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![Virginia Union University’s president, Dr. Hakim J. Lucas places an honorary doctoral hood over the head of Dr. John W. Kinney in conferring his honorary doctor of divinity degree for the impact he has had on theological education at VUU for more than 35 years. Assisting with the hooding ceremony Saturday is Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson VUU board president.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/05/18/VUU_COMMENCEMENT_051323_RHB_14_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Virginia Union University’s president, Dr. Hakim J. Lucas places an honorary doctoral hood over the head of Dr. John W. Kinney in conferring his honorary …
Published on May 18, 2023
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Published on May 18, 2023
![Multiple construction projects are underway at the Virginia War Memorial Carillon in Richmond. In 2016, Elizabeth L. O’Leary of the Carillon Civic Association described the historic monument: Rising a lofty 240 feet in the heart of Richmond’s William Byrd Park stands the Virginia War Memorial Carillon — the Commonwealth’s official monument to the approximately 3,700 men and women from the state who died as a result of World War I. The Georgian-revival tower houses a massive musical instrument made up of 53 fixed bronze bells of varying sizes, still played today by a carillonneur who strikes a pedal keyboard just below the bell chamber. Dedicated on October 15, 1932 — 14 years after the end of the Great War — the Carillon opened amidst a swirl of patriotic fervor and controversy. Its original design, commissioned several years earlier by the Virginia General Assembly from celebrated Philadelphia architect Paul Cret, called for a sleek classicized temple. Shortly after ground breaking, a citizen’s committee waged a successful popular campaign to build a carillon instead. Building the more expensive “singing tower” — a brick encased steel frame that originally supported the heavy bells cast by John Taylor & Co. of Loughborough, England — required additional fundraising to achieve the final cost of $325,000.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/04/27/CITYSCAPE_CARILLON_SS_042223_003_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Multiple construction projects are underway at the Virginia War Memorial Carillon in Richmond. In 2016, Elizabeth L. O’Leary of the Carillon Civic Association described the …
Published on April 27, 2023
![Justin Pearson celebrates Wednesday with supporters after being reinstated to the Tennessee House of Representatives by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners in Memphis, Tenn. Republicans expelled Rep. Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones last week over their role in a gun control protest on the House floor after a Nashville school shooting left three children and three adults dead.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/04/13/Justin_Pearson_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Justin Pearson celebrates Wednesday with supporters after being reinstated to the Tennessee House of Representatives by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners in Memphis, Tenn. …
Published on April 13, 2023
![City workers installed a fence around a confederate marker at the Department of Public Works substation in the 2400 block of Wise Street. The upgrades to the shrine, which references Confederate soldiers who died at a nearby hospital, cost more than $16,000.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/04/06/Shrine_fence_photo_for_A2_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
City workers installed a fence around a confederate marker at the Department of Public Works substation in the 2400 block of Wise Street. The upgrades …
Published on April 6, 2023
![First African Baptist grew out of First Baptist, which was established in 1780 and included African-Americans among its members. In 1841, white members built a new First Baptist Church, allowing freed and enslaved black people to buy the original building and start First African Baptist Church. First African Baptist replaced the building in 1876 and then sold it in the 1950s to move to the church’s current home on Hanes Avenue in North Side.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/04/06/First_African_Baptist_Church_t580_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
First African Baptist grew out of First Baptist, which was established in 1780 and included African-Americans among its members. In 1841, white members built a …
Published on April 6, 2023
![LSU finished off a 34-2 season April 2 with a 102-85 win over Iowa in the finals before 19,842 fans at the American Airlines Center in Dallas and a national ABC audience.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/04/06/LSU_celebrates_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
LSU finished off a 34-2 season April 2 with a 102-85 win over Iowa in the finals before 19,842 fans at the American Airlines Center …
Published on April 6, 2023
![The Virginia Department of Transportation continues its bridge rehabilitation project at 1st Street over Interstate 95 in Jackson Ward. This section of 1st Street will see new sidewalks, travel lanes and shoulders. The department plans to rehabilitate five bridges over I-95 in Richmond. Structure replacements and minor substructure repairs will be done on bridges on North 1st Street, North 4th Street, North 5th Street, North 7th Street and the East Broad Street overpasses.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/04/06/Cityscape_VDOT_Bridge_Rehab_SS_031823_004_1_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
The Virginia Department of Transportation continues its bridge rehabilitation project at 1st Street over Interstate 95 in Jackson Ward. This section of 1st Street will …
Published on April 6, 2023
![Many driving by the corners of Staples Mill and Mountain Roads in Glen Allen have been watching and wondering what is this building going up on the 12 acres since April 13, 2020. There was a private groundbreaking with just a few church leaders because of the timing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions then in place.
The answer: It is the Richmond Virginia Temple, the 177th operating temple of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints and the first in Virginia. The architecture of the temple is a blend of Georgian, Federal and Jeffersonian architecture that are adapted from European styles. Since the Temple is quite exquisite from the outside and it causes many to imagine what it looks like on the inside, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints typically provides an open house for the communities in which they build their temples for free guided tours. The public open house is from March 25 through April 15, 2023, except for Sundays and on Saturday, April 1. The official dedication will take place May 7, 2023.
A local Church spokesperson says this temple will serve at least 40,000 members from Virginia and West Virginia. This does not mean forty thousand people will be in attendance at one time. Around the state there are numerous church buildings where members of the church attend their regular Sunday services. This property also has a smaller red building that will serve as an area meeting house.
Temple talking points Property size: 12 acres. Building size: 39,202 square feet.
Building Height: 164 feet, 9. Inches, including the statue of the Book of Mormon prophet Moroni.
Architect: The Richardson Deign Partnership.
Church architect: Lanny Herron.
Cost: The Church does not discuss money with the public.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/03/30/RELIGION_NEW_CHURCH_LATTER_DAY_SAINTS_TEMPLE_032023_RHB5_1_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Many driving by the corners of Staples Mill and Mountain Roads in Glen Allen have been watching and wondering what is this building going up …
Published on March 30, 2023
![Cicilia Seleian Koisenke, fifth from left, lives in Intashat sub location in Kenya, a community of about 5,000 people that has suffered from severe drought conditions throughout the Horn of Africa. During her March 17-24 visit to Richmond, where she is being hosted by Suzanne Hall, sixth from left, Mrs. Koisenke is raising awareness about her community and also is selling traditional beaded jewelry that she and the Maasai Mara women of her region make to raise money for villagers’ basic necessities such as food, shelter, sanitary items and more.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/03/23/IMG_0872_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Cicilia Seleian Koisenke, fifth from left, lives in Intashat sub location in Kenya, a community of about 5,000 people that has suffered from severe drought …
Published on March 23, 2023
![From March 17-23, Cicilia Seleian Koisenke will visit Richmond to sell jewelry to help offset the challenges facing her homeland near Kenya.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/03/16/Cicilia_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
From March 17-23, Cicilia Seleian Koisenke will visit Richmond to sell jewelry to help offset the challenges facing her homeland near Kenya.
Published on March 16, 2023
![“McLean,” an installation by Navine G. Dossos, is featured on the façade of the Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University. The installation is part of the exhibit “So it appears” opening on Feb. 24 at the ICA, 601 W Broad St. The vinyl pieces used in the work are adapted from a series of paintings. According to the ICA’s website, “McLean, ”commissioned for the ICA’s Belvidere Street façade, is an adaptation of the artist’s former work “No Such Organization (2018-2020),” a series of 100 gouache paintings of icons and symbols. Each painting is in response to a news article following the disappearance and heinous murder, in October 2018, of journalist Jamal Khashoggi who lived in Mclean in Northern Virginia. For more details, please visit https://icavcu.org/exhibitions/ mclean/](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/03/16/CITYSCAPE_MCLEAN_SS_031123_001_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
“McLean,” an installation by Navine G. Dossos, is featured on the façade of the Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University. The installation is …
Published on March 16, 2023
![Jace Miles celebrates his victory in the 2nd Annual Bright Minds RVA Chess Tournament at the awards presentation Friday night at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. The 13-year-old Henderson Middle School student, the son of Michael and Otesa Miles, received a trophy and $400 for his first place showing in the four-round competition involving 10 youths. Jace started playing chess in an afternoon elementary school program. During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, he further developed his chess skills by playing online with a cousin who lives in New York. In between, he continued to play the game.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/02/16/Jace_Miles_headshot_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Jace Miles celebrates his victory in the 2nd Annual Bright Minds RVA Chess Tournament at the awards presentation Friday night at the Black History Museum …
Published on February 16, 2023
![“Woman. Life. Freedom.,” a new mural painted on the side of a vacant car wash building at 1205 Arthur Ashe Blvd., shows support for protesters in Iran who are fighting in support of a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Jina Amini, pictured, who was wrongfully taken into custody by the Iranian police. She was in a coma for three days and died on Sept. 16, 2022. Her alleged crime? Ms. Amini, 22, was visiting the capital city of Tehran on vacation from another part of her country of Iran and the “Morality Police” arrested her because her hair was not properly secured under her hijab, a head covering worn by some Muslim women, explains Ari Abad, an Iranian-American who came to Richmond when she was 17. Ms. Abad later co-founded, Woman Life Freedom RVA, which led the local mural project](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/02/09/CITYSCAPE_MURAL_ARTHURASHEBLVD_012323_RHB5_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
“Woman. Life. Freedom.,” a new mural painted on the side of a vacant car wash building at 1205 Arthur Ashe Blvd., shows support for protesters …
Published on February 9, 2023
![During a private reception Monday, Jan. 23, guests such as Simon Scott of Norfolk review some of the items on display.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/01/26/libraryofvirgina_200_._annuversary__sneak__preview_012323_RHB19_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
During a private reception Monday, Jan. 23, guests such as Simon Scott of Norfolk review some of the items on display.
Published on January 26, 2023
![Gov. Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin read the popular book “Where the Wild Things Are” to Alexis Evans’ first grade class at Carver Elementary School on Thursday, Jan. 19. The governor’s visit was in support of the expansion of a new Virginia education law, the Virginia Literacy Act (VLA).The legislation passed during last year’s Virginia General Assembly and becomes effective during the 2024-2025 school year. “We want to have an academic and education system that raises the ceiling for all of our children and recognizes that we have kids that need some extra support,” said Gov. Youngkin. “We can do both.”](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/01/26/YOUNGKIN_CARVER_ELEMENTARY_KIDS_011923_RHB1_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Gov. Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin read the popular book “Where the Wild Things Are” to Alexis Evans’ first grade class at …
Published on January 26, 2023
![Construction of a new Amazon facility is scheduled for completion in Henrico County’s Fairfield District this year. When the online retailer announced plans in April 2021 for its state-of-the art robotics fulfillment center on 119 acres along Richmond-Henrico Turnpike, near Richmond Raceway, Amazon and county officials said it would lead to 1,000 job opportunities. The 2.6-million-square-foot facility will be the largest building in Central Virginia, officials said. To accommodate increased traffic in the area, Richmond-Henrico Turnpike has been extended to four lanes, with a new traffic signal placed at the main entrance to the site.
“Amazon has been proud to call Virginia home since 2006,” said Alicia Boler Davis, who was Amazon’s vice president of Global Customer Fulfillment at the time of the announcement. “Collectively it takes a strong workforce and local support network to serve our customers across the Commonwealth and the region. The launch of this state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Central Virginia will create more than 1,000 jobs with industry-leading pay and benefits starting on the first day of employment. I’m excited to see Virginians continue to excel at Amazon, building better and brighter futures.”](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/01/26/Amazon_Facility_Henrico_SS_012_011423_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Construction of a new Amazon facility is scheduled for completion in Henrico County’s Fairfield District this year. When the online retailer announced plans in April …
Published on January 26, 2023
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Published on January 12, 2023
![Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. On Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule change that allows women seeking abortion pills to get them through the mail, replacing a long-standing requirement that they pick up the medicine in person.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/01/05/MIFEPRISTONE_Tablets_medication_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. On Tuesday, Jan. …
Published on January 5, 2023
![Pittsburgh NCAA college football defensive back Damar Hamlin poses for a photo with Bryce Williams, 3, of Mckees Rocks, Pa., after the youngster picked out a toy during Hamlin’s Chasing M’s Foundation community toy drive at kelly and Nina’s Daycare Center, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Mckees Rocks, Pa. Hamlin wanted to raise $2,500 online to buy toys for needy kids. It took about two years. Then came Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, when the Buffalo Bills safety was critically injured during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals. He instantly became one of the biggest stories in sports, and thousands of people found his GoFundMe page. The result: Roughly $3.7 million donated in the first 12 hours.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/01/05/Hamlin_for_the_gofundme_on_sports_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Pittsburgh NCAA college football defensive back Damar Hamlin poses for a photo with Bryce Williams, 3, of Mckees Rocks, Pa., after the youngster picked out …
Published on January 5, 2023