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K’Vaughan Pope gets the boot from Ohio State

Former Dinwiddie High School football standout K’Vaughan Pope has been dismissed from the team at Ohio State University.

Hopewell’s TreVeyon Henderson sets freshman rushing record

TreVeyon Henderson hardly broke stride in moving from Hopewell High School to football’s national spotlight at Ohio State University.

Metropolitan Opera makes history with first work by a Black composer

“We bend, we don’t break. We sway!” sings the chorus in the second act of Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.”

New ‘Emancipation and Freedom Monument’ unveiling draws crowds, tears

“Overwhelming!” “Excited!” “Proud!” Those were some of the comments from onlookers as they viewed the state’s new “Emancipation and Freedom Monument” that was unveiled Wednesday on Brown’s Island on the James River in Richmond’s Downtown.

Denied their chance

Racism and segregation wouldn’t allow young African-Americans in Richmond to use whites-only pool for life-saving swimming merit badge in quest to become Eagle Scouts

J. Maurice Hopkins never wanted this story written.

Personality: Kisha Beaner Howcott

Spotlight on founder and CEO of Clothed by Love Mentoring

The new school year brings all kinds of concerns for students, even without the threat of an ongoing pandemic. And while some concerns require specific solutions, the need for clothing is being met thanks to a mobile boutique, courtesy of Kisha Beaner How- cott and her group, Clothed by Love Mentoring.

BlackTop youth program loses gym space

A private South Side youth program that won plaudits and a $500,000 city grant for its virtual school operation that served more than 80 students daily during the 2020-21 school year has been evicted from its home in a church gymnasium and is scrambling to find a new location for its operations.

VUU’s Jada Byers turns on the speed

Expectations were sky high for Jada Byers and, so far, he has lived up to them.

Local screenwriter hopes next stop will be Academy Awards

Henry K. Myers is realizing the dream of every amateur screenwriter – to see his words turned into a film.

City registrar takes heat for delay in opening satellite voting locations

Keith G. Balmer, Richmond’s new voter registrar, was rushing to start early in-person voting next week at two satellite locations—City Hall in Downtown and the Hickory Hill Community Center in South Side.

School Board rejects terminating contract for school food vendor

The Richmond School Board and schools administration debated the future of who will be contracted to provide meals to the city’s 24,000 students and what they will eat after last week’s public outrage over the condition, quality and nutritional value of the “Grab and Go” meals delivered to schools daily by provider Preferred Meals.

Free COVID-19 testing, vaccinations

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

30 city employees face possible firing over COVID-19 vaccination mandate

With the City of Richmond just days away from the Oct. 1 deadline for all employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, all but 30 workers have gotten the vaccine or filed religious or medical exemptions to the city mandate.

Golden Nugget donates $1M to Virginia’s HBCUs

A $1 million donation to the five historically Black universities in Virginia.

Commonwealth Catholic Charities to lead city’s winter overflow shelter efforts

Homeless people needing shelter in Richmond beginning Friday, Oct. 1, through mid-April will have a place to stay if the private shelters are full during cold weather.