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Cityscape-Slices of life and scenes in Richmond-Community members explore the indoor basketball courts at the newly opened Lucks Field Community Center in Richmond’s East End. The $20 million center was funded with American Rescue Plan Act dollars. The 30,000-square-foot facility includes a teaching kitchen, gymnasium, rooftop basketball court, playground, fitness equipment and a refurbished outdoor basketball court. It can also serve as an emergency response site, providing shelter during severe weather or a central location for vaccine distribution during a pandemic. (Julianne Tripp-Hillian)

Cityscape-Slices of life and scenes in Richmond-Community members explore the indoor basketball courts at the newly opened Lucks Field Community Center in Richmond’s East End. …

Published on September 18, 2025
Blooms in Church Hill (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Blooms in Church Hill (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Published on September 18, 2025
Ariel artistry-Host of Sparrows Aerial Circus, founded in 2010 and based in Manchester, celebrated its 15th anniversary Saturday at Agecroft Hall and Gardens with “MetaMORPHOsis,” featuring aerial performances and an Artisan Market with 20 local vendors. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Ariel artistry-Host of Sparrows Aerial Circus, founded in 2010 and based in Manchester, celebrated its 15th anniversary Saturday at Agecroft Hall and Gardens with “MetaMORPHOsis,” …

Published on September 18, 2025
Native Arts Shine at Lewis Ginter-The inaugural Kennanee Native Arts Festival brought Indigenous art, culture and community to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden on Sunday. Created with the Virginia Native Arts Alliance and Indigenous voices from across the East Coast, the festival featured music, storytelling, crafts, seed-saving, short films, a live Shinny game and an arts market. From left, Zelda, Suntary, Ben, Stellan and Thorin Wilcher look on as Erick Krigsvold of the Pamunkey Nation does screen printing. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Native Arts Shine at Lewis Ginter-The inaugural Kennanee Native Arts Festival brought Indigenous art, culture and community to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden on Sunday. Created …

Published on September 18, 2025
Native Arts Shine at Lewis Ginter-The inaugural Kennanee Native Arts Festival brought Indigenous art, culture and community to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden on Sunday. Created with the Virginia Native Arts Alliance and Indigenous voices from across the East Coast, the festival featured music, storytelling, crafts, seed-saving, short films, a live Shinny game and an arts market. Tamsye Stover of The Chickahominy Beaded Turtle uses the Peyote stitch method to bead a stethoscope. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Native Arts Shine at Lewis Ginter-The inaugural Kennanee Native Arts Festival brought Indigenous art, culture and community to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden on Sunday. Created …

Published on September 18, 2025
Native Arts Shine at Lewis Ginter-The inaugural Kennanee Native Arts Festival brought Indigenous art, culture and community to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden on Sunday. Created with the Virginia Native Arts Alliance and Indigenous voices from across the East Coast, the festival featured music, storytelling, crafts, seed-saving, short films, a live Shinny game and an arts market. Visitors browse the arts market featuring music, storytelling and Indigenous crafts at the festival. Visitors browse the arts market featuring music, storytelling and Indigenous crafts at the festival. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Native Arts Shine at Lewis Ginter-The inaugural Kennanee Native Arts Festival brought Indigenous art, culture and community to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden on Sunday. Created …

Published on September 18, 2025
Leo Smith casts a ballot on the first day of early inperson voting Friday, Sept. 19, at the voting location on Nine Mile Road in eastern Henrico County. The Richmond Office of Elections later reported that more than 280 incorrect ballots had been provided to voters in multiple districts.

Leo Smith casts a ballot on the first day of early inperson voting Friday, Sept. 19, at the voting location on Nine Mile Road in …

Published on September 18, 2025
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during a news conference in front of Nash Elementary School in Chicago on Friday, Sept. 5.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during a news conference in front of Nash Elementary School in Chicago on Friday, Sept. 5.

Published on September 11, 2025
Andréa Wilson

Andréa Wilson

Published on September 11, 2025
Local firefighters climb 2,200 steps at Richmond Raceway. The event honors first responders who died in the 2001 attacks and those lost to related illnesses.

Local firefighters climb 2,200 steps at Richmond Raceway. The event honors first responders who died in the 2001 attacks and those lost to related illnesses.

Published on September 11, 2025
Judge Urbanski

Judge Urbanski

Published on September 11, 2025
L. Douglas Wilder

L. Douglas Wilder

Published on September 11, 2025
A colorful mural covers the intersection of 27th Street and Nine Mile Road in Church Hill. The street-level installation, located near Bon Secours Urgent Care and the Sarah Garland Jones Center, incorporates local culture and history.

A colorful mural covers the intersection of 27th Street and Nine Mile Road in Church Hill. The street-level installation, located near Bon Secours Urgent Care …

Published on September 11, 2025
James Walkinshaw, a Fairfax County Board of Supervisors member, faced Republican Stewart Whitson in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District special election Tuesday, Sept. 9. Walkinshaw won decisively.

James Walkinshaw, a Fairfax County Board of Supervisors member, faced Republican Stewart Whitson in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District special election Tuesday, Sept. 9. Walkinshaw won …

Published on September 11, 2025
Firefighters climb stairs during the Metro Richmond 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Richmond Raceway on Saturday,Sept. 6.

Firefighters climb stairs during the Metro Richmond 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Richmond Raceway on Saturday,Sept. 6.

Published on September 11, 2025
Tyrell Austin, a firefighter with Henrico Fire Division Station 5, rings a bell in honor of a fallen firefighter after completing the stair climb.

Tyrell Austin, a firefighter with Henrico Fire Division Station 5, rings a bell in honor of a fallen firefighter after completing the stair climb.

Published on September 11, 2025
Cozy Bailey

Cozy Bailey

Published on September 11, 2025
Richmond City Council President Cynthia Newbille, 7th District, speaks before a vote to authorize a $5.8 million payment to Marvin Grimm, who was wrongfully convicted.

Richmond City Council President Cynthia Newbille, 7th District, speaks before a vote to authorize a $5.8 million payment to Marvin Grimm, who was wrongfully convicted.

Published on September 11, 2025
Autumn blooms in Church Hill.

Autumn blooms in Church Hill.

Published on September 11, 2025
Wayne Dawkins

Wayne Dawkins

Published on September 11, 2025