Smartphones could change the delivery of health information in Richmond — particularly to low-income residents. Mobile phones are now seen as a key to helping people set up and get reminders about appointments with doctors, navigate the health care system …

Dr. Pamela V. Hammond radiates energy and optimism in her new role as interim president of Virginia State University. “Every day there is something new to celebrate” she tells anyone who will listen.

The situation has gone from bad to worse for scandal-tarred Delegate Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey.

Birdie Hairston Jamison has just a bit more than 10 months to preside over the Richmond Traffic Court.

As people across the nation flocked to the movies to watch “Selma,” 80-year-old Petersburg native Herbert V. Coulton Sr. already knew the story — because he was there.

The constitutional right in the United States to freedom of religion, speech and the press all began with the Virginia Gen- eral Assembly’s passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1786.

It’s called a public park, but, ironically, the public is barred from entering the small grassy space on North Side without buying a city permit.

On this afternoon in mid-December, tissues passed freely among the rows of families, friends and community members attending Second Baptist Church’s fourth annual special needs Christmas service. The theme: “Celebrating Life, Love and Special People.”

Embattled Judge Birdie Hairston Jamison defended her record on the Richmond General District Court and urged skeptical legislators to re-elect her to a new term.

Is Delegate Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey an innocent man who took a plea deal because he feared a jury would convict him?

Norfolk State University is one step away from losing its accreditation.

On Friday, Dec. 12, Delegate Morrissey pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

A group of Richmond lawyers is rushing to the defense of Richmond General District Court Judge Birdie Hairston Jamison as word circulates that the 57-year-old jurist is among three judges the General Assembly might refuse to re-elect to new terms.

L. Douglas Wilder wore his million dollar smile as he entered the ballroom at the Downtown hotel where nearly 500 people had gathered to honor him.

In making history a quarter-century ago by becoming the nation’s first African-American elected governor, L. Douglas Wilder crossed a threshold that no African-American has followed in Virginia.