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VSU hopes bad news will fall to good in Saturday’s match against St. Aug’s

Bad and good news are sprinkled together for Virginia State University’s beleaguered football team.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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City Council signals support for plans for American Rescue Plan money

As Mayor Levar M. Stoney proposed, four community recreation centers will get a major chunk of the $155 million flowing into Richmond’s treasury from the federal American Rescue Plan Act.

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Doubling down

Alfred C. Liggins III and Urban One go all in to win voter approval of the $565M casino project proposed for South Side. The referendum is Nov. 2, with early voting going on now.

Do you want a gambling casino built on a 100-acre commercial property in the South Side?

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RPS Chromebooks missing?

A major share of the estimated 20,000 Chromebooks that were distributed to Richmond students last year to help them connect to virtual classes have yet to be recovered or accounted for, the Free Press has been told.

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Free COVID-19 testing and vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Rev. Sharpton endorses Richmond casino

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 teaches us that there is a time for everything, and that God is the ultimate authority on everything under the sun. God has created stages which we call seasons for the various cycles of all life. And while humans have learned to master many aspects of life, the one area that God retains total control of is time. Only in God’s infinite mercy can we experience the best time to achieve certain undertakings when and if we are able to recognize those best times.

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33rd Annual 2nd Street Festival returns Oct. 2 and 3 in Jackson Ward

The annual 2nd Street Festival, Richmond’s free fall music and cultural festival celebrating Jackson Ward, returns this weekend after going virtual last year because of COVID-19.

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U.S. asylum policy needs to be clear, by Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

Today, the makeshift migrant border camp in Del Rio, Texas, is virtually empty, cleared of thousands of Haitian refugees who went there seeking asylum in America. State troopers now line the border area to discourage others from gathering.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Thomas Jefferson High shuts out rival John Marshall 37-0

It’s like Thomas Jefferson High School has planted a “Do Not Enter” sign on its defensive goal line.

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’Surviving COVID: Local author details battle her husband endured and she waged against the virus

He survived. This is the detail that Charlene Warner Coleman wants Richmond — and the world, really — to know about her husband, Ed Coleman, and his near-death battle with COVID-19 during the pandemic’s early stages in 2020 when the hope of a vaccine was moving into a national reality.

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Registrar issues reminder about witness signature for mail-in ballots

Richmond Voter Registrar Keith G. Balmer on Wednesday warned that voters using mail-in ballots to vote in the Nov. 2 election must have the return envelope countersigned by a witness — a requirement that was suspended before the governor ended the pandemic emergency during the summer.

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Gang demands $17M ransom for 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti

A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group has demanded a $17 million ransom for them, according to Haiti’s justice minister, as quoted by the Wall Street Journal.

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VUU rolls over Lincoln 32-0; faces Chowan this Saturday

Virginia Union University celebrated its homecoming in festive fashion. Now it hopes to play party pooper on an opponent’s special occasion.

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Waller glides into QB role for VSU; next up, battle of the coaches, both former NFL players

D’Vonte Waller led Highland Springs High School to two state championships. Now it seems he may be the quarterback to lead Virginia State University out of a rough patch.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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$22.3M: The amount the city expects the surplus to be from 2020-21 fiscal year

A $22.3 million surplus, equal to $96 for every man, woman and child in Richmond.

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VUU on a roll; taking on Shaw this Saturday

Virginia Union University football has gone from famine to feast—and the Panthers are hungry for more.

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Dejected Panthers hoping for homecoming win Saturday against Lincoln

Virginia Union University’s road to football riches has grown long and bumpy, but there is still a lane to the top.