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School Board still working on final 2022-23 budget

Nearly four weeks after approving the 2022-23 budget, the Richmond School Board is still struggling to complete a final version with all line items filled in to send to City Hall and City Council.

As COVID-19 continues, community needs grow along with programs to help

Three years ago, Greta Randolph’s work to meet the needs of the Richmond community “exploded,” she says, as a novel disease began creating upheaval and disruption.

‘Toothless’

Richmond could soon have its first civilian board to review serious complaints against police officers.

Obama, Emhoff test positive for COVID-19

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced Tuesday.

’Black Panther’ director mistaken for bank robber in Atlanta

Movie director Ryan Coogler was briefly handcuffed by Atlanta police after a bank teller mistook him for a robber when he passed her a note while trying to withdraw a large amount of cash from his account, police said.

Marking the milestone of COVID-19 in city

Richmond officials recognized the milestones— good and bad — and ongoing challenges of COVID-19 during a news conference Tuesday afternoon marking two years since the city first began its response to the pandemic.

Mask mandate for public transit extended to April 18

Keep those masks on if you want to fly, ride a train or take a GRTC bus in Richmond.

Dr. Melissa Viray steers local health departments through changing state COVID-19 policy

In the midst of shifts in Virginia’s COVID-19 policies, Dr. Melissa A. Viray is looking to continue the evolution and expansion of Richmond and Henrico County’s public health response as the new acting director of the Richmond and Henrico health …

New studies boost claims that nasal flushing may help protect against COVID-19

New studies support a Richmond man’s claims that flushing your nose daily can protect against COVID-19 and other diseases that develop in the nose and sinuses.

Free COVID testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

Longwood basketball again travels glory road to NCAA Tournament

When the 1979-80 basketball season began, the fan base of Longwood College, as it was known then, didn’t extend much past Perini Pizza directly across from campus on Main Street in Farmville.

City seeks court order authorizing 2nd casino referendum

City Hall is rushing to secure a Richmond Circuit Court order to authorize a second casino referendum in November before the General Assembly can block it through budget language, the Free Press has learned.

Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground to receive historic designation

A long lost Black Richmond cemetery that has an interstate highway and rail- road tracks running through it is about to gain designation as a state and federal historic site.

McCoy loses libel suit

For the past two years, LaSalle J. McCoy Jr. has been seeking payback for what he calls damage to his reputation, but the former president of the Chesterfield County Branch NAACP has come up empty-handed.

Credit union members’ participation in governance hampered by rules

Credit unions are supposed to be owned by the members who have opened accounts.