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The Richmond Roughriders, in black and green, ride roughshod over the South Carolina Cowboys during last Saturday’s game at the Richmond Coliseum. The Roughriders won 92-0.

The Richmond Roughriders, in black and green, ride roughshod over the South Carolina Cowboys during last Saturday’s game at the Richmond Coliseum. The Roughriders won …

Published on May 5, 2017

Jeffrey Perry, who routinely banked at this Wells Fargo branch on Mechanicsville Turnpike, says he was mistreated by the bank manager when he went to deposit his paycheck last month.

Jeffrey Perry, who routinely banked at this Wells Fargo branch on Mechanicsville Turnpike, says he was mistreated by the bank manager when he went to …

Published on May 5, 2017

Brigette Newberry, center, a teacher at Richmond’s Open High School, shows the Richmond School Board that she wants it to release more information on the circumstances surrounding Superintendent Dana T. Bedden’s departure.

Brigette Newberry, center, a teacher at Richmond’s Open High School, shows the Richmond School Board that she wants it to release more information on the …

Published on May 5, 2017

Men at work // Trainees in Dominion Energy’s lineman program work on power lines at the company’s Safety and Training Center in Chester. The photo opportunity on April 20 was part of the National Lineman Appreciation Day observance to raise public awareness about what it takes to keep the lights on for customers, no matter the weather. The lineman training process is seven steps over five years that combine classroom and field work. At the center, trainees learn to climb, make repairs from bucket trucks and troubleshoot equipment.

Men at work // Trainees in Dominion Energy’s lineman program work on power lines at the company’s Safety and Training Center in Chester. The photo …

Published on April 28, 2017

Getting his wheels // Anthony Bullock, 12, works on his balance and gets comfortable riding a bicycle during a practice session last week at Great Shiplock Park. The student at Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School in the East End was with Jim Cramer, a retired pilot who has been Anthony’s mentor for three years. The pair met when Anthony was a student at Richmond’s Woodville Elementary School through the public school’s relationship with the Micah Ministry of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

Getting his wheels // Anthony Bullock, 12, works on his balance and gets comfortable riding a bicycle during a practice session last week at Great …

Published on April 28, 2017

Bringing Henrietta Lacks to life Oprah Winfrey stars as Deborah Lacks, the daughter of the title character in the HBO film “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” that premieres 8 p.m. Saturday, April 22, on HBO. Mrs. Lacks, a Virginia native who moved her family from their Halifax County tobacco farm in 1941 to Maryland, was a cancer patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She died in 1951 not knowing that her tumor cells, now known as HeLa cells, were harvested by hospital researchers and duplicated for use even today by scientists for medical testing around the world. The HBO movie is based on the best-selling book about Mrs. Lacks and her unknowing and uncompensated contribution to the world. Actress Rose Byrne, left, portrays the book’s author, Rebecca Skloot, in the film.

Bringing Henrietta Lacks to life Oprah Winfrey stars as Deborah Lacks, the daughter of the title character in the HBO film “The Immortal Life of …

Published on April 21, 2017

Call it the new face of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The dramatic 24-foot head now dominates the sculpture garden at the public art museum on the Boulevard. Titled “Chloe,” the sculpture is the creation of Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, who will be at the museum Thursday, April 27, for the dedication. The museum commissioned the contemplative work that is made of polyester resin and marble dust placed over a stainless-steel frame. “Chloe” is one of a series of heads that Mr. Plensa has created for museums in the United States and overseas, and defines the VMFA’s ambitions to commission national and international artists to provide new works for the nearly 4-acre E. Claiborne and Lora Robins Sculpture Garden.

Call it the new face of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The dramatic 24-foot head now dominates the sculpture garden at the public art …

Published on April 21, 2017

Celebrating VUU // Trevin and Necole Parker Green announce a gift to Virginia Union University of $100,000 to establish an endowed scholarship. The couple, who live in the Washington area, made the announcement last Friday at VUU’s 5th Annual Scholarship Gala and Masquerade Ball hosted by Mayor Levar M. Stoney at a Downtown hotel. Mrs. Green, an alumna of VUU, and her husband are successful entrepreneurs. She operates The Elocen Group, a business management firm in construction, interior design, health care, facilities and logistics and information technology. Mr. Green is a fitness trainer who specializes in swimming pool exercise programs.

Celebrating VUU // Trevin and Necole Parker Green announce a gift to Virginia Union University of $100,000 to establish an endowed scholarship. The couple, who …

Published on April 13, 2017

Post Office on Wheels // The building was closed due to “safety concerns,” said Freda Sauter, U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman. She said the mobile center would remain on site and operate regular hours Monday through Friday until the building is repaired. Box holders should be able to pick up their mail at the mobile center, she said, rather than having to trek to the Montrose Postal Station in Fulton. Joshua S. Bilder, owner of the building the Postal Service leases, is arranging for contractors to begin critical renovations to allow the Postal Service to return. He expects the work to take 90 to 120 days.

Post Office on Wheels // The building was closed due to “safety concerns,” said Freda Sauter, U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman. She said the mobile center …

Published on April 13, 2017

Honoring hometown champions // Virginia Union University basketball standout Ashley Smith, center, reacts to laudatory comments made by Richmond City Council President Chris A. Hilbert during Monday night’s City Council meeting. Ms. Smith, her teammates with the Lady Panthers and Coach AnnMarie Gilbert, left, were recognized by Mayor Levar M. Stoney and City Council for their championship showing in this year’s NCAA Division II Tournament. The Elite Eight team lost in the tournament final to Ashland University of Ohio. During the tournament, Dominion Energy lighted up its Downtown building with a message of support for the Lady Panthers. Mr. Hilbert said Monday the team lighted up the hearts of all Richmonders with its championship skill, poise and spirit. Ms. Smith scored 28 points in the team’s semifinal victory over California Baptist University, a feat Mr. Hilbert said he could never achieve, evoking laughter from the team.

Honoring hometown champions // Virginia Union University basketball standout Ashley Smith, center, reacts to laudatory comments made by Richmond City Council President Chris A. Hilbert …

Published on April 13, 2017

Found one! // When it comes to hunting Easter eggs, Drew-Els Layne is leaving no spot unexplored. The 2-year-old hands her mother, LaTwanya Dukes, an egg she found under playground equipment last Saturday at the Easter Egg Hunt and Celebration at Blackwell Community Center. Please see more photos, B2.

Found one! // When it comes to hunting Easter eggs, Drew-Els Layne is leaving no spot unexplored. The 2-year-old hands her mother, LaTwanya Dukes, an …

Published on April 13, 2017

Belmead, the Powhatan County mansion that was once home to St. Emma Military Academy for Boys, now is boarded up. Nuns who manage the property have moved to a smaller building as leaders of their religious order, Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, review bids to purchase the historic 2,200-acre property.

Belmead, the Powhatan County mansion that was once home to St. Emma Military Academy for Boys, now is boarded up. Nuns who manage the property …

Published on April 13, 2017

Cityscape // Wayne Floyd, left, and Jordan Wiles from Empire Granite work on the pedestal where the new statue of Richmond great Maggie L. Walker is to stand. The plaza at Broad and Adams streets is expected to be complete in four to six weeks. The bronze statue of Mrs. Walker “is finished,” sculptor Tony Mendez said Wednesday. It was completed two weeks ago, he said. He’s now awaiting instructions from the city about when it is to be delivered to the site. So far, City Hall has yet to announce a date for the dedication as officials work with the Mrs. Walker’s descendants on the timing. Mr. Mendez said there has been talk about holding the program on Saturday, July 15, Mrs. Walker’s birth date. This year would be the 153rd anniversary of the birth of the founder and president of the first bank to be chartered by an African-American woman. The total project cost: About $900,000.

Cityscape // Wayne Floyd, left, and Jordan Wiles from Empire Granite work on the pedestal where the new statue of Richmond great Maggie L. Walker …

Published on April 8, 2017

Dawn Staley, coach of the University of South Carolina women’s basketball team and a former University of Virginia basketball star, waves the freshly cut net to celebrate her team’s NCAA championship victory Sunday over Mississippi State University.

Dawn Staley, coach of the University of South Carolina women’s basketball team and a former University of Virginia basketball star, waves the freshly cut net …

Published on April 8, 2017

With a 2.6-mile head start, Dash for Cash runner Kathy Hoverman, right, makes her way to the finish line, where she beat the Monument Avenue 10K first place finisher and collected $2,500.

With a 2.6-mile head start, Dash for Cash runner Kathy Hoverman, right, makes her way to the finish line, where she beat the Monument Avenue …

Published on April 8, 2017

The Great Debaters // Jerry Ruffin and Riqia Taylor strategize before presenting their argument during “The Great Debate” sponsored by The Gloucester Institute Board of Directors and its president, Kay Coles James. Teams of college students who are part of the institute’s Emerging Leaders program debated the question of immigration over two days.

The Great Debaters // Jerry Ruffin and Riqia Taylor strategize before presenting their argument during “The Great Debate” sponsored by The Gloucester Institute Board of …

Published on March 31, 2017

Hundreds of volunteers — and a few goats — responded last Saturday to a call to help spruce up historic, but long neglected, East End and Evergreen cemeteries where an estimated 17,000 African-Americans have been buried since the 1890s. Right, Tonya Jefferson snips uncontrolled vines that have taken over many of the gravesites where the likes of businesswoman and civic activist Maggie L. Walker and crusading newspaper editor and banker John Mitchell Jr. are interred.

Hundreds of volunteers — and a few goats — responded last Saturday to a call to help spruce up historic, but long neglected, East End …

Published on March 17, 2017

CITYSCAPE //A portrait of Richmond icon Maggie L. Walker, left, and a marquee message welcome people attending a celebration last Friday at the Hippodrome Theater in Jackson Ward. The “Dear Co Workers” event celebrated the team of volunteers who helped Heather Huyck, an adjunct history professor at the College of William & Mary, in a seven-year effort to preserve documents, letters and papers of Mrs. Walker and the mutual aid society she led and through which she founded a bank, a newspaper and a department store. The papers are now protected in 20 boxes that owners Margaret T. and Wanda D. Stallings hope to donate to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

CITYSCAPE //A portrait of Richmond icon Maggie L. Walker, left, and a marquee message welcome people attending a celebration last Friday at the Hippodrome Theater …

Published on March 17, 2017

The Hampton University Lady Pirates celebrate their sixth MEAC title under Coach David Six that was clinched in last Saturday’s 52-49 victory over Bethune-Cookman University at the Norfolk Scope. At the center of the celebration is Hampton University President William R. Harvey.

The Hampton University Lady Pirates celebrate their sixth MEAC title under Coach David Six that was clinched in last Saturday’s 52-49 victory over Bethune-Cookman University …

Published on March 17, 2017

Megan Walker, center, of Chesterfield County’s Monacan High School gets through the defensive pack of King’s Fork High School of Suffolk to go in for the basket during Monacan’s 60-59 state 4A championship win last Friday at the Siegel Center in Richmond. Walker, the nation’s top-ranked high school player, is headed to the University of Connecticut, where she will play for the championship Huskies.

Megan Walker, center, of Chesterfield County’s Monacan High School gets through the defensive pack of King’s Fork High School of Suffolk to go in for …

Published on March 17, 2017