Dr. Maria Pitre-Martin will start Monday, July 1, as the new superintendent of the 4,200-student public school division in Petersburg.

Robin Renee Davis has the responsibility of molding a new generation of business leaders studying at Virginia Union University.

Virginia tax officials are reminding taxpayers that they must file their individual income taxes by Monday, July 1, in order to qualify for the Tax Relief Refund.

Looking for work? At least 32 public and private employers seeking to hire new employees have signed up to recruit at the Job Fair and Career Resource Event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at Martin Luther …

The broken air conditioning system finally has been fixed at Broad Rock Elementary School, one of the newest public schools in Richmond.

On Monday, July 1, the new Rosie’s gambling center in Richmond will welcome its first customers to the location in the 6800 block of Midlothian Turnpike in South Side.

There has been a sudden surge in the number of students graduating from Richmond Public Schools — and not just from Armstrong High School. RPS officials this week are reporting that 963 seniors received their diplomas during recent graduation ceremonies …

Will this be the City Council meeting at which Mayor Levar M. Stoney introduces ordinances on the Richmond Coliseum replacement plan?

It was a night of big plans and high stakes last Saturday as nearly 1,800 Virginia and national Democrats, including two presidential hopefuls, gathered at Richmond’s Main Street Station for the political party’s annual Blue Commonwealth Gala fundraiser.

Fifth District City Councilman Parker C. Agelasto gained a reprieve Tuesday from an effort to immediately remove him from the city’s governing body. Richmond Circuit Court Judge W. Reilly Marchant refused on Tuesday to consider a former councilman’s request for …

The first candidates have begun to emerge in the race to succeed Parker C. Agelasto as the 5th District representative on Richmond City Council.

Virginia voters and candidates now can have full confidence in the boundaries of the redrawn House of Delegate districts ahead of the Nov. 5 general election to fill the 100 seats.

Richmond job seekers may find employment with two large, back-to-back job fairs.

Now that school is out for the summer, where can families find free breakfast and lunch for their students who enjoyed such meals when classes were in session?

Free bus transportation. That’s the carrot the Richmond School Board is offering in a bid to boost enrollment in its shrinking preschool program called the Virginia Preschool Initiative, or VPI.