Dr. Roy A. West, former Richmond mayor, educator, dies at 89
Dr. Roy A. West, a decisive and outspoken man known for his strong opinions and who exercised power at City Hall as mayor while playing an influential role in public education in Richmond, has died.
Lonnie G. Bunch III named to head entire Smithsonian Institution
When Lonnie G. Bunch III started working on the Smithsonian’s first African-American museum, he had no collection, no building and one employee.
Local business owners recognized with inaugural Black Wall Street awards
Craig Watson saw opportunity when he couldn’t find any places in Richmond that offered a public venue for poets like him and best friend Dontronn Goode to share their work.
Goldman wins FOIA suit against city
Retired Richmond Circuit Court Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr. Wednesday ruled that the City of Richmond violated the Freedom of Information Act in failing to release more than 2,600 documents related to a still-secret deal to replace the Richmond Coliseum.
RPS summer school schedule
Richmond Public Schools will hold summer school sessions Monday through Thursday beginning Monday, June 24, through Thursday, July 25.
Richmond Public Schools 2019 graduation schedule
Several hundred Richmond Public Schools seniors are poised to don their caps and gowns and march across the stage to receive their diplomas and welcome a new chapter in their lives.
GRTC to host public meetings
Richmond’s public transit company will host two public meetings next week on route changes that are expected to take place in August, including a new route to serve the recently opened The Market @ 25th in Church Hill.
GRTC sees rise in riders purchasing passes
GRTC is carrying more people but taking in less money at the farebox.
‘Senseless’
Police, community leaders seek leads in shooting death of 9-year-old Markiya Dickson on Memorial Weekend
Police are still searching for the person or people who turned a Memorial Weekend community cookout into a tragedy Sunday when gunfire broke out at Carter Jones Park in South Side, killing 9-year-old Markiya Dickson and wounding 11-year-old Jaquez Moses.
Energy numbers shed light on RPS spending, savings
Richmond expects to spend $8 million to $10 million to ensure three new schools meet the standard of a national energy conservation program, according to the Joint Construction Team that is overseeing the work.
Report notes U.S. Jews of color overlooked, undercounted
The typical photo of American Jews on synagogue websites, camp brochures and Jewish organizations’ fliers features happy-looking white people.
Personality: Diana H. Garland
Spotlight on Richmond ambassador for USA Pickleball Assoc.
One of the fastest growing sports involving a court and a net is not tennis or badminton. It’s pickleball!
RVA East End Festival June 8, 9 at Chimborazo Park
RVA East End Festival, a free, two-day celebration featuring the art and musical talents of public school students in Richmond’s East End, will be held Friday, June 8, and Saturday, June 9, at Chimborazo Park, 3201 E. Broad St.
Local talent to shine in “Minerva Times Change,” an original opera
“It’s a dream come true.” That’s how veteran Richmond actor, dancer and performer Keydron Dunn describes his first opportunity to sing opera.
HBCUs have long had a major impact
Letters to the editor
Historically Black Colleges and Universities have impacted my life and who I am and created so many defining moments for me that I have lost count. I laud them because they deserve it.
Gov. Northam should resign
Letters to the editor
Re: “Probe into Northam’s blackface scandal ‘inconclusive,’” Free Press May 23-25 edition:
Reader draws own conclusion on Gov. Northam’s yearbook photo
Letters to the editor
Re “Probe into Northam’s blackface scandal ‘inconclusive,’” Free Press May 23-25 edition:
Free students from burden of college debt
Columnists
The reaction — shock, joy, disbelief, euphoria — revealed the importance of billionaire Robert F. Smith’s stunning gift, when he announced unexpectedly that he would pay off the college debts of Morehouse College students graduating this year. His gift literally changed the prospects and the lives of the vast majority of those 396 graduates.
Distortions of our history
Columnists
According to some historians, Afrodescendants first entered these United States in 1619 off the coast of Virginia. If we believe that narrative, Afrodescendants have been in this country for 400 years.
Virginians deserve the truth
Editorials
We didn’t expect much from the investigation into Gov. Ralph S. Northam’s racist medical school yearbook page, and that’s exactly what we got — not much.
