Ground was finally broken on June 1 to officially start the conversion of Richmond’s former nursing home into 86 units of housing for low-income individuals who also receive on-site supportive services from Faith Community Baptist Church and other partners.

The May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has prompted local school systems to review their safety measures.

Richmond Public Schools has received the “Best Communities for Music Education” designation from The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation.

Union Presbyterian Seminary has received a $1,000 grant to help develop its new Yaupon Place Eco-Park in Richmond’s Northside.

Richmond Public Schools wasted millions of federal support dollars buying 20,000 extra Chromebook laptop computers it didn’t need after going virtual during the pandemic, an internal audit has found.

I am pleased to announce that Bonnie Newman Davis has been appointed managing editor of the Richmond Free Press following the resignation of Bonnie Winston, who served in that role for seven years. Ms. Davis began her tenure with the …

Landlords have always held the upper hand when it comes to evicting people. Republican Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin is keeping it that way, according to advocates for tenants.

Amid a rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths in Virginia and nationally, a gap in reported positive cases has continued throughout Virginia, one that has persisted as the approach to monitoring the worst of the virus and testing for infection …

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

The two Democratic members of the Richmond Electoral Board are keeping their posts following a lengthy probe into their handling of the 2000 presidential election during the COVID-19pandemic. They are James M. Nachman, who chairs the board, and Joyce K. …

Expanding broadband connections across the city. That is a key goal of City Hall’s new Strategic Plan for Equitable Economic Development or SPEED.

In the coming weeks, hundreds of Richmond Public Schools seniors will hit a home run as they cross the stage to receive their diplomas at The Diamond baseball stadium. Scheduled graduations will take place between June 13 and 15.

The Richmond International Film Festival, one of the largest competitive film festivals in the Mid-Atlantic, returns to Richmond June 7 through 12.

Following in Richmond’s footsteps, an Eastern Virginia community is about to remove a Confederate monument that has dominated the courthouse area for more than a century.

Virginia students who were absent from school from September to October last year due to COVID-19 can now receive free school meals.