For more than five decades, Willie J. Banks Jr. was a trusted surgeon and a medical asset to Virginia and Washington, D.C. His skills served patients in a wide range of settings, and his commitment to caring for others was …

The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia, started Thursday, June 19, with a ceremonial groundbreaking.

Union Presbyterian Seminary announced a key leadership change this month, welcoming a new leader and honoring longtime staff. Tamica Goode began her role as vice president for finance and administration on June 23.

A documentary about Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., one of nine people killed in the 2015 shooting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., will be screened on July 1.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will host its annual U.S. convention, Jalsa Salana USA, on Saturday, June 29, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, drawing attendees from across the country for a day of religious discussion, exhibitions and community building.

Condolences have poured in from across Virginia’s education community following the death of Billy K. Cannaday Jr. last week at age 75. His decadeslong career included a variety of local and state roles, including serving as superintendent of Chesterfield County …

The Virginia Union University Gospel Choir has released its debut single, “Great is Yahweh,” marking a historic milestone for the student ensemble.

People of faith gathered again at Mother Emanuel AME on Tuesday just like they did 10 years ago, searching for God’s truth and his love in the church fellowship hall.

Rev. Kevin L. Jones has been named the new senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Jackson Ward, following a nationwide search that lasted more than two years.

Victory Church of God in Christ is participating in the Summer Food Service Program,

Teacher. Principal. Art Curator. Mother. Godmother. Friend. Barbara Radcliffe Grey held many roles during her life and career, and she approached each with a dedication to creativity, growth and joy. That commitment, friends and family say, continues to resonate after …

For more than four decades, Lucille Brown shaped Richmond education, guiding the development of students and schools across generations while rising through the ranks to become one of the city’s most influential educators. Her death on June 5, at the …

Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” “Stand!” and “Family Affair,” died Monday at age 82.

Jerrauld C. Jones began making history before his 10th birthday, becoming one of the first Black students to integrate Ingleside Elementary School in Norfolk in 1961. It was the start of a lifetime of breaking barriers in Virginia’s courts and …

A group of clergy, faith-based protesters and disability advocates were once again arrested in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday, June 2, while praying against the Republican-led federal budget bill, including a wheelchair user who said potential cuts to health …