Tuesday was a red-letter day for nine Huguenot High School ninth-graders. The stage in a school assembly hall was set with red and white balloons and logos for Richmond Public Schools and Virginia Union University.

Lenora Reid is officially in charge of Richmond city government — for now. City Council voted 9-0 on Monday to confirm Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s request that Ms. Reid, the city’s chief financial officer, serve as interim chief administrative officer …

Celieto L. and Janice F. Lewis have finally found a place to call home.

The final seven members of a City Council commission to review the $1.5 billion Coliseum replacement proposal have been seated — starting a 90-day clock for them to review the plan.

Computer tablets are making it easier for families and inmates at the Richmond Justice Center to stay connected.

Chants drowned out the sound of traffic on Broad Street near City Hall last Friday as hundreds of people, largely youths, from across Virginia marched in two climate protests, demanding an urgent response to the threat of climate change.

Former Richmond City Councilman Henry W. “Chuck” Richardson has received the endorsement of the Richmond Crusade for Voters in the 5th District City Council race.

A coalition of organizations from across Virginia are holding a daylong forum on the role of restorative justice in criminal justice reform and ending mass incarceration.

Three months ago, 100 local residents and activists called on the Richmond Redevelopment Housing Authority to bring more transparency, accessibility and accountability to the agency’s five-year plan for the city. Last week, those residents and activists faced new restrictions at …

Gov. Ralph S. Northam announced Tuesday that the state would contribute $20 million to help replace diesel-powered school buses with cleaner, but more expensive electric buses in Richmond and across the state.

The 96 students at St. Andrew’s School join art teacher Chris Milk on Monday to get their first look at the mural they all helped create to mark the 125th year of the private school based in Oregon Hill.

The No. 2 official at City Hall has lost her job.

The divisions among City Council members over the Coliseum replacement plan appear to be hardening.

Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax is suing CBS for $400 million, claiming the company defamed him when it broadcast interviews with two women he said have falsely accused him of sexual assault.

They have been fixtures at the 17th Street Farmers’ Market in Shockoe Bottom for decades, just like their parents and grandparents before them. Now, sisters Evelyn Luceal Allen, 84, and Rosa L. Fleming, 80, have closed their stand beside the …