Private school’s closure leaves students without a classroom
The sudden closure of Richmond-based Metropolitan Day School has left some disabled public schools students in the lurch.
Fairfield meeting to feature local candidates, Thornton’s farewell message
Henrico County Board of Supervisors Chairman and Fairfield District Supervisor Frank J. Thornton will hold his final Fairfield Constituent Meeting on Monday, Oct. 16, to highlight local candidates in the Nov. 7 general election and to share a farewell message …
Marvin Mundy approved for parole
Marvin M. Mundy could be home for the holidays.
VCU class creates story maps of 2 historic Black cemeteries
Graduate students in a Virginia Commonwealth University class have created online story maps of two historic Black burial grounds, the Cemeteries of Barton Heights in Richmond and Woodland Cemetery in Henrico County.
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
Flu fight
Virginia State Health Commissioner Dr. Karen Shelton, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and other local officials gathered Tuesday at the Bon Secours Sarah Jones Garland Center for Healthy Living at Richmond Community Hospital to encourage Virginians young and old to receive …
RPS taps Sands Anderson to investigate graduation shootings
A new investigation into Richmond school operations before, during and after the June mass shooting that followed the Huguenot High School graduation, is set to begin after the Richmond School Board approved a third-party review by the Sands Anderson law …
With passion and purpose
Richmond Public Schools educator Debra Carlotti was born in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., a place that is a lot more trendy now than when she grew up there in the 1950s and 1960s, she said.
Kevin McCarthy was an early architect of the Republican majority that became his downfall
The day before he was ousted, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was doing what he loved — stopping to greet tourists at the Capitol, gushing about the beauty of the place and its history at the center of American democracy.
Southside Community Center’s $16M addition
Construction of a new addition to the Southside Community Center is officially underway.
Boston University names Melissa L. Gilliam 11th president
Melissa L. Gilliam, the executive vice president and provost of The Ohio State University and a distinguished educator, scholar, research scientist, and physician, will be Boston University’s 11th president, the Boston trustees announced on Wednesday. She will assume the post …
People’s Tribunal to address injustices experienced by the formerly incarcerated, family members of prisoners
Hundreds are expected to attend a daylong discussion Saturday on how Virginia treats the incarcerated and detained.
Virginia’s AI directive
A newly-issued state directive seeks to ensure the ethical, transparent use and oversight of artificial intelligence technologies in Virginia.
City to open new temporary shelter
Richmond will have a far bigger temporary shelter if another tropical storm hits or the weather plunges below freezing in the next two months.
Hickory Hill hopes for historic designation
Hickory Hill Community Center in South Side is on its way to securing designation as a historic building.
