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Equifax settles in security breach that affected more than 4M Virginians

Consumer credit information giant Equifax has agreed to pay up to $700 million for allowing hackers to breach its computers and grab the personal information of nearly 150 million people.

Carangelo named city building commissioner

Architect and government veteran Jason Carangelo has been handed a big role in Richmond’s building boom.

O’Berry named interim chief of VCU Police

Howard “Mike” O’Berry has been named interim police chief at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Virginia lawmakers spar on reported Trump visit to Jamestown

Virginia lawmakers are sparring after an as yet unconfirmed report that President Trump will attend the 400th anniversary celebration on Tuesday, July 30, of the first meeting of the state’s legislative body in Jamestown.

Cityscape: Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

Protected by netting, a cornucopia of greens and other vegetables grow in this garden at Brook Road and Wilmington Avenue in North Side.

New city protocol irritates City Council members

The days of council members speaking directly to department directors and other City Hall staff to resolve a problem are over.

Moon memories: Reflections on Apollo 11 on 50th anniversary of historic landing

Dr. Carroll H. Ellis Jr. remembers Apollo 11 vividly. Though he was only 14 years old on July 20, 1969, the geoscientist can still recall the excitement 50 years ago when American astronauts landed on the moon and took their …

More problems for RPS with undercount of ESL students

Richmond Public Schools has a history of undercounting students needing English as a Second Language assistance, creating a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in state funding that could help provide more ESL teachers in the city, a schools …

RPS Shines volunteers add sparkle to Fairfield Court Elementary School

Richmond’s Fairfield Court Elementary School got a big boost on Wednesday. A cadre of 41 volunteers from Capital One’s leadership program flocked to the East End school from Richmond, Northern Virginia, Maryland and five other states, including Texas, to paint, …

Probe finds Wilder engaged in ‘nonconsensual sexual contact’ with 20-year-old student

Virginia Commonwealth University now finds itself in the embarrassing position of both supporting and attacking one of its highest paid and most prominent faculty members, L. Douglas Wilder, the nation’s first elected black governor.

Coliseum referendum likely to make ballot

Richmond voters are likely to have a say on whether they want to make building new schools more of a priority than spending millions of dollars to replace the Richmond Coliseum in Downtown.

Randolph Pool to reopen July 23

Tuesday, July 23. That’s the date Randolph Pool’s main pool will reopen, the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities has announced.

Henrico Schools to hold mentor training

Henrico County Public Schools is holding a series of training sessions in August and September for people who want to be mentors in the fall to students in the third through fifth grades.

City’s lawyers ask for Hosea Fox’s lawsuit to be dismissed

City Hall is firing back at a Richmond concert promoter who has sued for a refund of the 7 percent admissions tax he paid on his events after another promoter, JMI, formerly known as Johnson Inc., was excused from paying …

Hearing postponed in Agelasto case

Henry W. “Chuck” Richardson and his attorney, David Prince, were ready for a legal fight in Richmond Circuit Court.