No dice
We are disappointed that Richmond voters did not approve the referendum for a casino within the city.
True test comes the day after
A wise person once said that the true measure of character is not what happens when you win, but what you do when you lose.
Families of 9 killed in Mother Emanuel AME Church massacre settle lawsuit over faulty gun background check
Families of the nine victims killed in the 2015 racist attack at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., have reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed convicted shooter Dylann Roof to purchase the gun.
City Council poised to maintain current real estate tax rate
Richmond City Council is poised to reject any cut in the real estate tax rate in the face of soaring property values that have boosted the amount property owners must pay.
New city-backed shelter open 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., regardless of weather
November is ushering in a dramatic expansion of shelter services for the homeless in Richmond.
Appointments available for COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11
Thousands of area youngsters are now eligible to be inoculated against COVID-19 after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the green light for youngsters ages 5 to 11 to receive the Pfizer vaccine.
Richmond Police school resource officer balances helping kids with rising gospel career
The world is starting to listen to Mervin D. Mayo sing.
A shampoo, cut and voter information
Barbers and beauticians in the Richmond area did their part to encourage voting Tuesday.
Armstead wins another four years as city treasurer
Incumbent Richmond Treasurer Nichole Richardson Armstead was triumphant over challenger L. Shirley Harvey to win re-election Tuesday night.
Sheriff Irving beats back challenger with decisive re-election victory
Richmond Sheriff Antionette V. Irving breezed past her op- ponent Tuesday to win re-election to another four-year term.
McEachin elected to four-year term as commonwealth’s attorney
Incumbent Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette W. McEachin will serve a four-year term as the city’s top prosecutor.
Republicans flip seven House seats, winning chamber control
The red tide on Election Night washed away Democratic control of the House of Delegates after a brief two years of progressive reform.
Miyares claims victory as first Latino attorney general in state
In a close race, Republican Delegate Jason S. Miyares has ended Democrat Mark R. Herring’s eight-year tenure as Virginia’s attorney general, completing the GOP sweep of the top offices in the Commonwealth for the first time since 2009.
Sears makes history with election as lieutenant governor
Republican Winsome E. Sears will play a critically important role in the next four years as Virginia’s lieutenant governor.
Game of the season
VUU Panthers take on VSU Trojans Saturday in long-standing rivalry
Virginia Union and Virginia State universities open every season with the top goal of winning the CIAA championship. When that becomes unavailable, beating each other emerges as the next best thing.
Catholic group pushes expedited sainthood for 6 African-Americans
BALTIMORE The process of recognizing saints in Catholicism is so arduous that it can take generations, even centuries, to complete, but even the usually slow-moving Catholic church can accelerate matters when it wants to. In the cases of Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Pope John Paul II, for example, church officials waived a five-year waiting period after their deaths to get the process started. Now a group of Baltimore Catholics says it’s time to expedite the cases of six other heroes of the faith. Parishioners of St. Ann’s Catholic Church, a predominantly African-American congregation in the East Baltimore Midway neighborhood, and the two other churches in its pastorate, Historic St. Francis Xavier and St. Wenceslaus, seek to make the case that the church should immediately canonize six Black American Catholics. The candidates include Mother Mary Lange, a Baltimore nun who started and ran a school for Black children during the era of slavery.
Former Gov. A. Linwood Holton, a Republican whose actions helped break down racial barriers in the state, succumbs at 98
When a federal court in 1970 ordered Richmond students to be bused to integrate public schools, new Virginia Gov. A. Linwood “Lin” Holton Jr. showed his sup- port by enrolling his four children and having them attend majority- Black schools.
Personality: Sheila E. Battle
Spotlight on board president of The Innerwork Center
At a time of reassessment for individuals, systems in Richmond and the world at large, Sheila E. Battle is at the forefront of a group fostering change through a unique method – inner work.
Dems defeated
In a nail-biting race, Republicans sweep Tuesday’s election for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, and flip the Democratic-controlled House of Delegates from blue to red
So much for Virginia turning blue.
