RPS summer school schedule
Richmond Public Schools will hold summer school sessions Monday through Thursday beginning Monday, June 24, through Thursday, July 25.
Richmond Public Schools 2019 graduation schedule
Several hundred Richmond Public Schools seniors are poised to don their caps and gowns and march across the stage to receive their diplomas and welcome a new chapter in their lives.
GRTC to host public meetings
Richmond’s public transit company will host two public meetings next week on route changes that are expected to take place in August, including a new route to serve the recently opened The Market @ 25th in Church Hill.
GRTC sees rise in riders purchasing passes
GRTC is carrying more people but taking in less money at the farebox.
Virginians deserve the truth
Editorials
We didn’t expect much from the investigation into Gov. Ralph S. Northam’s racist medical school yearbook page, and that’s exactly what we got — not much.
Distortions of our history
Columnists
According to some historians, Afrodescendants first entered these United States in 1619 off the coast of Virginia. If we believe that narrative, Afrodescendants have been in this country for 400 years.
‘Senseless’
Police, community leaders seek leads in shooting death of 9-year-old Markiya Dickson on Memorial Weekend
Police are still searching for the person or people who turned a Memorial Weekend community cookout into a tragedy Sunday when gunfire broke out at Carter Jones Park in South Side, killing 9-year-old Markiya Dickson and wounding 11-year-old Jaquez Moses.
Energy numbers shed light on RPS spending, savings
Richmond expects to spend $8 million to $10 million to ensure three new schools meet the standard of a national energy conservation program, according to the Joint Construction Team that is overseeing the work.
Report notes U.S. Jews of color overlooked, undercounted
The typical photo of American Jews on synagogue websites, camp brochures and Jewish organizations’ fliers features happy-looking white people.
Personality: Diana H. Garland
Spotlight on Richmond ambassador for USA Pickleball Assoc.
One of the fastest growing sports involving a court and a net is not tennis or badminton. It’s pickleball!
RVA East End Festival June 8, 9 at Chimborazo Park
RVA East End Festival, a free, two-day celebration featuring the art and musical talents of public school students in Richmond’s East End, will be held Friday, June 8, and Saturday, June 9, at Chimborazo Park, 3201 E. Broad St.
Hampton University takes titles in Big South track and field events
Hampton University has made a big splash in the Big South Conference.
Steph Curry helps Golden State create a dynasty
With the seventh pick of the 2009 NBA draft, the Golden State Warriors sewed the seeds of a dynasty.
James T. ‘Jim’ Burch, longtime college basketball official, dies at 91
James T. “Jim” Burch, whose career as a college basketball official spanned nearly 60 years, died Sunday, May 19, 2019, at his home in Apex, N.C. He was 91.
There’s no missing Tacko and his shining star
Tacko Fall’s star shined in the NCAA Basketball Tournament. It shined even brighter at last week’s NBA Combine in Chicago.
Teams, cities ramping up for NBA lottery
The fun-loving folks on Bourbon Street in New Orleans have one more reason to party.
VUU to induct 7 into Athletic Hall of Fame
Seven alumni with sparkling credentials have been chosen for induction into the Virginia Union University Athletic Hall of Fame.
