NSU bows to Colorado in NIT
Norfolk State University’s long basketball season ended a long way from home in thin Rocky Mountain air. The final chapter was a 76-60 loss at the University of Colorado in Boulder on Monday night in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament.
Flying Squirrels to add Latin flavor
Get ready for some béisbol on Arthur Ashe Boulevard. The Richmond Flying Squirrels will open the season at home on Thursday, April 4, against the Hartford (Conn.) Yard Goats.
City Council acts to reduce ‘drama’ during annual school funding debates
Richmond Public Schools each year would receive at least 55.4 percent of all real estate tax revenue City Hall collects under a policy unanimously approved Monday night by Richmond City Council.
3 African-American coaches remain in NCAA Tournament
African-Americans continue to dominate NCAA Basketball Tournament action as players, but not so much as coaches.
Financial Literacy Fair to be held April 5
Want information on how to budget and save? Need to learn about bank accounts and loans?
GRTC wins State Roadeo
For the second year in a row, a seven-member team from GRTC has won top honors at the Annual State Roadeo competition for bus drivers and mechanics. The Richmond team beat rivals from 10 other transit companies from across Virginia to retain the “Best Overall Property” trophy.
City introduces 4 new executives
Four people have been named to executive positions at City Hall, including one charged with ferreting out fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars.
Henrico woman wins settlement in $1M discrimination lawsuit against county
Jeanetta Lee appears to have secured a signal victory in her lawsuit claiming that Henrico County engaged in racial discrimination in bypassing her in 2017 to promote a less qualified white man to manage the county’s in-house insurance office known as the Risk Management Division.
Kamras explains granting RPS employees vacation days with $1M price tag
The loss of one word from the official Richmond Public Schools calendar apparently will cost the city’s school system up to $1 million in extra vacation pay. The word: Designated.
City going all in for electric bikes
City Hall is trying to turn around its failing bike share program by adding battery-powered bikes to make it easier for riders to travel longer distances and get up the city’s hills.
AG opinion paves way to rename Jefferson Davis Highway
The portion of Jefferson Davis Highway that runs through Arlington County could be renamed as early as this summer thanks to the discovery of a loophole in state law and a legal opinion from the Virginia attorney general.
City honors cousins
Annie Reese spent five decades helping Richmond children cross the street safely as they traveled to and from school.
Dismissal of charges raises more questions in Smollett case
Prosecutors still insist Jussie Smollett faked a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in the hopes that the attention would advance his acting career. The star of the hit Fox network television show “Empire” still says he was assaulted by two men late at night in downtown Chicago.
White nationalist pleads guilty to federal hate crimes, avoiding death penalty in Charlottesville case
An Ohio man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime charges in a deadly car attack at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, a case that stirred racial tensions across the country.
Markers unveiled honoring the late Dorothy I. Height, with small error
The unveiling of a new historical marker saluting late Richmond native Dorothy I. Height for her role as a national civil rights leader was a gala affair. Sunday’s event drew a big crowd to the ceremony at First Baptist Church of South Richmond on Decatur Street that included several of Ms. Height’s relatives, Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax, Gov. Ralph S. Northam and other officials and admirers of the woman former President Obama called the “godmother of the Civil Rights Movement.”
First African-American player with Cincinnati Reds dies at 94
Chuck Harmon, a trailblazing African-American athlete in both baseball and basketball, died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at age 94. Mr. Harmon became the first African-American to play for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team in 1954, and remained a familiar figure around the Queen City of the West as a regular participant in fan and community events.
VCU ends season at tourney
In a proverbial sense, Virginia Commonwealth University’s basketball team scaled numerous mountains this season.
Overcharged? 4 Richmond School Board members question surging costs to build new schools in city
The projected cost of the three new schools that Richmond is preparing to build has jumped an average of $107 per square foot in just five months, adding tens of millions of dollars to the cost, according to four members of the Richmond School Board.
Mueller report may be available in April
U.S. Attorney General William Barr is combing through special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, removing classified and other information in hopes of releasing the report to Congress in April.
Cityscape: Slices of life and scenes in Richmond
Large, triangular public art stands on the future site of the Historic Fulton Memorial Park at 5001 Williamsburg Road at the foot of Powhatan Hill in the East End.
