Fire Department mum about plans for training site
The Richmond Fire Department apparently will have to find another location for its planned fire training facility.
Women veterans get new health center
Richmond’s women veterans will have access to a range of health services with the opening of the new Women Veterans Health Center in Building 520, 1201 Brock Road Blvd.
Crisis center opening at St. Joseph’s Villa
A regional center for youths suffering a mental health crisis is on the way.
Restoring votes for returning citizens
Members of the New Virginia Majority, Virginia NAACP, League of Women Voters of Virginia, Virginia Organizing, ACLU of Virginia, and Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, along with Del. Don Scott, House Minority Leader, and Sen. Mamie Locke participated in …
What dreams come true
City Hall is jumping to buy a major James River island that the city has dreamed of owning for 40 years to expand parkland.
Bagby is sworn in
Lamont Bagby is officially a state senator.
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
Federal grant to benefit low-income families
A trio of Richmond-based financial operations have been collectively awarded $10.5 million from the U.S. Treasury to advance their service to low- and moderate-income communities.
Virginia legislators considering Youngkin amendments, vetoes
The politically divided Virginia General Assembly has convened in Richmond to work through scores of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposed amendments to legislation during a one-day session.
Street Knowledge: Local leaders honored with signs
A ceremony to unveil an honorary street sign recognizing the late Richmond religious leader Dr. Paul Nichols will take place noon Friday, April 14, at 28th and R streets.
City approves scholarship program with Reynolds
City Council on Monday cleared the way for a pilot Pathways scholarship proposed by Mayor Levar M. Stoney that would cover tuition and provide a monthly stipend to Richmond high school graduates attending Reynolds Community College.
City hires first woman for top legal post
Laura K. Drewry is the new city attorney and first woman to hold City Hall’s top legal post.
Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher indicted by grand jury
A grand jury has indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher on charges of child neglect and failing to secure her handgun in the family’s home, a prosecutor said Monday.
Bon Secours details plans to increase medical access in city’s East End
Bon Secours Richmond welcomed the positive statement from the Richmond Health Coalition about its plans to improve health care in the East End, which the Free Press reported in the April 6-8 edition. “Bon Secours appreciates the coalition’s willingness to …
Summit to address Black women, birthing and reproductive health
In Virginia, Black women are three times more likely to die than white women during childbirth or due to pregnancy-related causes, according to Birth in Color RVA, a birth, policy and advocacy nonprofit focused on raising awareness surrounding maternal health …
