RPS and J. Sargeant Reynolds announce partnership to create new technical center
Richmond Public Schools and J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College are teaming up to create a new technical center in the former tobacco plant in South Side.
$10,000 reward for info in toddler's death
The FBI is offering up to $10,000 for information leading to a conviction in the fatal shooting of 3-year-old Sharmar L. Hill Jr., who was killed Feb. 1 while playing outside his family’s home in the Hillside Court public housing community.
City voter registrar gets green light to move to bigger office
By the time November’s presidential election arrives, Richmond is projected to have about 170,000 registered voters on its rolls.
Virginia seeks waiver from SOL testing
Virginia’s schools superintendent is asking the U.S. Department of Education to consider canceling the Standards of Learning exams in the wake of school closures because of COVID-19.
VCU, U.Va. and state's community colleges cancel spring commencement ceremonies
Spring commencement ceremonies have been canceled at many schools and universities across the nation, including Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Richmond, the University of Virginia, all 23 community colleges in the state, at Morehouse College and Howard University, where a positive case of coronavirus was confirmed.
GRTC eliminates fares; asks riders to take only essential trips
GRTC is no longer charging to ride. In a bid to protect its drivers and other employees from the spread of coronavirus, the transit company announced that it will stop collecting fares from passengers using Pulse, regular and express buses and CARE van service, effective Thursday, March 19.
Coronavirus Closings
In light of local and state precautions underway to prevent the spread of COVID-19, please take note of the following closings, cancellations and scheduling changes:
RPS centers open to families
Kate Johnson had a difficult time finding where to pick up food at Chimborazo Elementary School on Monday.
Closing Cathy's Camp in midst of emergency
The tents started to come down Wednesday. At this point, only a small group of people remain in the homeless community known as Cathy’s Camp beside the city’s cold weather shelter on Oliver Hill Way across from the Richmond Justice Center.
Life interrupted
Coronavirus pandemic disrupts work, study and play as the number of cases rises throughout the state
Coronavirus has been uncovered in Virginia’s capital city, adding to the anxiety and concern about the illness.
Richmond schools closed until April 13
Richmond Public Schools will be closed for an additional two weeks through spring break, reopening Monday, April 13, because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Work underway on $12M Baker School apartment project
The long-awaited $12 million effort to transform the old Baker Elementary School building in Gilpin Court into 51 apartments is finally underway.
U.S. colleges continue to grapple with ties to slavery
The promise of reparations to atone for historical ties to slavery has opened new territory in a reckoning at U.S. colleges, which until now have responded with monuments, building name changes and public apologies.
Personality: Kelly King Horne
Spotlight on homeless advocate and executive director of Homeward
For Kelly King Horne, the coronavirus pandemic is just the latest challenge added to the stack that she deals with daily. As executive director of Homeward, the 22-year-old nonprofit planning and coordinating group for homeless services in the Richmond area, Ms. Horne is on the front line of community response to finding shelter and new housing for individuals and families who have lost theirs.
38-year-old scientist crosses into the realm of preserving historic African-American cemetery
Woodland Cemetery, the burial place of humanitarian and tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr. and thousands of other African-Americans, is looking spiffier, thanks to the dogged persistence of one man, John William Joseph Slavin.
John Marshall High wins 2A state championship
John Marshall High School’s statewide domination of boys’ basketball doesn’t figure to end any time soon.
Lady Panthers' NCAA hopes end with coronavirus
Virginia Union University’s quest for an NCAA women’s basketball title ended before it began.
Wartime didn't stop basketball trailblazer Wataru Misaka
COVID-19 has done what World War II couldn’t. It has put a halt to one of America’s sporting treasures – the NCAA basketball tournament.
MEAC Tournament cancellation stops NSU; Hampton defeated in Big South championship
Norfolk State University’s promising basket- ball season ended in unexpected fashion when the MEAC Tournament was canceled because of the coronavirus.
'Count Blockula' Hassan Whiteside leads NBA in blocked shots
The area under the backboards is where Hassan Whiteside feels most at home, and he doesn’t take kindly to trespassers.
