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The Times-Dispatch has the second-highest circulation of any Virginia newspaper, after Norfolk's The Virginian-Pilot. [5] In addition to the Richmond area (Petersburg, Chester, Hopewell, Colonial Heights and surrounding areas), the Times-Dispatch has substantial readership in Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Waynesboro.
Charles Rice McDowell Jr. (June 24, 1926 – November 5, 2010) [1] was a long-time political writer and nationally syndicated columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and panelist on PBS-TV's Washington Week in Review.
Cochrane and his six brothers and sisters grew up in humble circumstances. Their rural Goochland County home lacked both plumbing and central heating. His father died of pneumonia when Harwood was 16 years old, and his mother ran a soup kitchen in Richmond, Virginia.
Virginius Dabney (February 8, 1901 – December 28, 1995) was an American teacher, journalist, and writer, who edited the Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1936 to 1969 and wrote several historical books. Dabney won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1948 due in part to his opposition to the poll tax . [ 1 ]
Richmond Times-Dispatch [5] Richmond: 1850 [14] Daily Lee Enterprises: Roanoke Star-Sentinel: Roanoke: 2007 Weekly Roanoke Times [5] Roanoke: 1886 Daily Lee Enterprises: Roanoke Tribune: Roanoke: 1939 Weekly founded by Fleming Alexander: Smithfield Times: Smithfield: 1920 Weekly Smith Mountain Eagle [15] Wirtz: 1985 Weekly Womack Publishing Co ...
The three Briley brothers, Linwood Earl (March 26, 1954 – October 12, 1984), James Dyral Jr. (June 6, 1956 – April 18, 1985) and Anthony Ray (born February 17, 1958), were brought up by their parents, James Dyral Briley Sr. and Bertha, in Richmond's Highland Park neighborhood.
Harold Selwyn Smith (July 19, 1922 – August 24, 2013) was an American jurist and politician who served as a member of the Senate of Virginia and as Virginia's Secretary of Public Safety.
Harrison Ruffin Tyler (born November 9, 1928) is an American chemical engineer, businessman, and preservationist who co-founded ChemTreat, Inc., a water treatment company. . As a grandson of the tenth U.S. President John Tyler, he has played a role in preserving historical sites such as Sherwood Forest Plantation and Fort Pocahontas, while also donating historical materials to the College of ...