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Washington NFL team drops its $500,000 annual fee to train in Richmond

It is still up in the air whether the Washington NFL football team will hold its annual summer training camp in Richmond or whether there will even be a football season, given the coronavirus pandemic.

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PTA president lives in Henrico, but keeps children in RPS

Every school day, Chastity R. Hise or her husband, James R. Hise, drives the 3 miles from their home to drop their two children off at Linwood Holton Elementary School in the city’s North Side. And at the end of the day, one of the Hises is there to drive the children home.

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Biden wins Virginia

1.3M state voters turn out for Super Tuesday presidential primary

Vying to become the Democratic challenger to President Trump, Joseph R. “Joe” Biden Jr. swept to primary victories in Virginia and eight other states on Super Tuesday, thanks to a huge surge of support from African-American voters.

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VUU’s tower sign stays; scooter rentals advance

Virginia Union University can keep its logo shining at night from the top of a historic 60- foot tower on its campus.

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Study estimates slavery museum would cost up to $220M

A hefty price tag would be attached to creating a national slavery museum on the site of the “Devil’s Half Aacre,” a once notorious slave jail that Richmonder Robert Lumpkin operated before the Civil War and that later became the birthplace of Virginia Union University.

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Second gun buyback program for city targeted

City Hall plans to continue to invest in gun buyback programs despite clear evidence that the program has not worked, which studies have shown is the case in virtually every locality offering to pay people to turn in their guns.

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Salvation Army delays move to new headquarters

The Salvation Army Central Virginia is keeping its headquarters and shelter at 2 W. Grace St. and has no immediate plans to move to North Side.

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Judge suspends incorporation efforts at Fourth Baptist Church

A Richmond judge has temporarily blocked historic Fourth Baptist Church from taking any further steps to incorporate and reversed other actions approved during the pandemic.

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Vanishing notebooks

RPS officials report 12,100 laptops missing

On the heels of a scathing audit report, Richmond Public Schools is admitting that its own internal check has found that more than 1,600 laptops that were purchased have vanished, and that it does not know the whereabouts of another 10,558 laptops that are listed in the inventory.

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House blocked for female felons

City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson has been a champion of affordable housing during her 11 years on City Council. The 6th District representative, who previously led a nonprofit housing group in the Highland Park area, has been a staunch advocate for creation of lower-cost homes and apartments for working people and others.

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Agreement limits low-income housing in redeveloped Creighton Court

Highly visible work is underway along Nine Mile Road in the East End as crews and machines prepare the land for the new townhouses and apartments that eventually will replace the 504 public housing units in Creighton Court.

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City Council leadership to change?

Sources: Mosby has votes to be council president

City Council member Michelle R. Mosby could have the votes to become the first African-American woman to lead Richmond’s City Council.

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Samuels to run for mayor?

Is Charles R. Samuels adding his name to the list of City Council members and others eyeing a run for mayor in 2016? While the six-year council representative insists that’s not the case, others are less certain about his intentions as potential candidates begin to line up. That includes council members Jonathan T. Baliles and Chris A. Hilbert, who both have indicated they are making plans to run. There also is talk that Council President Michelle Mosby also is interested. Richmond Delegate Delores L. McQuinn and state Secretary of the Commonwealth Levar M. Stoney also are being mentioned as potential candidates.

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VCU professor’s documentary sheds light on Central State’s darkness

A new Richmond-made documentary will premiere this weekend with a view of the good, the bad and the ugly of mental health treatment for Black people in Virginia.

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Public barred from North Side park

It’s called a public park, but, ironically, the public is barred from entering the small grassy space on North Side without buying a city permit.

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Va. redistricting commission fails to agree on boundary changes for state legislative districts

The Virginia Supreme Court will do it. The state’s highest court has been handed the constitutional task of redesigning the boundaries of the 100 state House of Delegates and 40 state Senate districts.

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City’s new homeless services plan includes opening North Side shelter, working with Salvation Army

City Hall has rolled out a revamped plan for helping people who have no shelter. The plan includes opening a housing resource center to better connect the homeless with housing options, expanding year-round shelter beds and providing a temporary space for people to sleep during winter, summer and heavy rains.

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Shelter for homeless to be open this weekend

A safety net shelter for the homeless in Richmond is expected to stay open this weekend when heavy rain is expected, according to 5th District City Councilwoman Stephanie A. Lynch.

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Dr. Jones drops out

Dr. Derik E. Jones is not going to seek four more years on the Richmond School Board — opening the door to other candidates.

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Clinton, Trump win Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday proved super for Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. The two front-runners each won seven of the 11 state primary contests this week, including Virginia — putting each on course to win their party’s presidential nomination and face each other in a general election showdown.