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Jeff Bourne, chair of the Richmond School Board: I appreciate the opportunity to share with all of the Richmond Free Press readers my foremost wishes for 2017. My first and foremost wish is for continued health and well-being for my wife, Anedra, my daughter, Sydney, and my son, Joseph. I also pray that I become a better husband and father in 2017. As Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” So it is my hope that, as we move through the year 2017, our city takes bold steps to enrich and improve the lives of our most precious resource — our children. Giving our young people the opportunity, tools and foundation to reach their wildest dreams is vitally important to the future of our city, our region, our Commonwealth and our country. Those are my foremost wishes for 2017 — and every year.

Jeff Bourne, chair of the Richmond School Board: I appreciate the opportunity to share with all of the Richmond Free Press readers my foremost wishes …

Published on December 30, 2016
Mamie E. Locke, state senator from Hampton and chair of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus:

Mamie E. Locke, state senator from Hampton and chair of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus:

Published on December 30, 2016
Levar Stoney, Richmond mayor-elect:

Levar Stoney, Richmond mayor-elect:

Published on December 30, 2016
Tim Kaine, U.S. senator representing Virginia and 2016 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate:

Tim Kaine, U.S. senator representing Virginia and 2016 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate:

Published on December 30, 2016

Published on December 30, 2016

Published on December 30, 2016

Published on December 30, 2016

Published on December 30, 2016

Published on December 30, 2016
Jars of soil from sites where black people were lynched.

Jars of soil from sites where black people were lynched.

Published on December 30, 2016

Published on December 30, 2016
Mr. Freelon

Mr. Freelon

Published on December 30, 2016

Published on December 30, 2016
Sakara Bey, 8, lights the Kwanzaa kinara with her father, Hakim Bey, and grandmother, Shakila Davis, on Wednesday at Mrs. Davis’ Henrico County home. The family is celebrating the third day of Kwanzaa, ujima, or collective work and responsibility.

Sakara Bey, 8, lights the Kwanzaa kinara with her father, Hakim Bey, and grandmother, Shakila Davis, on Wednesday at Mrs. Davis’ Henrico County home. The …

Published on December 30, 2016

Published on December 30, 2016

Published on December 30, 2016
Employees work among a maze of conveyor belts and sorting machines in the huge building that is the size of 12 football fields and handles mail from Central and Eastern Virginia. Left, Free Press photographer Sandra Sellars seeks to give a sense of the building’s size by photographing a portion of the center reflected in a ceiling mirror.

Employees work among a maze of conveyor belts and sorting machines in the huge building that is the size of 12 football fields and handles …

Published on December 23, 2016
Taura James, above, sorts through the flood of letters and packages that have poured into the U.S. Postal Service’s Richmond Processing and Distribution Center in Sandston in Eastern Henrico County. Postal service officials showed off the plant Monday — the center’s busiest day that saw hundreds of employees handle more than 2.4 million letters, cards and holiday packages.

Taura James, above, sorts through the flood of letters and packages that have poured into the U.S. Postal Service’s Richmond Processing and Distribution Center in …

Published on December 23, 2016
Downtown holiday skyline

Downtown holiday skyline

Published on December 23, 2016
Personnel are being relocated to two sites — the reopened Ruffin Road school building in South Side and the third floor at the Richmond Alternative School in Jackson Ward.

Personnel are being relocated to two sites — the reopened Ruffin Road school building in South Side and the third floor at the Richmond Alternative …

Published on December 23, 2016