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Area colleges make changes in wake of omicron variant
Virginia State University is moving its spring semester courses online for the first two weeks because of the surge in COVID-19 cases.
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RPS set to reopen Thursday after weather delay and early run on COVID-19 test kits
As school districts across the country consider postponing reopening following the holiday break or instituting remote instruction because of the new wave of COVID-19 infections, Richmond Public Schools stands fast in promoting vaccinations and testing to keep their doors open for in-person instruction.
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Foremost wishes for 2022:
With the start of 2022, the Richmond Free Press invited select officials to share their foremost wishes for the new year. Here are their responses:
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What will 2022 bring?, by Dr. E. Faye Williams
Far too many in our community fail to look to the future seriously. My greatest disappointment is in those who have so very much to lose and who demonstrate so little concern about the futures they must face.
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Michelle Millett, 30, provides special music and scents to calm pets at her shop, Diamonds and Dutch Pet Bath & Spa on Brookland Park Boulevard.
Published on December 30, 2021
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State NAACP weighing appeal of new redistricting maps to U.S. Supreme Court
Will there be an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court?
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Personality: Martha Jones-Carter
Spotlight on co-founder of Kuumba Afrikan American Quilters Guild of Richmond
If art tells a story, then Martha Jones-Carter has helped weave a multitude of personal and community-built narratives over the course of her life.
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Dr. John Guns to give keynote at Emancipation Proclamation virtual worship service Jan. 1
Dr. John Guns, the new dean of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University, will be the featured speaker at the annual Emancipation Proclamation Day service at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 1, sponsored by the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity.
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VSU grad combines degree and love of animals to open North Side pet bath and spa
Michelle Millett and her mother, Arlene Young, are making it easier for pet parents to give their fur babies a bath.
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Virginia State University commencement speaker Dr. William R. Harvey, longtime president of Hampton University, center, and Charlie Hill, second from right, a founding board member …
Published on December 23, 2021
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Sonia Jackson, 72, who was awarded a bachelor of science in nursing from Virginia State University at last Saturday’s fall commencement is recognized by fellow …
Published on December 23, 2021
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The Rev. Franklin D. Harvey Sr., inventor of the Afro Master and former owner of Harvey’s Progressive Barber Shop, dies at 88
For decades, the Rev. Franklin Deheart Harvey Sr. ran one of the largest barbering operations in Richmond.
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Cherished Holiday Memories 2021
Holiday memories are created by family — whether it is the family we’re born into or the family we create through church, work or social interactions.
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CoStar to expand in Richmond, building a new riverfront office tower and creating up to 3,000 new jobs
Up to 3,000 new jobs and a new 26-story riverfront office tower that will rank as the tallest office building in Virginia.
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Second ‘George Floyd’ Pieta stolen from Catholic University
A second painting of Jesus and his mother, Mary, in which Jesus is widely thought to be depicted as George Floyd, has been stolen from the walls of the Catholic University of America’s law school.
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Dr. Harvey to VSU graduates: ‘Let’s get on with it’
“We believe that the sun rises and shines on you, and we believe that there is nothing, nothing, nothing that you can’t do.”
