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Spring brings a mild warmup to the area
Richmond is starting to heat up, as spring finally brings warmer temperatures to the Metro Area. The week started with temperature highs in the 80s, with estimated peaks of 90 degrees on Monday and Thursday.
Granite Community Foundation unearths lost community legacy in South Side
Bridget Blake and Katrina Clarke are on a mission to preserve their family history and honor their ancestors buried in Green Cemetery located in the Granite community near what is now Stratford Hills in Richmondâs South Side.
Price is right for HBCUs
Morgan Price has made gymnastics history â just like her coach did decades earlier.
Top rookie: Is it Wemby or Holmgren?
Much was expected of Victor Wembanyama in his NBA rookie season and the 7-foot-4 Frenchman hasnât disappointed.
New exhibition honors legacy of Rosenwald School program
In 1911, Booker T. Washington met Julius Rosenwald. This meeting between the leading Black educator in America and the president of the worldâs largest department storeâSears, Roebuck and Companyâwould be the foundation of the Rosenwald Schools. The institutions transformed education for hundreds of thousands of Black children in the segregated South.
USDA updates rules for school meals that limit sugars
The nationâs school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture an- nounced Wednesday. The final rule also trims sodium in studentsâ meals, although not by the 30% first proposed in 2023. And it con- tinues to allow flavored milks â such as chocolate milk â with less sugar, rather than adopting an option that would have offered only unflavored milk to the youngest kids. The aim is to improve nutrition and align with U.S. dietary guidelines in the program that provides breakfasts to more than 15 million students and lunches to nearly 30 million students every day at a cost of about $22.6 billion per year. âAll of this is designed to ensure that students have quality meals and that we meet parentsâ expectations,â Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters. The limits on added sugars would be required in the 2025-2026 school year, starting with high-sugar foods such as cereal, yogurt and flavored milk. By the fall of 2027, added sugars in school meals would be limited to no more than 10% of the total calories per week for breakfasts and lunches, in addition to limits on sugar in specific products. New WIC rules include more money for fruits and veggies. They also expand food choices Officials had proposed to reduce sodium in school meals by as much as 30% over the next several years. But after receiving mixed public comments and a directive from Congress included in the fiscal year 2024 appropriations bill approved in March, the agency will reduce sodium levels allowed in breakfasts by 10% and in lunches by 15% by the 2027-2028 school year.
Community businesses honored by Metropolitan Business League
Winners of 34th Annual MBL Awards announced
Against the backdrop of the Altria Theater Ballroom and a crowd of more than 500 guests, local businesses got their moment in the spotlight for the impactful work theyâre doing in the RVA region. The 34th Annual Metropolitan Business League Awards Dinner & Reception was held Friday, March 8. The winners were announced recently by the nonprofit membership-based business association.
Norfolk native conducts RSO
On May 4, Norfolk native and guest conductor Anthony Parnther leads the Richmond Symphony at the Carpenter Theatre for a night of classical music performances.
Richmondâs evolving restaurant scene sprawls out to the suburbs
The owner of Tarrantâs Cafe in Downtown Richmond is a 20-year veteran of the cityâs food scene. She started out waiting tables â now she owns four Richmond area restaurants and is the CEO of RVA Hospitality.
Wyche signs with VUU
Kennard âKJâ Wyche Jr., among the most successful high school guards in Richmond-area history, will be continuing his education and basketball at Virginian Union University.
Personality: Earl Reid
Spotlight on the Military Retirees Club president
Earl Reid always knew he wanted to serve in the military, prompted in part by walking past the Military Retirees Club, which was not far from the Gilpin Court neighborhood in which he grew up.
State employees get free admission to VMFAâs âSamurai Armorâ exhibit
Commonwealth of Virginia employees and preschool and Kâ12 teachers (public and private schools) will receive free admission to the Virginia Museum of Fine Artsâ new exhibition âSamurai Armor from the Collection of Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller.â Active duty military personnel and their immediate families also will receive free admission to special exhibitions through the museumâs year-round participation in the Blue Star Museums program.
LeBron James shows support for Duquesneâs new coach
When Virginia Commnwealth University plays Duquesne next season, itâs likely LeBron James will be paying close attention.
Pharrell Williams project to film in Virginia
An untitled Pharrell Williams feature film from Universal Pictures will film throughout Central and Coastal Virginia this spring and summer, according to Virginiaâs governorâs office.
Incarcerated pregnant women fighting addiction need specific resources
Karlee Clements was six months pregnant, âfull on into addictionâ and begging to go to jail because she was afraid she would kill her child.
The White House and Black Maternal Health Week
Black Maternal Health Week was recognized this year from April 11-17 throughout the United States and by the White House.
Setting the stage
Virginia State University not only will host Octoberâs presidential debate, but also will serve as a polling location during the general election.
Devin George races with ambition, talent
While heâs far, far from the finish line, Devin George has high hopes of following in the tire tracks of Denny Hamlin and Bubba Wallace.
Save Richmond Community Hospital Work Group hosts second rally
About four dozen Richmonders gathered last Sunday at the original Community Hospital Building on Overbrook Road for a First Sunday âCommunionâ rally in a continuing effort to save the historic building, which is owned by Virginia Union University.
Convenience stores shut down Virginia Lottery sales in protest for skill games
Organizers say hundreds of stores participate
At Krunal Patelâs convenience store outside Richmond, a row of Queen of Virginia skill games has been powered off and turned around against a wall.
