Big back-to-school shoe giveaway on Monday
Many Richmond students will be well-heeled and ready with school supplies when classes start next week, thanks to donations by the community.
Labor Day holiday schedule
In observance of the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 2, please note the following closings.
Crusade for Voters to host 5th District candidates forum
The Richmond Crusade for Voters is hosting a forum for the candidates seeking to replace Parker C. Agelasto as representative for the 5th District on the Richmond City Council.
Eastern Henrico schools town hall slated for Sept. 1
Henrico School Board member, the Rev. Roscoe D. Cooper III, who represents the county’s Fairfield District, is hosting a town hall to discuss improving support for schools and families in Eastern Henrico.
Dominion Energy announces recycling incentive for old refrigerators, freezers
Customers hanging on to old, energy-guzzling but still-working refrigerators and freezers are being offered a new incentive to have them recycled.
Federal judge upholds city ambulance monopoly
Richmond has won its legal fight to maintain a monopoly over providing emergency and non-emergency ambulance service after Richmond City Council forced Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s administration to mount a vigorous defense.
Cityscape:Slices of life and scenes in Richmond
A line of people marches along a portion of the Richmond Slave Trail beside the James River on their way from the Old Manchester docks to Downtown.
State NAACP president dismissed, listening tour stopped in shake-up
The president of the Virginia State Conference NAACP was abruptly dismissed and the civil rights group’s statewide “Listening Tour” has been halted in changes announced last weekend by the state administrator.
‘Rey’ of hope
When the bell rang at 7:45 a.m. Monday, 96 ninth-grade students began the inaugural school year at Cristo Rey Richmond High School, a private school that promises opportunities for some of the area’s poorest youths through a rigorous, college preparatory …
City finishes fiscal year with surplus
If Richmond City Council approves, retired city employees such as Elmer Seay and Daisy Weaver might receive a 1 percent increase in their city pensions — the first cost-of-living increase since 2008.
Obama’s old high school basketball jersey sells for $120,000
A basketball jersey believed to have been worn by former President Barack Obama while he was at an elite Honolulu prep school has sold at auction for $120,000.
HBCU president ousted after accusations of plagiarism, nepotism
Officials at an historically black college in Tennessee have voted out the school’s president, who has been accused of plagiarism, nepotism and not handling mold or rodent issues in residence halls.
Hanover County NAACP files federal lawsuit over schools’ Confederate names
In a novel approach, the Hanover County Branch NAACP is alleging that the county and its School Board are violating the constitutional rights of African-American residents by having schools named for military and political leaders of the slavery-defending Confederate States.
8 candidates vying for Agelasto’s City Council seat
And the race is on. Eight people successfully qualified to compete for the 5th District seat on Richmond City Council from which Councilman Parker C. Agelasto plans to resign on Nov. 30.
2 area apartment complexes being revitalized
Two major apartment complexes, one in Richmond and one in Henrico County that largely house lower-income families, are being revitalized.
