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Virginia Union University quarterback Andre Coble is taken to the turf by Gardner-Webb University’s Jebrai Regan during a pass attempt. The visiting Panthers lost 13-9 …
Published on September 25, 2015
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Community Easter egg hunt Saturday in South Side
Youngsters will have a chance to win prizes, visit with the Easter Bunny and have fun this weekend at the 7th Annual Easter Egg Hunt & Celebration sponsored by Putting Communities Together Inc.
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Cartrice Haynesworth takes a selfie with Pope Francis as he walks through the crowd during his visit last Thursday to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese …
Published on October 2, 2015
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Free community testing for COVID-19 continues
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
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Free community testing for COVID-19 continues
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
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Philanthropy steps up during the COVID-19 crisis
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has created a statewide and global health and economic crisis that is testing the fabric of people and communities and area charities as needs expand.
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Pipeline benefits don’t justify the risks
I voted “No." on a bill to force President Obama to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. The pipeline would run 1,700 miles from Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf Coast of Texas.
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Trojans’ first home game to cover new turf
Virginia State University will have a new football coach and a new football field to start the 2022 season.
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Children paying the price for gun violence
Gun reform has been revisited time after time. It is time now for action to be taken. Gun violence has continued to plague Richmond’s African-American community.
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Bagby to lead Va. Legislative Black Caucus
Henrico Delegate Lamont Bagby will lead the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus in the 2018 General Assembly session.
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State sales tax holiday this weekend
With the new school year on the horizon and hurricane season already here, consumers in Richmond and across the state will automati- cally save 5.3 percent on back-to-school and hurricane supplies this weekend.
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VMFA to host women's empowerment forum this Saturday
Jean Patterson Boone, publisher of the Richmond Free Press, will be among a host of women panelists speaking at “Ascend and Lead: A Women’s Empowerment Forum,” sponsored by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at the museum, 200 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd.
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Corey Blount works on his latest projects in a small studio set up in the Henrico County home of his mother, Taryn Blount, during his …
Published on January 19, 2019
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Insurance giant prioritizing profits over patients, by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
In the past year, a reckoning has happened across the country.
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A message of mercy
The recent visit of Pope Francis to the United States has rekindled our national conversation on how we will protect and care for our marginalized, provide access to our disenfranchised communities and promote justice for all.
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Pope Francis draws crowds, gives hope during historic visit
Pope Francis dove into some of the United States’ thorniest political debates during his historic six-day visit by urging the world’s wealthiest nation to welcome immigrants, end homelessness and do more to address climate change. Sometimes his political messages were blunt, like when he pleaded before the U.S. Congress for Americans to end “hostility” toward immigrants. Other times, they were more subtle, like the climate-conscious pope’s decision to ride around in a tiny Fiat rather than a gas-guzzling SUV.
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Chiquita Compton gives Richmond Police Chief Will Smith a big hug during his visit to the National Night Out festivities at Jackson Ward’s Sixth Mount …
Published on August 9, 2019
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DeAndre Smith and his son, Nuri Harris, 3, take a look at some of the Sling Shots from visiting riders attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony on …
Published on March 21, 2024
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City Council besieged with requests for more money
As it wades into the details of city spending, Richmond City Council, as usual, is finding itself besieged with pleas for additional funding from departments that feel shortchanged by Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s spartan budget proposal.
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Civil rights figure James Meredith, 85, talks with a news reporter in late June about his plans to visit all 82 Mississippi counties and preach …
Published on July 26, 2018
