A recycling truck caught fire Monday afternoon on Claremont Avenue in North Side. After a co-worker spotted smoke coming from the vehicle, the driver pulled over in a safe location and emptied the truck’s contents onto the street. No injuries were reported, and the truck was not damaged. An investigation into the cause of the fire was inconclusive, though a source saidimproper disposal of lithium batteries often leads to similar incidents.

Daniel Crane, 6, takes aim at hoops during halftime of the Richmond Roadrunners women’s professional basketball game against the Maryland Lady Wolves on Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Henrico Sports & Events Center.

Orange zinia flower in Northern Barton Heights neighbrohood August 2025.

From left, Shiloh Jones, Khelia Jones, Autumn Wiggins- Merrill and Crystal Puryear of Atlantic Outreach Group, a finalist for the Rooted Community Impact Award, at the BLK RVA Community Awards on Friday, Aug. 22.

Kelly Jackson and Ammie Derricott, owners of Around The Table LLC, head to the stage to accept the Rising Community Impact Award at the BLK RVA Community Awards.

Award winners pose on stage at the Hippodrome. Pictured left to right: Evette Roots, vice president and senior social impact and sustainability specialist, Wells Fargo; Micheal Sparks, CEO of The Underground Kitchen; JP Mines and his mother, Pam Mines, founder of the JP JumPers Foundation; Shakia Gullette Warren, executive director of the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia; Ammie Derricott and Kelly Jackson, owners of Around The Table LLC; James Crump-Wallace, founder of Celebration of Black Music in Film; and host Clovia Lawrence, community outreach director for Radio One Inc.

Standing from left: Ahki, 8; Bryn Shane, program coordinator at the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation; and Josiah, 9, Sitting: Wallace, 8; Neiko, 4; and Carter, 8 take a photo together at soccer clinic hosted by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation with sponsor Gainbridge, where participants rotated through skill stations for passing, dribbling, shooting and scrimmaging. The Gainbridge Super League, a Division I professional women’s soccer league, was the primary sponsor of Justin Haley’s No. 7 Chevrolet ZL1 for Richmond Raceway’s Saturday night NASCAR Cup Series race on Aug. 16. Haley and the league also donated a set of signed race tires to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation.

Ahmel, 5, kicks a ball through a race car tire at a soccer clinic Friday, Aug. 15, at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond on Bainbridge Street in South Side.