The Panthers were on an eight-game winning streak, but they lost 76-73 in overtime to NCC. The shooting took place after the bar and grill had closed at 2 a.m. police respond to report of a disturbance. Please subscribe to keep reading. The winner was Little Joe Weatherly of Norfolk, who later turned to stock car racing and won NASCAR titles in the 1960s before being killed in a race accident in Riverside, Calif., in 1964. The contents were bought by two local collectors. From left to right: 18-year-old Kevon Bynum, 18-year-old Kavon Bynum. Officers were called to the 4000 block of Midlothian Turnpike for a . The barges were made at Richmond Steel Co. for businesses in New York. Trial for two men charged in Richmond teen's shooting death delayed. In May 1950, three members of the Thomas Jefferson High School cadet corps completed their daily flag ritual. Liles had played the drums for years, starting when she was a student at Varina High School in the 1940s. In July 1950, a curb boy at Arnettes Ice Cream Co., served Beverly Page French a banana split. In 1971, Powell was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Richard M. Nixon, and he served from 1972 until resigning in mid-1987. 1959 view of a staircase at Old City Hall. The structures, which remained after the electric trolley system folded in the late 1930s, had become a nuisance, with chunks of concrete falling off of them at times. Capt. Casey Hayes delivered a pat to the Thoroughbreds nose. In this rural area, the store was a community gathering place, with an old 1917 Simmons Giant coal-burning stove to keep people warm. Local public schoolchildren celebrated with egg hunts and early dismissal for the Easter festivities. He said the row of mailboxes was the longest on his route. Driver killed in Midlothian Turnpike crash identified - MSN This April 1951 image shows the Richmond skyline as seen from the south end of the Lee Bridge. This one was instead saved with a move out of the way of downtown traffic. He had visited Virginia weeks earlier to scout for movie locations, and he was returning to the state to interview promising actors with the Barter Theatre in Abingdon. On Sept. 26, 1953, the Virginia Tech football team celebrated its 20-6 win over the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Armbrecht, chairman of the PTA recreation committee. The students filed out in an orderly column while a teacher remained at the door to make sure all youths exited safely. There is no suspect description at this time. Shooting on Richmond's Southside leaves one woman dead, four other Located on Bells Road, Parnell Field had two dirt runways, and at its peak, it was home to as many as 30 light aircraft. This May 1950 image shows Swift Creek Mill in Chesterfield County. Sledders turned out after school and stayed late on hard-packed snow. The men used the hot boxes at the Richmond YMCA, which could be set to 115 degrees and could leave the body cleansed and refreshed. MIDLOTHIAN, Va. Police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened early Monday morning near Midlothian Turnpike. On April 14, 1951, the Deep Run races were held at the Atlantic Rural Exposition fairgrounds, now known as the Richmond Raceway Complex. Officers arrived on scene and located two adult females, two teenagers, and one child suffering from gunshot wounds. More than 100 firefighters were needed to stop the blaze, which threatened a nearby stream, coal yard and other properties. 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The wagon was among numerous items being transferred from Cameron Station in Alexandria; it can still be seen at the Army Quartermaster Museum at Fort Lee. Firefighters were quick to the scene but had to retreat as a cloud of ammonia, leaking from refrigeration equipment, hovered over the destruction (there was no fire). A food broker that owned adjacent property wanted to buy the land to expand its warehouse. Lewis Ginter built the dam in the 1890s to connect Lakeside Park to the Lakeside Wheel Club. When Old 798 was still active, it was pulled by two horses that responded to the fire bell with excitement, a veteran fire chief said. Tredegar opened in 1837, was a major manufacturing center for the Confederacy during the Civil War and continued as a production facility through most of the 1950s. In June 1952, trucks loaded with wheat during the harvest season had a long wait including along the Mayo Bridge to reach the Cargill Inc. grain elevator at First and Hull streets in South Richmond. (The location, in what is now called Carytown, is occupied by Can Can Brasserie.). South Richmonders had this view of a Dec. 24, 1951, fire on North Side at the F.L. In December 1959, the Seventh Street parking garage in downtown Richmond was the largest of 54 properties, valued collectively at about $1.2 million, that were slated for condemnation by the city as part of plans to build a civic center. Richmond police on Thursday released images of a man they said committed a commercial burglary last week. But she did note that women drivers were unjustly maligned: Women are as careful as anyone else, she said. The road was being widened for divided lane traffic in the block between Bevridge Road and Roxbury Road. Randolph, whose efforts focused heavily on vocational education, died in 1958. Thomas B. Stanley escorted her into the Capitol for a tour. The Oct. 1, 1950, edition of The Times-Dispatch included a photo essay and story on train and car safety. In January 1964, Jewell Mason, one of Richmonds few female cab drivers, chatted with her husband, Otha, who also drove cabs. . In April 1953, 15-year-old Doris Ann Williams operated her ham radio; she was the youngest female amateur shortwave operator in Richmond. Reynolds spent more than $150,000 on landscaping, including more than 10,000 trees, shrubs and plants as well as a green house that supplied fresh flowers for the building. Yaffe, a 19-year-old freshman at Richmond Professional Institute, planned to study optometry but enjoyed performing magic as a hobby. One driver reported waiting eight hours to unload his truck. Trial for two men charged in Richmond teen's shooting death delayed. These boys soaked up the sun while fishing at Shields Lake in Richmond. Police say a 2007 Honda Civic was driving west on Midlothian Turnpike at a high rate of speed, and hit a 2016 Ford F-150 traveling in the same direction. In September 1951, the speed limit on Monument Avenue inside the city was 25 mph. In June 1950, these young ladies cooled off during a heatwave and enjoyed a boat ride on Fountain Lake at Byrd Park in Richmond. This February 1953 image shows East Main Street near 10th Street in downtown Richmond, with Raos Restaurant on the corner at left. 5710 Midlothian Turnpike; Richmond, VA 23225 (804) 230-1212; publicfile@nbc12.com - 804-230-1212. In March 1959, employees of the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles on West Broad Street in Richmond prepared for an onslaught of customers before doors opened for business. Some felt that flower vendors at the Sixth Street market, as pictured here, should not have to pay as much tax, but city officials saw no way under the law to charge them less. In February 1951, Mrs. J.H. Chesterfield Police investigate fatal shooting at hotel - WTVR A doctor removed about a pint of seeds from the childs stomach and then planted one, which became this tree. By. Working to get more details for @CBS6 News at Noon. In November 1950, farmer Ray Welch of Northumberland County used his homemade portable corn elevator. The change was in anticipation of expanding the configuration to begin at the city limits. In May 1954, James River Garden Club members visited the Branch House on Monument Avenue in Richmond to make last-minute arrangements before the weekends flower show. 5710 Midlothian Turnpike; Richmond, VA 23225 (804) 230 . In September 1954, the Canadian ship Notting Hill was docked at Richmonds Deepwater Terminal on the James River. RICHMOND, Va. -- Police are investigating a deadly shooting at an apartment complex on Richmond's Southside Saturday evening. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Chenery, Hill Prince did not return to racing until fall 1951 and only raced one more year after before being retired. The James River reached flood stage, and while that was enough to cover docks, the rains finally relented. In April 1950, the 1st Precinct police station at 17th and East Broad streets faced an uncertain future after the decision to consolidate it with the 2nd Precinct station on Marshall Street. Here, Autry met 7-year-old J. Harvie Wilkinson III, now a judge on the 4th U.S. Bellona was built in 1816 by the U.S. government as an Army post, and the nearby foundry supplied the military in the antebellum era. After closing in 1929, it reopened as the Park in 1938, then closed again in 1953. In April 1950, this coal bin in the Highland Springs High School shop building was cleaned out and converted into a practice room for the school band. Southside, baby and her mother died and three other bystanders in courtyard shot in crossfire between groups outside apt, at least three guns incl assault rifle The barrel was serving as a temporary mailbox for the newly developed residential area in the West End. In 1954, Liles was using money from her gigs around Richmond to pay for her pursuit of a social work degree at Richmond Professional Institute. . Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. In spring 1950, work was scheduled to begin to widen this south end of the North Boulevard railroad overpass. The passenger in the first car waved excitedly to the photographer in the median; the ad banner on the bus reads Big Color TV is Here.. 1 to victory in the 20-lap championship race. The 475,000-piece circus took five men 48 hours to set up on a 60-by-28 foot-table and seven hours to break down. Tactical Gun Shops in Midlothian on YP.com. Police confirm woman killed in Midlothian Turnpike crash in Over time, it hosted Confederate soldiers, Union troops, political speeches, a police station and religious revival meetings in addition to farmers wares. In January 1955, a snowy slope at Forest Hill Park in Richmond came to life on a cold afternoon. A view of East Broad Street in downtown Richmond on a cloudy day in October 1954. In December, a jury decided that the city was at fault, as evidence pointed to a leaking underground gas main. The additional revenue would largely offset the $9,300 the city spent to clean the streets annually. On March 11, 1952, American poet Robert Frost chatted with students Anne Holmes (left) and Beverly Gilbert at a reception that followed his address and poetry reading at Westhampton College. Previously, it took two men to do the process - one to hold a piece of rope along the line and another to apply paint. Randolph, whose efforts focused heavily on vocational education, died in 1958. He stayed at the Hotel John Marshall, which was certainly more peaceful than City Stadium -- not having lost a punch over the decades, the 55-year-old got involved in the match there and knocked out the tag team partners Dick Lever and Wally Dusek. The station was formed in 1948 as the Glenwood Farms Fire Department, serving the Mechanicsville Turnpike area. Shortly before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, officers were called to the 6600 block of Midlothian Turnpike in South Richmond for a reported shooting. A firearm was found in the belongings of a Holman Middle School student on Friday, police said. In January 1958, an explosion at Merchants Ice & Cold Storage Co. at Sixth and Byrd streets in downtown Richmond killed seven people and shattered windows up to seven blocks away. In December 1953, the new whirlaway, a merry-go-round type of gadget turned by the foot power of dozens of students, was popular at Dumbarton Elementary School in Henrico County. In November 1957, three stores opened for business in Southside Plaza, then part of Chesterfield County. With the ceiling of the memorial only 2 feet above the top of the head, it was an arduous six-hour process to get the head installed.