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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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President Obama’s memoir off to record-setting sales start

Former President Barack Obama’s memoir, “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the United States and Canada in its first 24 hours, putting it on track to be the best selling presidential memoir in modern history.

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Answers to COVID-19 questions

With eligibility for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine expanded to children ages 12 to 15, and updates to mask mandates nationally and statewide, the Free Press has gathered answers from experts to common questions about these new developments:

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Richmond Flying Squirrels to host job fair May 13

The Richmond Flying Squirrels are hosting a job fair from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 13, at The Diamond, 3001 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd.

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Free COVID-19 testing

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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State still has $788M available to help families facing eviction

Confronted by the prospect of a flood of evictions, President Biden’s administration acted Tuesday to of- fer temporary relief that will impact struggling renters facing ouster for overdue payments, including those in Richmond and most of Central Virginia.

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2020 Year in Photos

Who knew when Richmonders rang in the year 2020 that it would be such a year of tumult?

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Personality: Vicki L. Neilson

Spotlight on founder and executive director of The Giving Heart

How do you throw a Thanksgiving feast for 3,000 people in the midst of a pandemic?

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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School Board insists on going it alone on Wythe

Construction of a new George Wythe High School is still in limbo as the Richmond School Board needs to work out some design decisions for the request for proposal, or RFP, in order to move the construction process forward.

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High prescription drug prices hitting hardest in communities of color

Dr. Leonard L. Edloe, a pharmacist of 50 years and pastor of a predominately Black church in Middlesex County, knows well the personal and professional sides of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. He also knows the astronomical costs of prescription medications and the related financial struggles.

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Eviction protections still in place for Va. renters

Eviction protections are still in place for struggling Virginia renters despite last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that appears to open the floodgates for landlords to go to court to remove tenants who have fallen far behind.

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Biden and executive orders

What a difference a week makes.

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Nice guy Russell Wilson helps teammate make $100,000 bonus

The Seattle Seahawks had the lead and the ball with less than 30 seconds left on the clock Sunday, Jan. 3. All they had to do was take a knee to lock up a 26-23 victory against the San Francisco 49ers.

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Free COVID-19 testing

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Residents of Garden City neighborhood get more clarity on Henrico project’s impact

A Henrico County official told residents of the Garden City neighborhood that the county isn’t planning on buying them out of their homes for the proposed $2.3 billion GreenCity arena and mixed-used development.

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Happy Birthday, Mrs. Walker!

Richmond area residents took time recently to remember pioneering Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker in honor of what would have been her 157th birthday on July 15.

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’I think she’s out,’ deputy says after violent arrest

A woman who pulled off a road to change drivers during a trip with her father and three young children was knocked unconscious and arrested by two Northern California sheriff’s deputies, who then lied about the encounter to responding paramedics and on official reports, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.

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Jackson Ward hotel project dies after dispute with RRHA over land price

In the summer of 2019, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority awarded a Black-led development team the right to build a 115-room hotel, at least 63 apartments and a retail store on 3.4 acres in Jackson Ward.

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Free COVID-19 testing

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.