Richmond City Council is poised to honor the late Raymond H. Boone, founder, publisher and editor of the Richmond Free Press.

Forty high school students from Richmond Public Schools will attend the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s National Town Hall on Thursday, Sept. 15, in Washington.

Richmond mayoral candidate Levar Stoney has picked up two significant, but not unexpected endorsements.

The live oak tree that has dominated a gateway to Jackson Ward for nearly 30 years will be coming down this weekend to make way for a new statue and plaza honoring Richmond business leader Maggie L. Walker.

Report cards are in for Richmond Public Schools. And many of the city’s schools didn’t make the grade, according to the Virginia Board of Education. Only 13 of the city’s 44 schools received full accreditation, down four from the 17 …

More than 1.6 million low-income Virginia children have benefited from government health insurance programs during the past 15 years.

The Richmond Better Housing Coalition has named eight adult residents as winners of its first college scholarships.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe is facing a new challenge from the Republican-dominated Virginia General Assembly to his authority to restore the rights of felons who have served their time — even on a case-by-case basis.

Smokers will pay an extra 80 cents in tax for each pack of cigarettes they buy inside the city limits of Petersburg beginning Oct. 1 — a move the city officials hope will generate $900,000 a year in much needed …

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal corruption convictions against former Gov. Bob McDonnell in June.

U.S. Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott may be gearing up for a statewide race.

Richmond will host a memorial program and a day of service Friday, Sept. 9, to mark the 15th anniversary of the terrorists attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, better known as 9/11, it has been announced. Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones …

At 7:35 a.m. Tuesday, sixth-grader Ayanna Street and her mother, Yakysha Langhorne, stood excitedly outside Westover Hills Elementary School waiting for Ayanna’s scheduled 7:53 a.m. school bus to take her to Binford Middle School.

An opinion from Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring appears to clear the way for Richmond City Council President Michelle R. Mosby to remain a candidate for mayor and for businessman Kevin A. Starlings to challenge incumbent School Board member Jeffrey …

More trouble has hit Kandise Lucas, a Henrico resident and advocate for parents of schoolchildren with special needs. On Monday, she was arraigned on a charge of trespassing at Glen Allen High School in Henrico County.