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Strawberry Street Festival // Youngsters from Richmond’s William Fox Elementary School perform during the 38th Annual Strawberry Street Festival last Saturday. The event featured games, rides, raffles, auctions and, of course, strawberries. Proceeds from the festival benefit the school.

Strawberry Street Festival // Youngsters from Richmond’s William Fox Elementary School perform during the 38th Annual Strawberry Street Festival last Saturday. The event featured games, …

Published on May 20, 2017
Making history // Gov. Terry McAuliffe gives Richmond Delegate Delores L. McQuinn his pen Wednesday after signing a history-making bill into law that she patroned through the General Assembly. The new law ensures that 19th-century graves, monuments and markers of African-Americans will get the same state support as the burial sites of Confederate soldiers who fought to keep them enslaved. The governor also signed a second bill Richmond Delegate Jennifer L. McClellan ushered through the legislature that clears the way for the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities to preserve and tell the story of sites in the state linked to enslaved people. Among those taking part in the signing ceremony are, from left, Richmond Delegate Betsy B. Carr; Powhatan Delegate R. Lee Ware; Delegate McQuinn; Fairfax Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn; Petersburg Delegate Lashrecse D. Aird; Delegate McClellan; Virginia Outdoor Foundation Executive Director Brett Glymph; state Secretary of Natural Resources Molly Ward, hidden; and First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe. The ceremony took place in front of the Civil Rights Monument in Capitol Square.

Making history // Gov. Terry McAuliffe gives Richmond Delegate Delores L. McQuinn his pen Wednesday after signing a history-making bill into law that she patroned …

Published on May 20, 2017
Wellness center dedicated // Once a gas station, this Church Hill site is now home to the new Sarah Garland Jones Center for Health Communities. The new $1.5 million center developed by Bon Secours Virginia Health System with private donations opened Tuesday at 2600 Nine Mile Road. Bon Secours officials announced at the dedication that the building will bear the name of Dr. Jones, the pioneering African-American physician who in 1902 founded and ran the forerunner to Richmond Community Hospital, which is now part of Bon Secours. The building’s renovation and opening took longer than expected. Groundbreaking took place in April 2016, with plans to open four months later. The new center has three components, according to Bon Secours. First, the building houses a commercial kitchen for Class-A-Roll, a Bon Secours program that provides community cooking classes and food skills training to promote healthy eating. The kitchen also will be available for preparation of community dinners. The building also includes space for a coffee shop that nonprofit Church Hill Activities and Tutoring, or CHAT, plans to operate to provide jobs and entrepreneurial experiences for neighborhood teens. Finally, the building includes a separate 900-square-foot community room to be used for health and wellness programs and meeting space for neighborhood groups.

Wellness center dedicated // Once a gas station, this Church Hill site is now home to the new Sarah Garland Jones Center for Health Communities. …

Published on May 20, 2017
Future grads // Twins Cydney and Camryn Hamlin, 6, of Philadelphia are ready and waiting to see big sister Tyler Stafford get her degree at Virginia Union University’s commencement last Saturday at St. Paul’s Baptist Church. The duo led Ms. Stafford’s cheering section. Please see area commencement coverage and photos, B2 and B3.

Future grads // Twins Cydney and Camryn Hamlin, 6, of Philadelphia are ready and waiting to see big sister Tyler Stafford get her degree at …

Published on May 20, 2017
VSU valedictorian Stacey Elder

VSU valedictorian Stacey Elder

Published on May 20, 2017
Deron Bennett gets hooded by Octavia Bryson during Virginia State University’s commencement Saturday at the VSU Multi-Purpose Center.

Deron Bennett gets hooded by Octavia Bryson during Virginia State University’s commencement Saturday at the VSU Multi-Purpose Center.

Published on May 20, 2017
Marquis Johnson of Newport News is elated to get his degree in mass communications from Virginia Union University during Saturday’s ceremony at St. Paul’s Baptist Church in Henrico.

Marquis Johnson of Newport News is elated to get his degree in mass communications from Virginia Union University during Saturday’s ceremony at St. Paul’s Baptist …

Published on May 20, 2017

Published on May 20, 2017
Newly minted nurses celebrate receiving their degrees during the Virginia Commonwealth University commencement Saturday at the Richmond Coliseum.

Newly minted nurses celebrate receiving their degrees during the Virginia Commonwealth University commencement Saturday at the Richmond Coliseum.

Published on May 20, 2017
Retired NASA mathematician and pioneer Katherine G. Johnson, 98, gets a laudatory handshake from Hampton University President William R. Harvey after her videotaped commencement address Sunday to graduates and their families.

Retired NASA mathematician and pioneer Katherine G. Johnson, 98, gets a laudatory handshake from Hampton University President William R. Harvey after her videotaped commencement address …

Published on May 20, 2017
Miss District of Columbia USA Kara McCullough reacts Sunday as she is announced as Miss USA 2017. The 25-year-old scientist from Virginia Beach was crowned by Miss USA 2016 Deshauna Barber, a 2011 graduate of Virginia State University.

Miss District of Columbia USA Kara McCullough reacts Sunday as she is announced as Miss USA 2017. The 25-year-old scientist from Virginia Beach was crowned …

Published on May 19, 2017
Herb Jones

Herb Jones

Published on May 19, 2017

Published on May 19, 2017

Published on May 19, 2017

Published on May 19, 2017

Published on May 19, 2017
Mo Alie Cox

Mo Alie Cox

Published on May 19, 2017

Published on May 19, 2017

Published on May 19, 2017
From left, Francine McNair, lead gardener at Eden’s Community Garden at Second Baptist Church of South Richmond, Marc A. Jolley, garden adviser, and Deion Coleman, garden director, pause for a moment by the broccoli plants. The garden employs a cistern and water filtration system that uses runoff from the church parking lot.

From left, Francine McNair, lead gardener at Eden’s Community Garden at Second Baptist Church of South Richmond, Marc A. Jolley, garden adviser, and Deion Coleman, …

Published on May 19, 2017