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City tax amnesty application process now open
City Hall is now accepting applications for tax amnesty on real estate taxes and some businesses taxes.
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VSU launches no-cost tuition initiative for qualified high school seniors
A federal Pell Grant will be all 300 qualified high school seniors in Richmond and other nearby localities must have financially to enroll as full-time students at Virginia State University in the fall.
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Sheila K. Mandt, fundraising consultant and wife of former Councilman Chris A. Hilbert, succumbs at 55
Sheila Kavanagh Mandt, wife and political adviser to former 3rd District City Councilman Chris A. Hilbert and a fundraising guru for nonprofits, has died.
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Black clergy offer churches as COVID-19 vaccination sites
After more than 1,100 people received the coronavirus vaccine in the fellowship hall of a Black church in Oklahoma City, its pastor credited trust and teamwork for the accom- plishment.
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Randolph-Macon in pursuit of national basketball championship
The pursuit of a national basketball championship is well underway just north of Richmond.
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Black History Month events calendar 2021
A variety of events are planned in and around Richmond for Black History Month.
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Accountability
We are over Chesterfield state Sen. Amanda Chase and her middle age Barbie twin, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.
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Celebrating the Black Family, by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
At the opening of Black History Month, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, or ASALH, announces the 2021 Black History theme — “The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity.”
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Expect the radical left to ‘start tearing down ... America’
Since Nov. 3, I have spoken to many people who voted for the Biden-Harris ticket. They told me they did so hoping a woman of color would be in the White House and/or because they personally hate Donald J. Trump.
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Mayor Stoney has COVID-19; state of city address postponed
Mayor Levar M. Stoney announced Wednesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in a 14-day isolation after developing mild symptoms.
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Skipping school
Data show that 40% to 60% of Richmond area teachers are absent from the classroom 11 or more business days a year
Students always seem to be the focus of concern when the discussion centers on the ill effects of class-cutting, truancy and chronic absenteeism on education.
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Personality: Robin Watson Telfian
Spotlight on founder of local nonprofit Shood (Shoes for Good)
A casual soup kitchen conversation led 50-year-old Robin Watson Telfian to start a non-profit .
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Rev. Raphael Warnock, now U.S. senator, said he heard ‘echoes of the spirit’ in swearing-in
On the first Sunday after he became a U.S. senator from Georgia, the Rev. Raphael Warnock described his election and the changing scene at the U.S. Capitol — from insurrection to inauguration — as forms of divine messaging.
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Vaccine supply, distribution problems frustrate area residents
Virginia’s teachers, grocery store workers and the elderly are facing delays in getting inoculated against COVID-19. A sharp reduc- tion in the supply of vaccine has left local health departments, including Richmond’s and Henrico’s, without enough doses to meet demand.
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ACLU lawsuit against police action during summer protest dismissed
A Richmond Circuit Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia against the Virginia State Police, the Richmond Police Department and the City of Richmond for actions taken against protesters during a “teach-in” last summer on police brutality and community action.
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City Council approves new tax amnesty programs
Wait until March to pay any overdue taxes on homes and other real estate to avoid paying interest and penalties as well.
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Settlement allows candidates to gather fewer signatures to run for statewide office
With the pandemic still raging, candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general will face far lower requirements to qualify for primary and general election ballots, including collecting 80 percent fewer petition signatures from registered voters.
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Super Bowl LV will be a match between old and new QB stars
The Greatest of All Time vs. the next Greatest of All Time — Tom Brady vs. Patrick Mahomes.
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Former Lady Panthers coach accused of abuse by Detroit Mercy players
Coach Ann Marie Gilbert, who took the Virginia Union University Lady Panthers to the NCAA Division II championship game in 2017 before leaving last April for the University of Detroit Mercy, has run into major problems.
