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Maggie Walker among local schools receiving an NFL Golden Football
The former Maggie L. Walker High School has been awarded an NFL Golden Football for being among the high schools that contributed to the first 49 years of Super Bowls. Willie Lanier, a member of the Maggie L. Walker Class of 1963, helped the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 in Super Bowl IV on Jan. 11, 1970, in New Orleans. From Walker, Lanier went on to star at Morgan State University in Baltimore before embarking on a Hall of Fame career with the Chiefs.
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Virginia State University tailback Trenton “Boom” Cannon goes airborne for a touchdown over Virginia University University defensive back Ray Lewis III. His above and beyond …
Published on November 10, 2017
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Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel
Google recently fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, bringing the total number of terminated staff to more than 50, a group representing the workers said.
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RISC gets affordable housing commitments from some City Council members
A coalition of religious and community groups have received new commitments from City Council members to address affordable housing, including the state of mobile homes, in the city.
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RRHA takes steps to collect rent from tenants
Nearly 1,750 housing residents in arrears
Notices to pay past due rent have hit the mailboxes this month of public housing residents who have fallen behind.
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RRHA gets REAL about reducing gun violence
A crime-reduction initiative that Mayor Levar M. Stoney has spurned apparently will come to Richmond after all. The city’s housing authority is partnering with the nonprofit REAL LIFE to implement the same initiative in Richmond that is credited with dramatically cutting shootings and violent crime in Hopewell.
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City School Board candidate may be impacted by court’s felon voting rights revocation
At least one Richmond candidate could be impacted by the Virginia Supreme Court’s ruling July 22 throwing out Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s recent executive orders restoring the rights of 206,000 felons to vote and run for office.
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Rewriting history
It starts small. But changing the facts to rewrite history is an insidious problem, one that has long-plagued this nation and detrimentally impacted the African-American community. Rewriting history can steal credit from those to whom credit is due. It can allow perpetrators to shirk responsibility and criminal or civil penalty for misdeeds. It can turn villains in life into heroes at death, all of which lead to the mis-education of the public.
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Computer science to be added to Va. education requirements
The three Rs of education are getting a new addition in Virginia — computer science. As part of education reforms approved in the recent session, the General Assembly unanimously passed legislation making the theory and practice of computer operations and the ability to write software code part of a well-rounded education on par with the traditional subjects of reading, writing and arithmetic.
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Protection against predatory lending gone, by Charlene Crowell
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc throughout the country, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently took an ill-advised and untimely action.
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Advocates seek full decriminalization of marijuana
Around 30 people called for the full decriminalization of marijuana during a rally in Capitol Square last Saturday, challenging a Democrat-sponsored bill that they said would lead to continued disproportionate arrests of people of color.
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Public hearings slated on 4 RPS rezoning plans
Rezoning plans for Richmond Public Schools are now in the city School Board’s court.
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Virginia to again consider marijuana decriminalization
When it comes to marijuana, Virginia has lagged behind many states where the drug has been decriminalized or legalized for recreational use.
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’His Airness’ Michael Jordan also knew how to swing a bat
Michael Jordan the basketball player is a global legend. His greatness is beyond debate. Meanwhile, Jordan the baseball player remains a bit of a mystery, his status open to discussion.
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McDonnell seeks to discredit prosecution's case
The ex-governor and his defense team quickly went to work to shoot holes in prosecutors’ claims that Mr. McDonnell participated in a secret gifts-for-political favors scheme while in office.
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Arthur D. ‘Art’ Toth Jr., owner of the former La Grande Dame, dies at 65
For nearly 30 years, Arthur David “Art” Toth Jr. was the go-to person in Richmond for full-figured women who wanted to dress well.
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He's still the fastest: Bolt does it again
Bolt does it again Usain Bolt still is the world’s fastest human. The 29-year-old Jamaican kept that title by nipping 33-year-old American Justin Gatlin in the 100 meters Sunday in the World Championships in Beijing, China.
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FAMIS program reaches 15th anniversary with more than 1 million youngsters covered
More than 1.6 million low-income Virginia children have benefited from government health insurance programs during the past 15 years.
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Religious order reviewing bids on former Powhatan boarding school property
The future of a historic 2,200-acre property in Powhatan County, where thousands of African-American children once were educated in long-closed Catholic boarding schools, remains in limbo.
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TJ turns to man of the cloth for coaching
Thomas Jefferson High School is turning to a man of the cloth to lead its girls’ softball program. The Rev. Paul Brown officially will become the team’s coach in October, said TJ Activities Director Bill Holt.
