Small business markets, bazaars to shop this holiday season
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CIAA board selects Davis for Jimmy Jenkins Legacy Award
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Board of Directors has selected Peggy Davis as the posthumous recipient of the 2025 Jimmy Jenkins Legacy Award. The award recognizes individuals who create environments that promote athletic and academic excellence through educational opportunities, community engagement and a focus on the personal growth, mental wellness and development of student-athletes.
Brooks among finalists for Black College Football Hall of Fame induction
The Black College Football Hall of Fame has announced 27 finalists for induction into its Class of 2025, selecting the group from over 150 nominees. Among the finalists is Larry Brooks, a standout defensive tackle from Virginia State University, who had an illustrious NFL career with the Los Angeles Rams.
VUU to pilot teacher residency program with federal grant support
Virginia Union University has received a $230,000 portion of a $2.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher Quality Partnership program to establish a Teacher Residency program. The funding, in collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University, will support the development of innovative teacher internships and residency programs over the next three years.
Richmond, Henrico honor top educators McCray and Suders
Two local educators are being recognized for their exceptional contributions to students and school communities. Rebecca McCray, a reading interventionist at Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School, has been honored as Richmond Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year, while Christine Suders, an English teacher at Hermitage High School, has been named Henrico County Public Schools 2025 Teacher of the Year.
New leadership team elected for Richmond Crusade for Voters
The Richmond Crusade for Voters announced its elected officers for the 2025-2026 term during its November meeting.
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues
For the week ending Saturday, Dec. 14, COVID-19 accounted for .8% of all emergency department visits in Virginia, with overall respiratory illness levels moderate and stable compared to previous data. No deaths associated with COVID-19 were reported within that period at time of publication. COVID-19 wastewater levels for Richmond and Henrico County were below detection as of the most recent sample collection week on Sunday, Dec. 8.
Jones launches re-election campaign
State Delegate Michael Jones announced his bid for re-election Tuesday. The former Richmond City Council member and council president hopes to retain the seat he won in 2023, when he ran unopposed in the redrawn 77th District.
Rise Richmond appoints Brittany Lopes as executive director
Rise Richmond has appointed Brittany Lopes as the organization’s new executive director.
Michael Vick hired as Norfolk State's coach
Michael Vick has agreed to become the head coach at Norfolk State University in a return to football for the former NFL star who has never coached at any level.
Drums, dance, and community unity take center stage at Kwanzaa
Drums will echo and vibrant traditions will take center stage as the Richmond Kwanzaa Kollective hosts its 18th Annual Kwanzaa Afrikan Heritage Celebration on Dec. 27 at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1000 Mosby St.
Jackson State crowned HBCU national champions
Jackson State University has been crowned the 2024 HBCU national football champions, following their dominant 31-16 win over South Carolina State in the Celebration Bowl. This marks the Tigers’ first HBCU national title since 1986, when American Urban Radio Networks named them champions.
Vaccines protect your children and others, too, by Roger Chesley
Parents in Virginia who don’t vaccinate their young children, a percentage that’s grown over the past decade, are making a risky bet with their kids’ health – and maybe even their lives.
Kash Patel and his ‘bureau of intimidation’, by Clarence Page
When Merriam-Webster chose “polarization” as the word of the year for 2024, the timing was dramatic for many of us who make our living through words.
Finding common ground around the holiday dinner table, by Ben Jealous
The holidays are a time for coming together. We should not just be coming together physically to drive us further apart mentally, emotionally and spiritually by reinforcing our differences.
Passing opportunity
Second acts are hard to come by for African Americans. While it seems some white people are allowed to fail and fall repeatedly before securing a shot at redemption, it doesn’t work that way for everyone. Virginia native and former NFL quarterback Michael Vick is an exception to that rule.
Swansboro Elementary holds financial literacy night for parents, students
Dorisa Sanderson, a math instructional coach for Swansboro Elementary School, acted as a salesperson for the school’s first financial literacy workshop last Thursday evening to teach students critical thinking skills when spending money and basic math skills.
State leaders push bold plan for better maternal care across Virginia
State legislators announced plans to improve maternal health and care across Virginia during a Monday press conference, highlighting key elements of the “Virginia Momnibus” legislative package ahead of the upcoming General Assembly session.
Youngkin serving up tax relief for tipped workers with new plan
Gov. Glenn Youngkin visited McLean’s Restaurant in Scott’s Addition on Monday where he donned an apron and served breakfast after announcing a budget proposal that would eliminate state income taxes on cash and electronic tips. If passed, Virginia would become the first state in the nation to implement such a policy.
Family of W.I. Johnson celebrates street renaming honoring late mortician
The life of a man who served Richmond’s Black community in times of death will be memorialized Friday, as the city of Richmond will honor mortician William Isaac Johnson Sr. with a street renaming in the 100 block of W. Leigh Street.
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