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50 Cent out of dollars?

Rapper and actor 50 Cent filed for federal bankruptcy protection Monday, days after a jury ordered him to pay $5 million in an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit.

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Back-to-school success tips

For thousands of public school students across the region, summer’s almost over. School officially starts Tuesday, Sept. 8.

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Case against VUU president in Florida appears stalled

Bethune-Cookman University in Florida appears to have halted its legal effort to hold former top officials accountable for their alleged role in saddling the Daytona Beach school with an overly expensive dormitory.

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City hiring precinct workers for Nov. 7 election

Wanted: 200 people to work the polls on Election Day. Richmond Voter Registrar Kirk Showalter announced Monday that she is recruiting precinct officers for the next election on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

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Miss local baseball? You can still get the food

With the coronavirus pandemic, fans are missing baseball. And some are missing ballpark food.

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Metropolitan Business League offering COVID-19 relief grants to SWaM businesses

ARichmond-based business trade group has launched a recovery fund to aid small, women and minority-owned businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, it has been announced.

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A month of events celebrating Black History

The vision for Black History Month 2020 will be a plethora of events including films, speakers and panel workshops at area venues, churches, schools and museums.

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Historic churches celebrate milestone anniversaries

Two Richmond churches established shortly after the Civil War are marking milestone anniversaries at upcoming Sunday services.

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Remembering the ancestors

The Well Project

The cries of enslaved ancestors could be heard during a ceremony last week memorializing human remains uncovered in an abandoned 19th century well during the 1994 construction of the Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building on Virginia Commonwealth University’s medical campus.

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Sesha Joi Moon to oversee diversity and inclusion on Capitol Hill

Sesha Joi Moon, a Richmond native and co-founder of a Richmond-based nonprofit, has been named the director of the House of Representatives Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

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Delegate Jay Jones, member of VLBC, is stepping down

Call him former Delegate Jay Jones.

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The Big Dipper heads to Petersburg

JMI and Virginia State University will host the inaugural Big Dipper Innovation Summit (Big Dipper) Jan. 12 -14 at VSU’s Multi-Purpose Center, 20809 2nd Ave. in Petersburg.

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Virginia War Memorial, Navy League commemorate Pearl Harbor

The Virginia War Memorial and the Navy League of the United States, Richmond Chapter, will co-host the 82nd Commonwealth’s Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance Ceremony on Dec. 7 at 11 a.m. The ceremony will be outdoors in the Memorial’s Shrine of Memory — 20th Century at 621 S. Belvidere St. The public is invited and should dress accordingly.

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Capital City Kwanzaa Festival is Dec. 30

The Elegba Folklore Society is bringing Black-centered holiday cheer, with the return of the annual Capital City Kwanzaa Festival on Saturday, Dec. 30, in Exhibit Hall B of the Greater Richmond Convention Center from 1 to 7 p.m.

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Hall of Fame to honor Black tennis

Richmond is about to become a mecca for Black tennis history.

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Orchestra, museum present sounds of black composers

The Richmond Symphony’s Big Tent concert series comes to Abner Clay Park for the first time on May 27 at 7 p.m. The free event in the recently renovated park features the music of noted black composers such as, Florence Price, Joseph Bologne (the subject of the recent film “Chevalier”), and Virginia resident Adolphus Hailstork.

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AIDS Awareness Day program Saturday

Soul-searching songs, dramatic readings and powerful storytelling will fill 31st Street Baptist Church this weekend. The event: “The 2nd Annual United Voices: Raising Awareness Through Song & Word” community gathering. It is designed to commemorate the 15th National Black HIV/ AIDS Awareness Day.

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Garland Avenue Baptist honors 5 women

Five Richmond area women have received Living Legacy awards from Garland Avenue Baptist Church on North Side. The women were singled out for their impact on education, health and civic affairs in the city at the church’s Living Legacy Colloquium on May 16 with the theme “Women of Conscience: Acts of Faith.” NBC12 news anchor Sabrina Squire served as mistress of ceremonies at the program. The honorees are:

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Ministers host Maundy Thursday, Good Friday services

The Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity is presenting Maundy Thursday and Good Friday worship services leading up to Easter weekend. The Rev. Vernon J. Hurte, pastor of New Light Baptist Church, will preach at noon Thursday, April 2, for the Maundy Thursday service that will be held at New Light Baptist, 2000 E. Broad St.

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Carillon event to commemorate 100th anniversary of World War I

The Virginia World War I and World War II Commemoration Commission will recognize the 100th anniversary of the United States entering World War I with an event Thursday, April 6, at Richmond’s WWI memorial — the Carillon in Byrd Park. The Carillon, a 240-foot bell tower at 1300 Blanton Ave. in the city’s West End, was dedicated in 1932 to honor the 3,700 Virginians who died in the war.