A tribute, an unusual arrest, a big bust, pump failures, and three or four things

Just days earlier the temperatures had been in the teens at night, but on Thursday temperatures began rising...and on Friday we had record-breaking highs of 80 or more in the region! The Rivanna River's response on Thursday was a layer of misty fog that settled over the surface of the water.

With Richey, “anything was possible.”

Many are still reeling from the sudden death of beloved restaurateur Wilson Richey, who lost control of his car on Owensville Road in the early morning hours of December 12 and slammed into an embankment. According to Albemarle County spokesperson, Logan Bogert, the cause of the crash has not yet been determined. "The full investigation will not be completed until they have the medical examiner’s report back," says Bogert, who couldn’t say when that might be.

Richey, a 47-year-old father of two, was just getting started, having already l…