Speaking truth to power
“Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.” — Maya angelou
Dr. Dre hospitalized with brain aneurysm
Dr. Dre says he will be “back home soon” after the music mogul received medical treatment at a Los Angeles hospital for a reported brain aneurysm.
Detroit post office named in honor of ‘Queen of Soul’
The “Queen of Soul” will forever be remembered at a Detroit post office.
Harris team blindsided by Vogue cover
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has landed on the cover of the February issue of Vogue magazine, but her team says there’s a problem: The photo of the country’s soon-to-be No. 2 leader isn’t what both sides agreed upon, her team says.
Nonprofit mentoring group hosts virtual art sale, auction
MEGA Mentors, a nonprofit organization that helps students from underrepresented groups in Chesterfield County Public Schools, is hosting a virtual art sale, silent auction and raffle to benefit the group’s work.
Former ODU quarterback Taylor Heinicke finishes the season for Washington
The Washington Football Team opened this season with a first round draft choice at quarterback and finished with an undrafted free agent as quarterback.
Harvin wins Ray Guy Award
Pressley Harvin III has become the first African-American to win the Ray Guy Award, presented to the nation’s most outstanding college football punter.
VCU looking to Nah’Shon ‘Bones’ Hyland in challenge for A-10 title
Just one player (Eric Maynor in 2009) in the last three-plus decades of Virginia Commonwealth University basketball has averaged at least 20 points per game.
Nice guy Russell Wilson helps teammate make $100,000 bonus
The Seattle Seahawks had the lead and the ball with less than 30 seconds left on the clock Sunday, Jan. 3. All they had to do was take a knee to lock up a 26-23 victory against the San Francisco 49ers.
After three other schools, J.J. Matthews Jr. picks NSU as his fourth – and hopefully final – stop
J.J. Matthews Jr. might be described as a basketball “globetrotter,” but minus any of the comical theater.
Tuskegee Airman Theodore Lumpkin Jr. dies in L.A.
One of the famed Tuskegee Airmen — the first Black pilots in the segregated U.S. military and among the most respected fighter pilots of World War II — has died from complications of the coronavirus, it was announced last Friday. Theodore Lumpkin Jr. was just days short of his 101st birthday.
5 city schools get new pianos, thanks to RVA East End Festival
There will be more music in the air at five Richmond schools.
City Council votes to acquire more land for slave memorial
Despite objections from the landowner, Richmond City Council cleared the way for Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s administration to buy 1.75 acres of private property in Shockoe Bottom to provide extra space for a proposed Enslaved African Heritage Campus.
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday schedule
In observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday on Monday, Jan. 18, please note the following:
Charges dismissed against Sen. Morrissey
State Sen. Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey wants a public apology from Attorney General Mark R. Herring.
VCU to host 90th birthday celebration for former Gov. Wilder
Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is turning 90.
African-American pastors join effort to abolish death penalty
In 1608, Virginia became the first jurisdiction in America to execute someone under the death penalty. In the centuries since, Virginia has gone on to execute around 1,400 people, more than any other state. Now, state faith leaders and justice advocates are working to ensure it never happens again.
School Board deadlocked over Kamras’ contract
The Richmond School Board apparently is deadlocked on how long to extend Superintendent Jason Kamras’ contract that ends June 30.
City voter registrar may be out
Kirk Showalter’s 25-year tenure as Richmond’s voter registrar may be coming to an end.
