GRTC names new CEO
Sheryl Adams, who has been interim chief executive officer of GRTC since September, is now the company’s new leader.
Grant funds to benefit babies, ex-inmates and low-wealth families
City Hall is planning to provide $115,000 to help low-income families gain baby supplies under ordinances that City Council is scheduled to approve next Monday, Jan. 23.
Film helps renew search for 1st Black Navy pilot’s remains
The film “Devotion” re-ignited efforts to repatriate the remains of Jesse LeRoy Brown, America’s first Black Navy pilot, who died in 1950 after having to crash land his damaged plane during the Korean War.
Gates Foundation takes up question of its own power
Does The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have too much power and influence?
Former struggling student becomes RPS Teacher of the Year
When Christal Corey was struggling academically through her seventh grade year, a comment from a classmate changed her mindset.
Finally
A battered Bon Secours Mercy Health is promising increased investments in health care in Richmond’s East End in pushing back against critics claiming the giant health care system has diverted savings on expensive drugs away from the community to wealthier …
Status of upcoming congressional election still unknown
A federal judge could decide next week whether to halt the snap election to replace the late Congressman A. Donald McEachin.
Legislators told to ‘buckle up’ for fast-paced session
A sharply divided General Assembly was gaveled back into session Wednesday for a potentially contentious 46 days.
Broken Promises
City Hall policies apparently are made to be ignored.
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
Accrediting body imposes warning on VUU
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) placed Virginia Union University on warning last month.
RRHA’s parking pass
The city’s housing authority this week gained a boost from City Council as it prepares to move its headquarters from Gilpin Court to a 600 E. Broad St. office building in Downtown.
Henrico Ministers’ Conference to host MLK celebration
Judge Roderick C. Young, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Virginia, is the guest speaker for the 37th Annual Henrico County Commemoration Celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
VCU’s medical college benefitted from slavery
Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Medicine “profited in both concrete and indirect ways from slavery,” according to a university-commissioned report released last month.
MLK Day celebration in Petersburg to include special proclamation
A special program honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 50th anniversary of the city declaring a holiday in the slain civil rights leader’s name, begins 3 p.m., Jan.15 at the Petersburg Public Library, 201 W. …
