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TJ’s Trey Fleming swings with a bat and drumsticks
Two of the Thomas Jefferson High School senior’s prized possessions are his bat and his drumsticks. He’s right on time with both.
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Graduating while black
Graduation celebration goes awry at University of Florida
It was supposed to be celebration time.
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City School Board reviewing Patrick Henry’s charter for renewal
Parents connected with the Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts must wait another 10 days or so to learn whether their children’s elementary charter school will be open for the 2018-19 school year.
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Veteran news photographer shoots for retirement
Richmond native Willie Redd has laid down his video camera and stepped away from WWBT-NBC12 after more than four decades of covering local and national news.
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Columbus and Wickham statues come down
Decrying police brutality and white supremacy, Richmond protesters have taken an active approach to removing symbols of oppression by pulling statues of Christopher Columbus and Confederate Gen. Williams Carter Wickham from their pedestals in public parks.
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Women in STEM fields continue to make history by Julianne Malveaux
Few in these United States had heard of Katherine G. Johnson, the gifted mathematician who finished high school and college at 18.
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Virginia hope
We give high marks to Virginia’s newly inaugurated governor, Dr. Ralph S. Northam. The pediatric neurosurgeon and his Democratic team of Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax and Attorney General Mark R. Herring stepped into the limelight and their important posts on Saturday with an inaugural ceremony that spoke to what’s right and good about Virginia by embracing its rich diversity.
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Public hearings slated on zoning change for VUU-Chamberlayne corridor plan
The need to reshape a central corridor for one of North Side’s neighborhoods is the driving force behind a redevelopment plan coming before Richmond City Council this month.
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“Respect:” A musical masterpiece that captures Aretha Franklin’s essence
“They want to hear you sing,” says the Rev. C.L. Franklin (played by actor Forest Whitaker) to his 10- year-old daughter, Aretha (played by Skye Dakota Turner).
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Arthur Ashe Jr., ‘A true champion’: Thousands celebrate dedication of Arthur Ashe Boulevard
Local, state and national figures joined a crowd of thousands Saturday at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture to celebrate the official renaming of Arthur Ashe Boulevard.
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Shawn Dowdy, No. 12, looks for another receiver as VUU linemen block a Siena Heights rusher. Dowdy threw for 248 yards and a touchdown in …
Published on September 16, 2014
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Virginia Commonwealth University basketball star Briante Weber, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in January, cuts down the net as the Rams celebrate their Atlantic …
Published on March 19, 2015
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Work is underway to reopen Broad Street in Downtown now that the bike races are over. On Tuesday, a crew was still busy dismantling the …
Published on October 2, 2015
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Yellow tape now blocks the granite steps leading into the Richmond Public Library’s Main Branch in Downtown. Over the years, winter’s cold has cracked the …
Published on April 8, 2016
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University of Virginia Cavaliers players celebrate their first NCAA Tournament championship win Monday night with Coach Tony Bennett, third from right, on the podium at …
Published on April 12, 2019
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Mansa Makamu, 7, pretends to zoom in a model 1960 Cadillac in his mother’s natural hair salon on 2nd Street in Jackson Ward. His mother, …
Published on April 9, 2020
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As champion of the Atlantic 10 tournament last weekend at the Henrico Sports & Events Center, UR will be competing in the NCAA “Big Dance” …
Published on March 14, 2024
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A representative of Virginia’s Indian Tribes performs a blessing over newly inaugurated Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin following his inaugural address. Members of several tribes took …
Published on January 20, 2022
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The 40-foot pedestal where the enormous bronze statue of Confederate Robert E. Lee on horseback once stood on Monument Avenue was finally cleared away Wednesday …
Published on December 23, 2021
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Calliope Snead, 5, of Church Hill, shows no fear as she looks over her shoulder for her mom, Tiffany Snead, cheering her on as she …
Published on June 15, 2023
