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RPS centers open to families
Kate Johnson had a difficult time finding where to pick up food at Chimborazo Elementary School on Monday.
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Family members say final goodbyes to Katherine Johnson at the start of her funeral last Saturday at the Hampton University Convocation Center.
Published on March 13, 2020
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NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson takes her place among the stars
Three African-American astronauts joined hundreds of other mourners Saturday, March 7, at a funeral service for trailblazing mathematician and NASA pioneer Katherine G. Johnson.
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Armstrong High players make All-region
The Armstrong High Wildcats are well represented on the 3B All-Region boys basketball team.
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Honoring mothers during Women's History Month by Dr. E. Faye Williams
Just like Black History Month, Women’s History Month started out only as a week.Along the way, we were ultimately honored with an International Women’s Day. Women around the world are celebrated that day.
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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 First Lady Pam Northam, laden with a bag full of show-and-tell items, settles in to read “When Spring Comes” to kindergartners at Overby-Sheppard Elementary …
Published on March 6, 2020
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First quarter moon
Published on March 6, 2020
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On Dr. Seuss' birthday, Overby-Sheppard students learn the fun of reading
At Overby-Sheppard Elementary School, Read Across America Day on Monday was filled with inspiring stories read to youngsters featuring characters reflecting their ethnic backgrounds.
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Becton turns on the speed at the NFL Scouting Combine
Mekhi Becton has long attracted attention with his mountain of a frame. Now he’s drawing raves for his speed, too.
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Funeral service Saturday at Hampton University for NASA's Katherine Johnson
A funeral service has been set for Katherine G. Johnson, the trailblazing mathematical genius whose calculations for NASA influenced every major space program from America’s first manned space flight in 1961 to the first lunar landing in 1969 to the early years of the Space Shuttle program in the early 1980s.
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Members of the Richmond 34, from left, Raymond B. Randolph Jr., Elizabeth Johnson Rice, Wendell T. Foster and Dr. Leroy M. Bray Jr., talk about …
Published on February 28, 2020
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Katherine G. Johnson, whose pioneering 33-year career with NASA impacted the space program from the first manned space flight in 1961 to the early years …
Published on February 28, 2020
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President Obama awards Katherine G. Johnson, then 97, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, during a ceremony Nov. 24, 2015, in …
Published on February 28, 2020
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Katherine G. Johnson, trailblazing NASA mathematician immortalized in the film 'Hidden Figures,' dies at 101
Katherine G. Johnson, the mathematical genius whose calculations took her from a behind-the-scenes job in a segregated NASA as portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures” to a key role in sending humans to the moon, died on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at her residence at an assisted living facility in Newport News.
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Thousands fill the Staples Center for Kobe Bryant’s ‘Celebration of Life’
A gallery of basketball legends joined thousands of Kobe Bryant fans in Los Angeles on Monday to pay tribute to the transcendent NBA star, his daughter and seven others who died in a helicopter crash last month that shocked the world of sports and beyond.
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CIAA's last hurrah in Charlotte
VUU, VSU in good shape going into CIAA Tournament
Virginia Union University has arrived at the 75th Annual CIAA Tournament with a full head of steam. Meanwhile, Virginia State University stubbed its toe during the final preparations for the tournament in Charlotte, N.C.
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Lady Panthers favored to win 4th crown in 5 years
The Virginia Union University Lady Panthers have barely tapped the brakes in running roughshod over the CIAA women’s basketball tournament during the past five years.
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Randolph-Macon heading into postseason with Miles Mallory
Randolph-Macon College’s basketball squad is fueled up and prepared for postseason takeoff.
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60th Anniversary
Members of the Richmond 34 remember their historic lunch counter protest in Downtown
On Feb. 22, 1960, more than 200 Virginia Union University students protested the whites- only policy at the restaurant and lunch counter at Thalhimers department store in Downtown, challenging its segregationist dining policy in solidarity with similar student efforts taking place across the country.
