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Personality: Dr. Hollee Freeman

Spotlight on co-founder and co-curator of City Bees RVA

Dr. Hollee Freeman is helping to keep a vital community of workers buzzing — all 90,000 of them.

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Kenneth L. Prince Sr., businessman, dies at 78

“Work, work and more work. Man don’t work, man don’t eat. “ That was the mantra Kenneth Lee Prince Sr. lived by, said his family. Seeking to emulate his hard-working parents, the longtime Henrico County resident never seemed to rest.

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Saving Bennett College

Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., is an oasis where we educate and celebrate women, and develop them into 21st century leaders and global thinkers.

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At Christmas, babe in manger is not always white

When the Rev. Kip Banks’ family pulls out its nativity scene each Christmas, the African features of the baby Jesus provide lessons on both the Bible and self-esteem.

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Gift of the heart

Earl Fleming, a Richmond makeup artist, entertainer and advocate who has given so much to others, receives gift of life from stranger

This Christmas, one of Richmond’s living legends, who has spent his life giving to others, received the most beautiful gift of all: The gift of life.

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Jury decides 2014 document found in Aretha Franklin’s couch is a valid will

A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid Michigan will, a jury said Tuesday, a critical turn in a dispute that has turned her sons against each other.

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Tennis president fined for slurs about sisters Serena, Venus

Tennis champion Serena Williams slammed the Russian Tennis Federation president this week for using “extremely sexist, racist and bullying” comments after he described Serena and sister, Venus, as the “Williams brothers.”

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Personality: Megan Walker

Spotlight on nation’s No.1 ranked high school basketball player

Megan Walker began playing basketball when she was 4 at a local YMCA

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Gonzalez hired as new PRS COO

Alana Gonzalez has as a tough road ahead as a new member of Richmond Public Schools’ executive team.

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Woman says former executive who defrauded city also fooled her

Sharon B. Holmes is relieved that a retired senior executive in the Richmond Department of Public Works is going to prison for engineering a scheme that ripped off the department for $600,000.

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Rev. Delores R. Seay, associate minister at Triumphant Baptist Church, dies at 86

The Rev. Delores McFadden Robinson Seay, an associate minister at Triumphant Baptist Church who devoted herself to volunteer service at the church and in the community for decades, has died.

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Ghamani Hogue brings home winnings from the State 3A track meet

Ghamani Hogue looks at track and field meets as being like an all-you-can-eat buffet. And she comes hungry.

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Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later, he was so disgusted after losing a decision to Sugar Ray Leonard — stolen, he claimed, by the judges — that he never fought again.

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Family and friends celebrate Constance Delores Brown

For more than 38 years, Constance Delores Brown was a nurturing and welcome presence for students at Richmond’s Armstrong High School, where she helped further their education and served as the Senior Class Sponsor and “Miss Armstrong” Pageant Sponsor until she retired.

Loan agencies can sometimes help

Re ‘Paydazed in RVA: High-fee loan traps Henrico man,” Jan. 28-30 edition: Many people come up short of money. It is an unfortunate situation to be in, especially when you are on a fixed income. I am 56 and was diagnosed in June 2007 with an incurable disease, and was placed on treatment for the rest of my life. I live on $959 monthly from government disability.

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Fired or resigned?

Omarosa out at White House

Omarosa Manigault Newman, who has resigned under duress from her public liaison job at the White House, is leaving true to form — amidst a cloud of controversy and with sparks flying. 

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The RAW power of women gets lifted in East End gym

Jacqueline Evans, 60, has done it for the last four years and she loves it—even if most people are surprised to find out what it is.

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Yes or no?

The announcement that former Virginia House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn will not run for governor in 2025 comes amid continuing rumors that Virginia’s current governor may make a late entry into the 2024 presidential race.

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From early on, Childs seen as 'destined for further things'

When she hired Michelle Childs to practice employment law in the early 1990s right out of school, Vickie Eslinger said she knew there was something different about the freshly minted South Carolina attorney.

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Personality: Lindsey N. Shavers

Spotlight on Jack and Jill Mid-Atlantic Teen President

It’s hard to believe Lindsey N. Shavers finds enough hours in the day to fulfill all her leadership responsibilities. The senior in Henrico High School’s International Baccalaureate program was a human dynamo this summer, wearing many leadership hats.