Former national NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous is launching a political career. Perhaps recently best known as a surrogate for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, Mr. Jealous confirmed this week that he is running for governor of Maryland. He …

The fate of President Trump’s order to ban travelers from six predominantly Muslim nations, blocked by federal courts, soon may be in the hands of the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court, where the president’s appointee, Justice Neil Gorsuch, could help settle …

A federal judge tossed out two life sentences for one of Virginia’s most notorious criminals, sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, and ordered Virginia courts to hold new sentencing hearings.

At an April community meeting, residents of Mosby Court pleaded with Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham for a crackdown to end the violence in the section of the public housing community located off Accommodation Street in the East End.

The alley blitz is back on track. Bobby Vincent, director of the Richmond Department of Public Works, received the $700,000 his department needs to begin hiring up to 20 temporary workers and to rent front loaders and rollers.

Remember when Target reported in November 2013 that hackers had stolen the personal and credit card data for more than 60 million customers?

It took a shooting, but the A.V. Norrell Annex finally has been closed by Richmond Public Schools and boarded up. The building at 201 W. Graham Road was to be closed earlier this year, but school officials delayed the shutdown. …

Richie N. McKeithen is the new city assessor.

A second information fair for Richmond’s senior adults will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, at the Hickory Hill Community Center, 3000 Belt Boulevard, in South Side, Richmond City Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell has announced.

The renovation of Monroe Park is a prime example of why Richmond City Council is becoming more aggressive in overseeing city spending.

The 61st Commonwealth’s Memorial Day Ceremony will be held 10 a.m. Monday, May 29, at the Virginia War Memorial, 621 S. Belvidere St.

William Duron Carter has a passion for assisting young people.

Richmond Public Schools needs a new leader with a new plan because what has been done in the past is not working. That was the general sentiment of parents, teachers, staff and RPS supporters who gathered Tuesday at John Marshall …

Already under a federal investigation for allegedly engaging in heavy-handed and disparate student discipline, Richmond Public Schools is facing new allegations of ignoring bullying of students with physical and mental disabilities.

“We’ll continue to move forward, we’ll continue to organize and we’ll continue to seek to recruit young people to carry on the work, ” said James E. “J.J.” Minor III president of the Richmond Branch NAACP.