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Juneteenth fun/Gabrielle Holmes, left, and Serenity Johnson dance to the sounds of gospel at “Juneteenth: Sounds of Freedom Celebration” held last Saturday evening on the …
Published on June 24, 2021
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Joye B. Moore shows off one of her Joyebells Sweet Potato Pies at her production facility at Hatch Kitchen RVA in South Side. Working behind …
Published on May 20, 2021
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Sheila Johnson poses with culinary experts Dr. Jessica B. Harris and Kwame Onwuachi during this year’s “Kwame Onwuachi Presents The Family Reunion” Aug. 17-20. Right: …
Published on September 21, 2023
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Jacoby Grandison was among Richmond area youngsters who attended Upon This Rock World Ministries’ Community Day Saturday at Pine Camp Cultural and Arts Center. Volunteer …
Published on September 21, 2023
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VUU Panthers to kick off 2022-23 football season on a Thursday night
Virginia Union University is doing something a little unusual for the upcoming football season.
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Petersburg official involved in water meter problems put on leave
A Petersburg official who played a key role in the city’s water meter snafu has been placed on administrative leave, the Free Press has learned.
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Starbucks to close 8,000 U.S. stores for racial bias training
Starbucks Corp. will close 8,000 company-owned U.S. cafés for the afternoon on Tuesday, May 29, to train nearly 175,000 to prevent racial discrimination in its stores.
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Dr. Katie G. Cannon, renowned scholar who elevated role of black women in theology, dies at 68
Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon made history in 1974 as the first African-American woman to be ordained a Presbyterian minister in the United States. Dr. Cannon would use that breakthrough to become a driving force in creating the womanist theology that promotes the inclusion of women of color in shaping the understanding of faith.
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Cayson Marrow, 5, of Richmond is completely consumed by fresh cotton candy during the Birth in Color event, “Color Carnival” at Bryan Park as a …
Published on April 18, 2024
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Virginia Union University running back Kore Prentice-Cole, a freshman from Fayetteville, N.C., carries the ball right up the center during last Saturday’s game against Johnson …
Published on September 30, 2021
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Halim Muhammad, a 1963 graduate of Armstrong High School, waxed nostalgic about his school while Sandra Taylor and Rhonda Johnson Young, Maggie Walker, Class of …
Published on December 8, 2022
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Undefeated, unforgettable
Dawn Staley’s South Carolina dynasty rolls and repeats as NCAA champions
The University of South Carolina women’s basketball ended its season with the same number of losses it started with – zero.
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7th Annual Richmond Jazz Festival set for Aug. 11-14
An eclectic mix of Grammy Award winners, world-class singers and musicians and local talent will highlight this year’s Richmond Jazz Festival, sceduled for Aug. 11 through 14.
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Petersburg jail closure to cost taxpayers $
Instead of saving money, the closure of the Petersburg Jail will cost city taxpayers at least $1.2 million extra each year, a Free Press analysis has determined. Figures from Petersburg’s government confirm the newspaper’s finding that closing the jail is more expensive than keeping it open, belying claims from Mayor W. Howard Myers and three other council members who supported the jail’s shutdown. That extra cost is embedded in the proposed budget that Petersburg City Manager William E. Johnson III presented recently to the seven-member Petersburg City Council. His proposed budget also provides no raises for city employees and no increase in city contributions to the public schools.
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Here, try this // Harmony Cree, 6, feeds a hungry goat Wednesday at Maymont as Briel Johnson, 2, and Disten Epps, 3, follow behind with …
Published on March 25, 2016
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Rooting for Mom// Glenn Johnson and his daughters, Lena, 9, left, and Zora, 12, cheer the runners in last Saturday’s Richmond Marathon on 5th Street …
Published on November 17, 2017
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Gov. Terry McAuliffe, center, and his wife, First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe, to his right, are flanked by former Virginia first ladies Lynda Bird Johnson Robb …
Published on December 8, 2017
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Lee Street Baptist Church traces its roots to 1865, when newly freed enslaved people organized the Anglo African Baptist Church. The Rev. Charles Henry Johnson …
Published on November 11, 2021
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Again — Rage against police for civilian killing
People in the small predominantly black city near St. Louis began rioting and looting after the Saturday shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown Jr.
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City Hall offers some reforms on tax collections
Amid the uproar over meals-tax collections, City Hall is rolling out a multiple-step plan in a bid to ease complaints.
