It’s hard to believe Lindsey N. Shavers finds enough hours in the day to fulfill all her leadership responsibilities. The senior in Henrico High School’s International Baccalaureate program was a human dynamo this summer, wearing many leadership hats.

Their food was too popular. That’s why the owners of GFC Catering contend they no longer deliver their trademark $5.55 Friday lunch deal to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles’ headquarters.

Richmond native and American Idol finalist Rayvon Owen will headline the entertainment at Virginia PrideFest.

Fourth-graders and their families can visit the national parks and federal recreation areas of their choice across the country for free for an entire year.

Get 10 free white flowering dogwood trees when you join the Arbor Day Foundation. The price to join: $10.

The Chesterfield County Branch NAACP is holding its 2015 Freedom Fund Banquet from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Richmond Marriott in Downtown.

The 24th Annual 43rd Street Festival of the Arts will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Forest Hill Avenue and 43rd Street on South Side.

The Joseph Jenkins Roberts Center for African Diaspora Studies at Norfolk State University, in partnership with the Civil Rights Institute at Hampton University, is hosting a daylong conference called “1619: Making of America.”

Julia Warren believes children in disadvantaged communities should be able to enjoy a big birthday bash in a safe and fun environment.

Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott will be dishing out politics and lots of grilled hamburgers and hot dogs again on Labor Day.

Taylor Swift may have won the most Moonmans on Sunday, but it was her reunion with rapper Kanye West on the MTV Video Music Awards stage that stole the show, as Kanye declared he will run for the U.S. presidency …

Monica Smith-Callahan recalls her first public speaking experience at age 5 at Antioch Baptist Church in the Varina community where she grew up.

Youths from the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center are using artistic expression to voice their perspectives on the juvenile justice system and suggest ways to reform it.

“Straight Outta Compton” continues to connect with movie audiences. It is the No. 1 movie in North America for the second week.

Above, cousins Ahkira Haskins, 5, and Ja’niyah Buckner, 6, pick up book bags filled with school supplies at the 9th Annual WE CARE Festival on North Side. Right, Santia Nance of RVA HoOp LOvers shows off her hula hoop skills …