3 Democrats seeking the party’s nod for open Henrico County sheriff’s position
Three Democrats will face off in the Tuesday, June 11, primary. All three are seeking the party’s nomination in the race to succeed Henrico County Sheriff Mike Wade, who announced in February that he will not seek re-election.
Energy numbers shed light on RPS spending, savings
Richmond expects to spend $8 million to $10 million to ensure three new schools meet the standard of a national energy conservation program, according to the Joint Construction Team that is overseeing the work.
‘Senseless’
Police are still searching for the person or people who turned a Memorial Weekend community cookout into a tragedy Sunday when gunfire broke out at Carter Jones Park in South Side, killing 9-year-old Markiya Dickson and wounding 11-year-old Jaquez Moses.
GRTC sees rise in riders purchasing passes
GRTC is carrying more people but taking in less money at the farebox.
GRTC to host public meetings
Richmond’s public transit company will host two public meetings next week on route changes that are expected to take place in August, including a new route to serve the recently opened The Market @ 25th in Church Hill.
Richmond Public Schools 2019 graduation schedule
Several hundred Richmond Public Schools seniors are poised to don their caps and gowns and march across the stage to receive their diplomas and welcome a new chapter in their lives.
RPS summer school schedule
Richmond Public Schools will hold summer school sessions Monday through Thursday beginning Monday, June 24, through Thursday, July 25.
Maggie Walker’s home has big $ impact on local tourism, economy
The Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site in Richmond’s Jackson Ward contributed close to $900,000 in overall economic impact for Richmond last year, according to a new report by the National Park Service.
Goldman wins FOIA suit against city
Retired Richmond Circuit Court Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr. Wednesday ruled that the City of Richmond violated the Freedom of Information Act in failing to release more than 2,600 documents related to a still-secret deal to replace the Richmond Coliseum.
Local business owners recognized with inaugural Black Wall Street awards
Craig Watson saw opportunity when he couldn’t find any places in Richmond that offered a public venue for poets like him and best friend Dontronn Goode to share their work.
Lonnie G. Bunch III named to head entire Smithsonian Institution
When Lonnie G. Bunch III started working on the Smithsonian’s first African-American museum, he had no collection, no building and one employee.
Standing up for the park
Members of Fans of Monroe Park protest May 17 after credit card giant Capital One is allowed for the fourth year to set up a huge tent on the park’s west side for stockholder meetings.
Probe into Northam’s blackface scandal ‘inconclusive’
Was Gov. Ralph S. Northam actually one of the people in the racist photo on his Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook page in 1984? It’s “inconclusive.”
Epic fail
Hundreds of Richmond seniors will not be allowed to graduate in nearly three weeks because they have not met the state standards for a diploma.
In the black
Commencement was a red-letter day for Morehouse College graduate Monte Hathaway of Henrico County and his family. That’s when the speaker at Sunday’s 135th commencement ceremony on the Atlanta campus, billionaire tech investor Robert F. Smith, made a surprise announcement …
