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Enrichmond Foundation’s status is unclear

The nonprofit has been an umbrella for some 85 volunteer organizations

A 32-year-old foundation that was created to support the city Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities and that is now the owner of two historic Black cemeteries may have collapsed.

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Algenon L. Brown, longtime educator and member of the Capital Region Airport Commission, dies at 95

Algenon L. Brown, a career educator in Richmond for 36 years who also fought for Black business inclusion in the operation and development of the Richmond International Airport, has died.

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City Council to weigh ranked-choice voting

Next week, City Council will likely decide whether to test a simple change in voting that would ensure a majority of voters elects every member of the governing body in the 2024 elections.

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Long-serving CARITAS CEO announces her retirement

Karen Stanley’s leadership has formed hundreds of partnerships that serve thousands

The leader of CARITAS, the Richmond area’s largest provider of homeless and addiction recovery services, is stepping down. Karen Stanley, president and CEO, has notified her board she would retire Dec. 31 after 22 years.

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Fourth Baptist Church votes to keep trustees, finance team

A two-year battle for control of historic but fractured Fourth Baptist Church ended Monday night with a stinging defeat for the pastor, Dr. William E. Jackson Sr., and his deacon allies.

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Lynx Ventures agrees to pay $500,000 for former school

The 5-acre site where the decaying and long vacant Oak Grove Elementary School now stands in South Side is on its way to becoming a complex of apartments and townhouses.

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Fire Department’s grant funding will help reduce overtime hours, offset vacancies

The Richmond Fire Department is headed toward full staffing after securing a $13.7 million federal grant.

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Mayor: She said ‘yes’

Mayor Levar M. Stoney, one of Richmond’s most eligible bachelors, is about to hear wedding bells.

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Richmond Planet license plate, with its symbol of Black empowerment, may be ready to go July 1

A tribute to Black empowerment will be on display on a Virginia license plate for the first time.

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Settlement details expected in death of South Side man involving police, ambulance personnel

A settlement is being worked out in the $25 million federal civil lawsuit alleging that two Richmond Police officers and two Richmond Ambulance Authority emergency medical personnel fatally smothered city resident Joshua L. Lawhon three years ago.

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Richmond judge clears way for casino vote

Richmond voters will have a second chance to vote on hosting a $560 million casino in South Side. Judge W. Reilly Marchant cleared the way Wednesday by blocking a Richmond charity bingo group’s attempt to challenge the constitutionality of the order he signed July 25 to put the issue on the Nov. 7 general election ballot.

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Chesterfield teen receives $10,000 grant to kick-start home-school academy

Watching her younger brother struggle as he started high school through a home-school program, Nasiyah Isra-Ul went online to try to find resources to help.

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Richmond Police officer charged in April 7 traffic deaths of 2 teens

A Richmond Police officer, who ran a red light in South Side while racing to respond to a burglary-in-progress call, is now facing the prospect of prison time for killing two teens when he collided with their car.

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Construction leader Langston R. Davis Sr. dies

Langston Randolph Davis Sr., president and chief executive officer of Richmond-based Davis Brothers Construction Co. Inc., has died.

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Crusade for Voters supports November referendum for casino revenue use

If a casino is ever built in Richmond, should all the tax dollars generated from the gambling center go to modernizing Richmond’s decrepit school buildings?

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Swansboro Baptist partners with nonprofit to offer free meals

For Kevin Alston and dozens of other hungry South Side residents struggling with food costs, Swansboro Baptist Church is now the place to go for a free hot lunch.

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Political newcomer Rae Cousins upsets opponents for House bid

Rae Cousins, a lawyer and fourth-generation Richmonder, handily won Tuesday’s primary in Richmond to become the Democratic nominee for the 79th House of Delegates District. Ms. Cousins, 43, bested 3rd District City Councilwoman Ann-Frances Lambert, 47, and criminal justice crusader Richard Walker, 65, in the their contest in the L-shaped district that is anchored in the East End and takes in portions of South Side and North Side. The district is one of three that includes portions of the city and the only one in which there was a party nomination contest. Incumbent Delegate Betsy B. Carr is unopposed in her bid for

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RRHA approves developer’s plans for Jackson Ward hotel

$35M project among largest awarded to a Black-owned firm

Michael A. “Mike” Hopkins is on track to achieve his 20-year-old dream of developing a hotel in Richmond.

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Leroy Mason, a voice for prison reform, dies at age 83

Leroy Mason is being remembered for helping to change the Virginia prison system where he spent most of his adult life and for helping other prisoners make a successful transition after their release.

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Delegate Jeff Bourne to leave legislature

After six years in the legislature, Delegate Jeffrey M. Bourne wants to spend more time with his family rather than run for a fourth two-year term in the House of Delegates or seek a Richmond state Senate seat.