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Police hiring not on fast track
If Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham thought Mayor Dwight C. Jones was going to rush to Richmond City Council to seek approval for a plan to hire 70 more police officers over the next year to beef up his department, he was mistaken.
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Morrissey supports new ‘sin’ tax on cigarettes if elected
If Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham thought Mayor Dwight C. Jones was going to rush to Richmond City Council to seek approval for a plan to hire 70 more police officers over the next year to beef up his department, he was mistaken.
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GOP: ‘Modern-day plantation owners’
The modern-day Republican Party is a very destructive force. They want to destroy Hillary Clinton’s chances for becoming president so that they can rule over this country Jim Crow-style.
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Michael Jordan donating $100M to racial equality and social justice organizations
Basketball legend Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand are giving $100 million to organizations dedicated to promoting racial equality and social justice.
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Immigrants, Caucasians, Native Americans and ‘America as we know it’
At one time, this country was the home of those labeled Native Americans. Slowly, then rather viciously, this country became home to invading Europeans, many of them criminals, murderers, thieves, debtors and rapists — the rejects of their various countries and communities. They made Native Americans, and all their various tribes, the enemy.
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Drums, dance play greater role in worship services
U.S. congregations are marching to the beat of their own drums now more than ever.
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Justices want wins now
John Marshall High football program trying to rebound from an 0-10 disaster in 2013.
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Council defeats proposal to change how Richmonders vote in elections
Ranked-choice voting — aimed at ensuring that election winners have majority support — has been booted from Richmond.
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Dishonest defense of voter suppression, by Ben Jealous
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is a shame- less liar. And he isn’t even a very good one. Witness his latest dishonest defense of Georgia’s new voter suppression law.
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’March Madness’ turns to ‘Spring Sadness’ for VCU Rams
Virginia Commonwealth University traveled to the NCAA Big Dance hoping to kick up its heels and stay for a while.
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What if Mary and Joseph came to today’s Washington?, by Clarence Page
On the second day of Christmas, my true love said to me, “You ought to write about the family that took in the South Korean tourists who were stranded near Buffalo.”
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School Board to build new Woodville; won’t merge with Fairfield Court
The Richmond School Board plans to keep five elementary schools in operation in the East End in the face of shrinking enrollment that has left at least two schools half empty.
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Talking trash
Just the facts. That’s all that voters and television viewers want from Gov. Glenn Youngkin. And a little backbone and truth to go along with them.
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Council members link truancy to increased violence involving city youths
Richmond Public Schools needs to do more to ensure students are in class rather than roaming the streets, according to concerned members of City Council.
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Salazar’s glad his travels landed him at VUU
If you’re living in Richmond with a cellphone area code of 562, you are likely far from home. Meet Jonathan Salazar, whose basketball road trip has taken him from his native Panama to Nevada to California to New Mexico, back to California, and now to Virginia Union University. His 562 Area Code stems from when he was in high school (St. John Bosco Technical Institute) in the Greater Los Angeles area.
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Registrar offers options for voting amid snail mail issues
Richmond’s General Registrar Keith Balmer said at a recent meeting that he was offering practical solutions to ensure eligible voters in Richmond can cast ballots without hindrance in next week’s presidential primary, according to The Washington Post and other news outlets.
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Jordan Talley using hoop skills at UNCW
Jordan Talley has carried his winning basketball formula from Central Virginia to the North Carolina coast. The former Henrico High School guard is stirring a hoops revival at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, a mid-major program flirting with Top 25 recognition. “We’ve never made the Top 25,” Talley, a junior majoring in recreation and sports leadership, told the Free Press in a phone interview.
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VUU loses to LIU-Post; looking for victory in S.C.
Virginia Union University is an NCAA Division II football program with plenty of Division I talent. Some exciting Division I transfers made a positive impression but couldn’t produce a victory in VUU’s rainy opener last Saturday before 757 fans at Hovey Field in Richmond.
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Richmond Alternative School staying put
Richmond Public Schools’ alternative program is staying put. A plan by the Richmond schools administration to move the Richmond Alternative School from its West Leigh Street location in Jackson Ward failed to win approval from the Richmond School Board during a June 30 meeting.
