City officials unveil ‘The Shockoe Project’
10-acre site to tell ‘a more complete story of Richmond’s history’
Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Delegate Delores L. McQuinn, members of the Richmond City Council and representatives from the Shockoe Institute yesterday unveiled “The Shockoe Project,” a 10-acre site in Shockoe Valley that they say is “dedicated to telling the full history of the Richmond slave trade and its national and global significance to the growth of our country.”
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
City to acquire 3 historic Black cemeteries
Richmond City Council voted unanimously to declare East End, Evergreen and Forest View cemeteries a public necessity.
United Daughters of the Confederacy would lose Virginia tax breaks, if Youngkin signs off
Legislation that would end tax benefits for the United Daughters of the Confederacy — the Richmond-based women’s group that helped erect many of the country’s Confederate monuments — is on its way to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who hasn’t said whether he supports it.
Henrico bans firearms, ammunition from its buildings, effective immediately
Henrico County officials have announced a ban on the possession of firearms and ammunition in its government buildings, including libraries and recreation centers, effective immediately.
Richmond must create something meaningful for Richmond Community Hospital
As a lifelong resident of Richmond and a neighbor of Virginia Union University, I feel compelled to express my deep disappointment regarding the recent news concerning the fate of Richmond Community Hospital in the “shiny new penny project” for the Overbrook Road/Edgehill neighborhood.
Reader expresses gratitude for efforts to save hospital
Dear Mary DePillars: Thank you on behalf of myself, the citizens of Richmond, and history generally for your beautiful letter for a critical cause. I pray that it may help to save this valuable landmark. I join you in beseeching Virginia Union University to save the Richmond Community Hospital building.
Duty to preserve our legacy
Virginia Union University’s first listed item on its “Core Values at Union” page is “Innovation.” “Spiritual Formation” follows. Demolishing an historic Black structure committed to community learning and healing seems puzzling considering these expressed values. Given the brilliant minds cultivated by the university throughout its lifespan, the move to destroy the former Richmond Community Hospital site demonstrates a lack of creativity and a dishonor to our ancestral legacy. Possibilities abound when considering ways to integrate the facility into residence hall planning.
Crusading for better education outcomes
The Richmond Crusade for Voters would like Superintendent Jason Kamras to resign or have the present School Board relieve him of his duties.
Do you believe in magic? VUU does
Virginia Union University’s Panthers had smiles on their faces while bussing to Baltimore earlier this week. Not so for Virginia State.
Manchester duo legacy leading scorers
If the names Woolfolk and Wright sound familiar to serious basketball fans, they should.
Soccer star’s talent comes home
The inaugural W League RVA squad will feature a talented local woman this soccer season.
Pulley, Mbangue win conference honors
Keishawn Pulley has more than doubled his scoring in his sophomore basketball season at Randolph-Macon College (RMC).
Friday Cheers announces 2024 concert series
Friday Cheers, presented by Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, returns May 3 for its 39th season as Richmond’s longest-running concert series and the city’s largest event of its kind on the James River.
2 men convicted of killing Run-D.M.C.’s Jam Master Jay nearly 22 years after rap star’s death
More than 20 years after Run-D.M.C. star Jam Master Jay was brazenly gunned down in his recording studio, two men close to him were convicted Tuesday of murder, marking a long-awaited moment in one of the hip-hop world’s most elusive cases.
Bronze pieces from MLK memorial in Denver recovered after being sold for scrap
Three bronze artworks stolen from a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in City Park in Denver, along with seven bronze pieces taken from a nearby fountain, were recovered after being sold to a scrap metal business, Denver Police said Tuesday.
Driving while Black
Judge asked to revisit ruling regarding RPD’s racial profiling
A recent court ruling declaring that the Richmond Police Department stops African-American drivers far more often than other demographics is being questioned by federal prosecutors.
Personality: Margaret O. Daramola
Spotlight on 21st Poet Laureate of Virginia
Margaret O. Daramola says she is an overachiever. The Hampton University graduate is currently undertaking her master’s in theological studies at Harvard Divinity School while also serving as the 21st Poet Laureate of Virginia, which requires her presence and performance at official events.
Crusade carries on
Anyone who knows anything about Richmond knows that the story of the Richmond Crusade for Voters is legend.
Driesell’s racial pioneering remembered, by Wayne Dawkins
Charles “Lefty” Driesell died peacefully at home at 92 in his native Tidewater.
