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VCU still slays on the road

The road, almost no matter where it led, used to be a scary proposition for Virginia Commonwealth University basketball.

Ora Lomax, longtime NAACP leader, civil rights advocate, dies at 86

For decades, black women could only work behind the scenes at white-owned retail stores in Richmond during the harsh era of segregation. Ora Mae Perry Lomax helped change all that.

Uncertain future

Richmond man says he’s being evicted after a lifetime of working and paying his bills

Phillip E. Brown Sr. is packing up his belongings as he faces being homeless.

Done deal

New $3B City budget signed and sealed

Richmond’s new budget is set to go on July 1 after winning unanimous approval from City Council on Monday night.

Mayor Stoney unveils $770.23M proposed city budget for 2021-22

Full funding for Richmond Public Schools. Enhanced pay for City Hall employees, including police officers and firefighters. No new taxes but an average hike of $5.70 month in the cost of utility services. Those are among the highlights of the $770.23 million general fund budget that Mayor Levar M. Stoney presented to City Council last Friday for fiscal 2021-22 that is now under review.

Mayor strikes conciliatory tone on design funds for new George Wythe High

A speedy resolution? That may be on the way for a funding roadblock that could disrupt the Richmond School Board’s plan to hire an architectural firm in mid-November to begin the design for a replacement George Wythe High School.

Banking on Bobb

Petersburg City Council votes to hire former Richmond city manager to help correct a raft of troubles

Here he comes to save the day. At least that’s the big hope in Petersburg after Robert C. Bobb, a former Richmond city manager, was called in to help the beleaguered city correct its finances and deal with a stream of public and private creditors badgering the city for payment.

Mayor on hook for school modernization plan with charter change signing

Backed by a unanimous legislature, Gov. Ralph S. Northam has signed a new charter measure for Richmond that will require Mayor Levar M. Stoney to come up with a fully funded plan for modernizing every city school without a tax increase or explain why he cannot.

Mayor Stoney unveils a $1.92 billion budget plan for 2020-21

Mayor Levar M. Stoney wants to increase total city spending an additional $135 million — or nearly $600 per resident — to beef up investments in street paving, public education, city worker pay, affordable housing and other priorities.

Criminal charges filed in Michigan water crisis

The Flint water crisis became a criminal case Wednesday when two state regulators and a city employee were charged with official misconduct, evidence tampering and other offenses over the lead contamination that alarmed the country and brought cries of racism.