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Menaced by Florence
Changing forecast for hurricane keeps Virginians on alert
More than 1 million people along the Virginia and Carolina coast fled toward higher ground this week in a mass evacuation ordered just days before the expected arrival of Hurricane Florence, a Category 3 storm and the most powerful to menace the region in nearly three decades.
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Shift in city procurement practice hurt black-owned businesses
After nearly a decade of using its own pricing list to purchase supplies from local companies and save money, Richmond City Hall last year shifted to using the state’s electronic purchasing system, known as eVA, after Mayor Levar M. Stoney took office.
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GRTC free ride program for city high school students to start Oct.1
GRTC plans to activate the free ride program for Richmond high school students on Monday, Oct. 1, City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson said Monday night.
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Panthers on the prowl for win in N.C.
Two weeks into the Alvin Parker coaching era at Virginia Union University, it’s apparent the Panthers are committed to a powerful running attack.
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Labor Day holiday highlights
Richmond area residents took to the river, parks and football stadiums during Labor Day Weekend, the unofficial end of summer.
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Finding our ‘moral center’
Our longest war has not been in Afghanistan. It has been the war waged against the American people by our politicians in Washington. They have steadily passed laws to make life a living hell for the American people while talking about “compromise” and acting in a “civilized” manner toward each other.
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White House war against federal workers
The economy is doing well, crows the pugilist-in-chief, complaining that he doesn’t get enough credit for the things that he has done to “make America great again.”
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Kaepernick draws fire again — this time over Nike ad
Controversy continues to surround former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick two years after he first took a knee during the national anthem to protest the oppression of people of color and continuing police brutality against African-Americans.
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City seeks election officers
Interested in serving as an election officer in the upcoming election on Tuesday, Nov. 6?
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DMV mobile service center to be outside City Hall on Sept. 7
The state Department of Motor Vehicles will operate its mobile customer service center outside Richmond City Hall, 900 E. Broad St. in Downtown, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7.
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Vacation Bible School group puts message into practice
Petersburg High School’s Marching Crimson Wave has been trying to raise money for new uniforms for the marching band since spring.
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Spartans hoping for long shot win over JMU
Norfolk State University’s football role has quickly switched from clear favorite to distant long shot.
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Huguenot High’s Kevin Gayles is a successful student of the game
Kevin Gayles Jr. knows the way to the end zone. The swift, sure-handed Huguenot High School wide receiver needs no GPS or compass to reach his preferred gridiron destination.
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Baylor’s baseball skills expected to draw college, pro scouts
Two physical assets baseball players covet most are power at the plate and speed on the base paths. Jamari Baylor has a high supply of both.
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Help available for stutterers
For the student who stutters, the beginning of the school year is a time fraught with anxiety and doubt.
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African-American burial ground could impact proposed Cumberland landfill
A long forgotten African-American burial ground is gaining renewed attention as opponents use it to raise fresh objections to a proposed 1,200-acre landfill in rural Cumberland County about 50 miles west of Richmond.
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VSU and NSU ready to roll at annual Labor Day Classic
On the NCAA football pecking order, Norfolk State University is Division I and Virginia State University is Division II.
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1, 2 … Jermoin’e Royster rising in the ring
If anyone was ever born to box, it’s 17-year-old Jermoin’e Royster, a George Wythe High School senior and member of Cobra Boxing Gym at the Southside Community Center.
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Thousands pay final respects to Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin’s body lay in repose on Tuesday while her soaring voice poured from loudspeakers outside a Detroit museum, stirring fans to sway and sing along and others to weep as they lined up for a last glimpse of the “Queen of Soul.”
