” The London police counterterror command says in a statement late...
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Kim Kardashian West, Kanye West welcome son
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The newest member of the Kardashian clan has arrived. Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West welcomed a baby boy early Saturday in Los Angeles. “He’s here!” the reality star teased on...
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Dog dies after being rescued from house fire in Henrico County
HENRICO, Va. (WRIC) — Henrico County Division of Fire responded to a house fire located on the 9500 block of Broad Meadows Road off of Springfield Road. When crews arrived on the scene there was heavy...
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