Christopher Graham

Photo: © Rer and Roll/stock.adobe.com Water utilities in the Richmond metro area announced on Wednesday that they are implementing voluntary water conservation measures. The announcement encompasses the City of Richmond along with Chesterfield County, Goochland County, Hanover County, Henrico County and Powhatan County.

UVA Basketball guard Sam Lewis. Photo: Mike Ingalls/AFP Among the things that we learned from UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom in his mid-summer press conference on Tuesday: two key guys played through the end of the 2025-2026 season with injuries. Guard Sam Lewis had surgery after the season – we don’t know for what, but Odom described it as “not a minor, but a surgery that we waited ‘til the end of the season to have.” Johann Grunloh.

Photo: © algae5 (Generated with AI)/stock.adobe.com The City of Waynesboro is providing a cooling shelter in the annex behind First Baptist Church on South Wayne Avenue. The shelter will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The forecast for extreme heat is for temperatures in the upper 90s to low 100s. Heat indices of 102-110 degrees are possible each afternoon. Thunderstorms are possible each day.