Hundreds of high school students will head to Main Street Station, 1500 E. Main St., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, seeking to enroll in colleges and receive offers of financial support from nearly 50 places of …

The Rev. Roslyn M. Brock, chairman emeritus of the national NAACP’s Board of Directors, will speak at Moore Street Missionary Baptist Church’s Women’s Day service 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 7.

The Virginia War Memorial is holding its 3rd Annual Veterans Day Essay Contest for Virginia high school and middle school students.

For 11 years, Dikiviya Howell was considered a valuable city employee with an unblemished record and a willingness to work extra hours to ensure the job was done.

“America’s Dad” Bill Cosby was marched out of court in shackles Tuesday after a judge branded him a “sexually violent predator” and sentenced him to between three and 10 years in prison for sexual assault.

Tiger Woods was moved to the brink of tears after capturing his first title since 2013 with a two-stroke triumph at the Tour Championship in Atlanta on Sunday that proved he was far from washed up at the age of …

A local gospel music group that has been generating sounds of joy and inspiration for 50 years could soon be no more. Larry Bland & The Volunteer Choir is scheduled to make three appearances this year to mark its golden …

Mayor Levar M. Stoney wants to spend $24,310 to provide Richmond residents with free GRTC bus rides on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Off-track betting on horse races soon could return to Richmond, creating another visitor attraction, dozens of new jobs and a stream of new revenue for the city.

“There is a war on truth,” veteran investigative journalist Bob Woodward said about the current climate in the White House and across the nation.

The heat is finally working in all 411 public housing units where serious problems occurred last winter, according to the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority. That includes 78 units in Creighton Court, where new baseboard heat was installed and 333 …

Tuesday, Oct. 9, is the new date for a public hearing on renaming the Boulevard as Arthur Ashe Boulevard in honor of the Richmond-born tennis great and humanitarian.

The Richmond Branch NAACP is joining the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity to help people in the Carolinas affected by Hurricane Florence.

The 2018 Wilder Symposium will explore urban housing, education and public policy and the challenges and opportunities they present for urban communities.

A new coalition that includes the Virginia State Conference NAACP and four Richmond area NAACP branches will launch the first of a monthly series of town hall meetings Thursday, Oct. 4.