Walmart, Target quit Thanksgiving shopping cold turkey; Black Friday still looms in the air
Forget about rushing out this year on Thanksgiving Day to get a jump on Christmas shopping. Target is joining Walmart in closing its stores Thanksgiving Day, ending a decade-long tradition of jumpstarting Black Friday door buster sales.
U.S. Postal Service to review stamp honoring Florence Ballad of The Supremes
The Supremes legend Mary Wilson is on a crusade that she hopes will end with the U.S. Postal Service commemorating her late bandmate and close friend Florence Ballard on a Forever Stamp.
Social gathering takes new shape in era of COVID-19
When the coronavirus threat erupted in March keeping people at home and isolated, it interrupted 20 Richmond sister-friends’ weekly themed gatherings for happy hour, where they socialized and caught up on each other’s lives.
RRHA honors 14 college-bound grads
A new laptop computer, a $500 gift card and a trunk overflowing with dorm room supplies.
Woodland Cemetery sale completed to nonprofit Evergreen Restoration Foundation
A new owner has taken over the 104-year-old Woodland Cemetery, the final resting place of tennis great and humanitarian Arthur R. Ashe Jr., celebrated Richmond pastor John Jasper of Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church and thousands of others.
‘Always Rejoice!’ Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses moves to streaming platform
For more than 100 years, the annual convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses packed venues like the old Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Yankee Stadium in New York, the Greater Richmond Convention Center and before that, the Rich- mond Coliseum, and Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.
Ambassador Zindzi Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, dies at 59
Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South African anti-apartheid leaders Nelson Man- dela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark, has died at age 59.
Former GOP presidential hopeful, Trump ally Herman Cain dies of COVID-19
Herman Cain, a former Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of a major pizza chain who went on to become an ardent supporter of President Trump, died Thursday, July 30, 2020, in an Atlanta hospital of complications from the coronavirus. He was 74.
Petersburg native Joseph B. Jefferson, whose songs gave The Spinners big hits, dies at 77
Petersburg native Joseph Banks Jefferson, a self-taught drummer and organist who went on to co-write hit songs for The Spinners, has died in his adopted city of Philadelphia.
Personality: Kyron Copeland
Spotlight on co-founder of Urban Cycling Group
When restrictions to help curb the spread of the coronavirus began in Virginia, concerns arose about the need for exercise for people with certain medical conditions and those looking to maintain their health. The Urban Cycling Group has built a unique niche in these uncertain times, guided in part by co-founder and executive director Kyron Copeland.
Pushback
Maggie L. Walker’s grave, historic Black, Jewish cemeteries, hit by graffiti
Cleaning plans, discussions and investigations are underway after Maggie L. Walker’s gravesite at historic Evergreen Cemetery and at least four other historic sites — including two African-American cemeteries and a Jewish cemetery — were tagged with graffiti.
Mike Gale, who went from CIAA to pro basketball in the early 1970s, dies at 70
Mike Gale, one of the greatest players in CIAA basketball history, died on Friday, July 31.
Tim Anderson goes from the skyhook to leading batting average in AL baseball
Basketball was Tim Anderson’s first passion, but baseball has become his meal ticket.
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Tim Locastro is the fastest man in MLB
The fastest runner in baseball is someone fans may not expect.
John Marshall HS basketball team to help with ‘RVA Weekend of Action’
There’s much more to John Marshall High School basketball than winning games.
At 16, Vijay ‘J.J.’ Powell claims first of many golf titles to come
Vijay “J.J.” Powell got his golfing start watch- ing Tiger Woods’ PGA tour videos at home.
Metropolitan Business League to host candidates forum
The Metropolitan Business League is hosting a two-part candidates forum and town hall regarding small business in the state that will be held online.
'Conversations at the Monument’ to be held Aug. 8 at Lee monument
A coalition of community groups will host “Conversations at the Monument” from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Lee statue at Monument and Allen avenues, it has been announced.
Virginia sales tax holiday this weekend
Shoppers will save a few dollars this weekend as Virginia’s annual sales tax holiday returns.
Small nonprofit makes big impact on lives, health of people
Josselyn Aguirre-Cabrera went to see a doctor about her nagging headaches and learned she had diabetes.
