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Police Chief Gerald Smith resigns

20-year-veteran Richard Edwards becomes acting chief

The troubled tenure of Police Chief Gerald M. Smith is over.

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Personality: Laura Coleman

Spotlight on board president of the Next Move Program

Laura Coleman knows firsthand the challenges of managing a disability, and the need for a world that fully embraces and empowers those who live with disabilities.

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High job hopes

Nonprofit offers former convicts free solar training for brighter futures

Criminal convictions can be a real barrier to finding work.

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Community Harvest Festival returns after hiatus

Where can you find a safe place for your children to trick-or-treat on Halloween?

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An eerie tour on Kanawha Canal

Richmonders looking for a spooky seaside treat on Halloween can do so courtesy of Riverfront Canal Cruises, host of a series of tours on Saturday, Oct. 29.

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Therapy for area youths is more than just talk

When Ticeses Teasley separated from her children’s father, her teenage son, Nahkai, started acting out and fighting in school. As a licensed mental health professional and life coach, the mother of four boys recognized the behavior as a result of her son experiencing emotions he did not know how to appropriately handle.

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Fade to dark

What a week. From failing test scores to another vigil for a young Black person to yet another police chief’s resignation. So much bad news within just a few days leaves many of us cynical, fearful, speechless and definitely exhausted.

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VUU’s winning streak continues with rout of Lincoln

Saturday’s Chowan match may decide CIAA Northern title

Jada Byers keeps a rockin.’ The Panthers keep a rollin.’

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Educator Charles L. Walker, 71, dies

Charles Len “Herm” Walker spent more than 35 years involved with the education of Richmond children.

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Scholar and preacher Walton named next president of Princeton Seminary

The Rev. Jonathan Lee Walton, an academician, preacher and administrator who has served on the faculties of Wake Forest and Harvard divinity schools, has been named the next president of Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Shelter in place?

Homeless advocacy group says many unaware of warm housing when temperatures drop

As temperatures plunged into the 30s this week as fore- cast, a reluctant City Hall at the last minute grudgingly opened two overnight shelters – one for 50 single men and one for 50 single women, but none for those with children. Mayor Levar M. Stoney and his administration quietly sent email notices to some home- less groups about opening, but refused to issue any public statement in an apparent bid to reduce demand — follow- ing the script from the Sept. 30 tropical storm when only 12 homeless people managed to find the unannounced city shelter to get out of the heavy downpour. As was the case Sept. 30, most people who needed a warm place never got the word, ac- cording to a homeless advocacy organization, which decried the fact the city waited until 6 p.m. to announce the two shelters had opened an hour earlier. The shelters at United Na- tions Church, 214 Cowardin Ave. in South Side, and at the

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Operation Bold Blue Line

Youngkin plans to reduce homicides, shootings with more police, higher pay

What’s the solution to the spate of shootings and violence that appears to be on the upswing in Richmond and across the state?

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Student loan forgiveness application website goes live

President Biden on Monday officially kicked off the application process for his student debt cancellation program and announced that 8 million borrowers had already applied for loan relief during the federal government’s soft launch period over the weekend.

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Personality: Kimberly M. Jennings

Spotlight on board president of the Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation

For the last five years, Kimberly M. Jennings has been a key part in providing life-saving resources and support for tens of thousands of Virginians who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

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‘Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner’ is coming to Richmond Ballet

As a 14-year-old in Toronto, Canada, Jennifer Archibald was determined to get the autograph of Alvin Ailey Artistic Director Judith Jamison after seeing her with the world-famous troupe.

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Study shows Richmond and Petersburg can each support a casino

Richmond and Petersburg could both support casinos.

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What’s in a name?

Efforts to rename the Lee Bridge rise again, bounded by slave-holding ties

Instead of a slavery-defending general, a key bridge over the James River could soon bear the name of a plantation where enslaved people labored.

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Masks now optional for RPS students

Students attending Richmond Public Schools are no longer required to wear masks after the School Board voted to eliminate the mandate at Monday night’s meeting.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Calls mount for City’s property tax decision

Keep the real estate tax rate the same? Or cut it?