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Personality: Corey Stuckey
Spotlight co-founder of 381 Movement
For Virginia students, the last year has been filled with sudden changes amid a period of upsets and unrest. For 17-year-old Corey Stuckey, his year has been one of big ambitions, both for his educational future and for his work as a key part of the 381 Movement.
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Personality: Tranelle A. Pollard
Spotlight on Richmond Public Schools Teacher of the Year
Tranelle A. Pollard knew the value of a good education. And as a young student at Overby-Sheppard Elementary School, her learning experience was greatly improved through the contributions of faculty such as her kindergarten and first grade teacher, Betty Blue.
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Personality: Alma W. Hughes
Spotlight on One Voice Chorus board president
Despite a few years of unexpected turbulence, Alma W. Hughes has led and sustained a Richmond-based musical group while forging deep connections among its members and the community.
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Personality: Maj. Daniel T. Fox III
Maj. Daniel Tré Fox III seeks to open musical doors to students as others did for him when he was a student in Richmond Public Schools. The 33-year-old vocal instructor at Franklin Military Academy in Church Hill sees the power of music as a bridge to uplift and mold young men and women.
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Personality: Dr. Jacqueline Johnson-Curl
Spotlight on honorary chair of VHEF’s Jazz InsideOut benefit
Dr. Jacqueline Johnson-Curl, a Richmond dentist, believes in helping children achieve their dreams. She is the honorary chair of the 7th Annual Jazz InsideOut, a night of jazz, comedy and good food to benefit scholarships and emergency student aid provided by the Virginia Higher Education Fund.
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Personality: Patrice A. Beard
Spotlight on board chair of the National Alliance on Mental Illness – Central Virginia
There are millions of people managing mental illness in America, with 25 percent of adults and 20 percent of children diagnosed with a mental health condition. For the thousands in Central Virginia currently living with a condition, they have a helping hand in the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Central Virginia and Patrice A. Beard.
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Personality: Natasha Freeman
Personality: Natasha Freeman
Natasha Freeman, president of Project Yoga Richmond’s board of directors, encourages the community to embrace yoga because the practice allows people “to be fully embodied while grounding and mending our body and spirit.”
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Personality: George P. Braxton
Spotlight on national president of National Negro Golf Association
“8-0-FORE!”If you’re familiar with this play on Richmond’s area code, you’ll know it as the nickname of the Richmond chapter of the National Negro Golf Association.
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Personality: Michael R. Jackson
Spotlight on Richmond First Club president
Michael R. Jackson, a forensic accountant, is the president of the Richmond First Club and has been involved with the nonprofit since 2011.
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A mother’s grief
Catherine Uwasomba seeks clues, answers to her daughter’s disappearance, death
Catherine Uwasomba seeks clues, answers to her daughter’s disappearance, death
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Personality: Coach Shawn Stiffler
Spotlight on the 2017 Paul Keyes RBI Award winner
The love of baseball was almost inevitable for Shawn Stiffler, head baseball coach at Virginia Commonwealth University for the past five years.
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Vernon Winfrey, Oprah’s father, dies at 89
Oprah Winfrey confirmed in an instagram post that her father died in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, July 8, 2022.
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Elected officials must be held accountable for Jan. 6
I’m a U.S. Marine Corps veteran from Chesterfield. And as someone who gave years of my life to defend our democracy, I must speak out about the disgraceful coup attempt that we witnessed on Jan. 6 in Washington.
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For the greater good
The voters have spoken. And whether or not we like the outcome of the Nov. elections, we must abide by the voters’ decisions.
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Losing vacation time ‘is not severe enough punishment’
Re “Auditor: Top city administrator used city time to work on mayor’s church,” Jan. 7-9 edition: This story has the potential to give the city a negative rating by outsiders as well as our own residents. My question is did any other top officials know he was doing this?
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Price puts events out of reach for some area residents
Re: “First African-American police officers to be remembered in April 30 ceremony,” March 31-April 2 edition: I remember very well three of the four policemen who are to be honored. They were officers in my younger days. I would like to come to the ceremony, however, I cannot afford to pay the $50 the event organizers are charging to attend the ceremony. I am a citizen who lives off a very low income each month.
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Hillary Clinton has ‘best plans to tackle the challenges’
Last week, I was proud to join the majority of members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus to express my support for Hillary Clinton.
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Confederate statue has no place in Surry County
I write as one of many concerned citizens who believe it is time for the Confederate monuments to come down, particularly the one outside the Surry County Courthouse.
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Democrats have ‘a lot of work to do’
We, Democrats, now have control of the GeneralAssembly and the Governor’s Office. We have a lot to repair.
