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Adoption advocate and political campaign volunteer Annette ‘Nettie’ Gordon dies at 82
Annette White “Nettie” Gordon, who helped build an adoption program focused on Black children and volunteered in campaigns of Democratic candidates, has died.
More civic engagement is needed before Broad Street rezoning
On Monday, Sept. 28, the Richmond City Council tabled for 30 days a rezoning ordinance allowing 20-story and taller buildings on Broad Street between Belvidere Street and Arthur Ashe Boulevard. This delay benefits all of Richmond because it provides the opportunity to bring all parties into a citywide consideration of new zoning that creates growth everywhere.
Mayor Stoney proposes 5 new city parks for South Side
Thirteen years ago, City Hall spent about $400,000 to tear down the decrepit Madison Arms apartments at Lynhaven Avenue and Drake Street in South Side.
Mo Alie-Cox helps hand the Colts a win
Mo Alie-Cox has some of the largest hands in the NFL and, last Sunday, he showed them off.
Georgia Bulldogs racial barrier breaker Ronnie Hogue dies at 69
Ronnie Hogue, the University of Georgia’s first Black scholarship basketball player, died Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. He was 69.
Justice, equality and freedom are elusive, by Charlene Crowell
The Aug. 23 police shooting of an unarmed Black man in Kenosha, Wis., triggered yet another round of community protests and national news coverage.
School Board moves ahead on day care plans
The Richmond School Board is moving ahead with plans for five schools to open for day care for families that will be provided by three outside organizations.
“Wanton murder”
Breonna Taylor’s family attorney decries the decision of a Kentucky grand jury to absolve 2 white police offers in her shooting death, while charging a third with endangering Ms. Taylor’s neighbors
Two white policemen who fired shots inside the apartment of Breonna Taylor, a Black emergency medical technician, will not be prosecuted for her death because their use of force was justified, while a third police officer was charged with endangering her neighbors, Kentucky’s attorney general announced on Wednesday.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg remembered as an agent of change
Jennifer Carroll Foy remembers the moment that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg changed her life.
James Cooper Jr., RPS computer pro, dies at 85
James Cooper Jr., who trained Richmond Public Schools teachers and staff to use computers as they came into common use in the 1980s, has died.
Towering tandem may take L.A. Lakers to NBA championship
LeBron James and Anthony Davis may be the most entertaining one-two combination since rock and roll.
City surplus larger than reported
It turns out that Richmond’s surplus is actually $7.9 million larger than reported, Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s administration has confirmed.
Former political star, who narrowly lost Fla. governor’s race, talks about his public flame out in March
Andrew Gillum, who narrowly lost his bid to become Florida’s first Black governor in 2018, told a television interviewer he is bisexual, responding to rumors swirling since March after he was found intoxicated, naked and unconscious in a hotel room with two men, including one who works as a male escort.
Personality: LaToya Gray Sparks
Spotlight on the winner of ESRI’s 2020 Educational Map Contest
LaToya Gray Sparks’ digital story map of how Richmond’s first master plan impacted Black residents contains a wealth of information.
City spurns cold weather shelter for ‘non-congregant’ housing for homeless
For the first time in at least 19 years, City Hall will not be opening a cold weather shelter on Oct. 1 as a warm place for homeless adults when temperatures fall to 40 degrees and below.
City expecting $13.75M surplus from 2019-20 fiscal year
Worries that the pandemic would leave Richmond financially crippled are evaporating.
From basketball to football, Mo Alie-Cox on rocket trajectory with Colts
Of all the NFL’s human interest stories, few are more intriguing than that of Mo Alie-Cox.
City day care program rolls out with waiting list
The new school year launched Tuesday with all classes online in Richmond, but the promise of a robust, city-supported day care program for children of working parents and for parents with weak links to the internet has yet to be fulfilled — and it is unclear when it will be.
Police reform legislation having tough time in General Assembly special session
Police reforms and other legislation are hardly sailing through the Democratic-controlled General Assembly.
GRTC announces service changes beginning Sept. 13
On Sunday, Sept. 13, GRTC will usher in a series of service changes.
