Quantcast

Show advanced options

Select all Clear all

Sort By

Date

Story
Tease photo

Closure pending as Bennett College loses accreditation

After two years of probation, Bennett College, one of just two historically black private women’s colleges in the country, has lost its accreditation, threatening the 145-year-old school’s survival.

Story
Tease photo

COVID-19 testing to begin in high-risk areas of city

The Richmond City Health District plans to ramp up testing for coronavirus in neighborhoods that appear to be the most at risk — low-income areas of the city that are home to many African-Americans.

Story
Tease photo

Petersburg School Board to hold sessions on renaming Confederate schools

The City of Petersburg is poised to change the name of three elementary schools to reflect the community’s pride and erase past prejudices.

Story
Tease photo

Love Stories

The Free Press proudly presents its annual Valentine’s Day feature. It shares the Love Stories of five Richmond-area couples.

Story
Tease photo

More left in the cold

Hillside Court residents are plagued by same problem facing Creighton Court — no heat

Kanya N. Nash thinks its fine that some Creighton Court residents have had a chance to stay at a hotel free of charge because the heat failed in their public housing units.

Photo
Cityscape // Clement Britt Richmond Fire Capt. Robert Maass leads members of Engine Co. No. 13 and Mayor Levar Stoney, second from right, in ceremoniously pushing their new truck into the station Saturday, although the vehicle actually was being driven slowly in reverse. Location: 411 Commerce Road. The new truck was put into service during the “housing ceremony.” It is one of nine the city Fire Department has ordered since 2012 under a replacement program initiated under former Mayor Dwight C. Jones. This is the first new truck to arrive since April 2016. The city’s goal is to replace over time the trucks that the city’s 19 engine companies deploy to reduce the cost of keeping outdated equipment in service.

Cityscape // Clement Britt Richmond Fire Capt. Robert Maass leads members of Engine Co. No. 13 and Mayor Levar Stoney, second from right, in ceremoniously …

Published on February 10, 2017

Photo
Whoa, Aslan!-Tori Branard makes a final adjustment to Aslan’s bridle at the Feb. 7 badging ceremony inducting the horse into the Richmond Police Department’s Mounted Unit. As a student at Asbury University’s unique Service Mounts Program in Kentucky, Ms. Branard spent three years training Aslan, a Percheron-thoroughbred cross. Watching is Aslan’s amused partner, Master Patrol Officer Amanda Acuff. Aslan is the fourth horse in the unit and is a replacement for Rio, who was retired in December. The others are Samson, Scooter and Toby. The horses live in a condemned stable near Gilpin Court. The police department is seeking other sources of funding for a new facility after recent bids to replace the current stable came in $1 million over budget. (Clement Britt)

Whoa, Aslan!-Tori Branard makes a final adjustment to Aslan’s bridle at the Feb. 7 badging ceremony inducting the horse into the Richmond Police Department’s Mounted …

Published on February 15, 2019

Photo
Carlos Hopkins, right, state secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, puts his hand over his heart as bugler John Blair of Chesterfield County plays “Taps” and Specialist Neil Miller of Suffolk salutes during the state’s annual Memorial Day Ceremony honoring Virginia’s war dead. The ceremony, held Monday at the Virginia War Memorial on South Belvidere Street in Downtown, was closed to the public this year because of the coronavirus. However, the half-hour ceremony was broadcast on television and livestreamed on the Facebook pages of the Virginia War Memorial and Virginia Veterans Services. The grounds of the memorial and the shrine listing the names of the men and women from Virginia who have died in service to the nation were open to visitors.

Carlos Hopkins, right, state secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, puts his hand over his heart as bugler John Blair of Chesterfield County plays “Taps” …

Published on May 28, 2020

Photo
Landscaping work that started in early June by YME Landscape continues on the former site of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Sept 2., 2021 that the state could remove the enormous statue that towered over Monument Avenue in the state’s capital for more than a century and had, for many, become a symbol of racial injustice. Calls to remove the statue and others like it that were and remain scattered throughout the United States increased following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Detroit police on Memorial Day 2020. The defeated war general’s final fate came on Sept. 8, 2021, with the removal of a 21-foot high bronze sculpture in his image and his horse, Traveller, on a granite pedestal nearly twice that tall.

Landscaping work that started in early June by YME Landscape continues on the former site of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The …

Published on July 6, 2023

Document

Download Full Carver Elementary VDOE 34-page Report Here

As a result of the concerns shared by the RPS Superintendent, VDOE staff initiated a review of previous SOL test results from George Washington Carver Elementary School. VDOE staff noted that pass rates at George Washington Carver Elementary School over the past several years had been high but had declined from 2015-2016 to the 2016-2017 school year. As a result of the information gathered by VDOE and RPS staff through June 1, 2018, the on-site SOL test administration audit transitioned to an SOL test irregularity investigation led by VDOE staff at the request of RPS. This report outlines details from the investigation, conclusions, and the future actions to be taken.

Story
Tease photo

‘We are resilient’

Fox Elementary School parents, students, teachers and administrators vow to bounce back after fire destroys the 111-year-old school on Hanover Avenue, sending students back to virtual learning

Five days after a huge blaze turned Fox Elementary School into a hulking ruin, students, parents, teachers and staff of The Fan school are readjusting to virtual learning.

Story
Tease photo

Stained by dishonor

Henrico student launches growing effort to remove segregationist’s name from school

Jordan Chapman said her jaw dropped in incredulous disbelief the day she learned in her Hermitage High School history class about the late Harry F. Byrd Sr., the former Virginia governor, U.S. senator and avowed white separatist for whom H.F. Byrd Middle School in Henrico County is named.

Story
Tease photo

Holiday Events Calendar

Attend these holiday events...

Story
Tease photo

People to see, places to go!

Looking for something to do or new experiences in the weeks ahead? Here are just a few of the upcoming fun events and adventures:

Story
Tease photo

Personality: Vicki L. Neilson

Spotlight on founder and executive director of The Giving Heart

How do you throw a Thanksgiving feast for 3,000 people in the midst of a pandemic?

Story
Tease photo

A battle supreme

Dems, civil rights groups and others gearing up for confirmation fight over U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh

To President Trump, he’s “a judge’s judge” and “a brilliant legal mind” who deserves swift confirmation.

Story
Tease photo

Personality: John D. Freyer

Spotlight on first U.S.-based Tate Exchange Associate at Tate Modern, London

Artist John D. Freyer, an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts, has a unique specialty.

Story

McAuliffe ignores name controversy

Gov. Terry McAuliffe did his best Robert Griffin III imitation in dodging the controversy over the Washington football team’s racist nickname.

Story
Tease photo

South Carolina women’s team claims NCAA title

The University of South Carolina dominated the backboards and the scoreboard en route to its second NCAA women’s basketball crown last Sunday.

Story
Tease photo

Supreme Court OKs handover of Trump tax returns to Congress

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the imminent handover of former President Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee after a three-year legal fight.