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Chesterfield announces housing choice vouchers

The waiting list for Virginia Housing and the Chesterfield- Colonial Heights Department of Social Services’ housing choice vouchers opens Thursday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for anyone who wants to submit an application.

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JM Justices shoot for national title

John Marshall High has a state basketball title. Now it’s aiming for a national crown.

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VUU’s Butler, Osborne heading to Houston

The basketball season isn’t over yet for Virginia Union Coach Jay Butler and senior standout Robert Osborne.

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Versatility defines Princeton’s Tosan Evbuomwan

NCAA March Madness is known for its heartwarming, underdog Cinderella stories. This year’s “Cinderella” wears pink shoelaces, speaks with an English accent, and has a name many mispronounce.

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Antoine Craig named Sports Ambassador by the USABA

Being blind hasn’t stopped Antoine Craig from achieving much success. Now he hopes to encourage others to do likewise.

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Rev. Clifford B. Chambliss Jr. dies at 81

The Rev. Clifford Boss Chambliss Jr. was just 25 when he was tapped to lead a new job training initiative that more senior Black min- isters were organizing to help people find work and escape poverty.

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Virginia Hayes remembered for her creative teaching

As a kindergarten and first grade teacher at Blackwell Elementary School, Virginia Hayes was concerned that too many children arrived with little knowledge of numbers, counting and the concepts of adding and subtracting. Ms. Hayes set out to change that in the early 1990s.

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Special education troubles continue for Virginia

VDOE labeled ‘deficient’ in its efforts to curtail learning loss

The Virginia Department of Education continues to shirk its responsibility to ensure students with mental and emotional disabilities secure a free, appropriate public education, or FAPE in educational jargon, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

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‘All-cause mortality’

Spikes in youth mortality and violence linked to homicide, suicide, drugs and truancy

A series of shootings in Richmond last week has sparked renewed calls for solutions to end gun violence. The urgent cries come as new research shows growing rates of death among young people throughout the country.

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Council members link truancy to increased violence involving city youths

Richmond Public Schools needs to do more to ensure students are in class rather than roaming the streets, according to concerned members of City Council.

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Personality: Alma W. Hughes

Spotlight on One Voice Chorus board president

Despite a few years of unexpected turbulence, Alma W. Hughes has led and sustained a Richmond-based musical group while forging deep connections among its members and the community.

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Richmond gets Sassy

Richmond’s global connections: Blending culture and fashion to fight famine, menstrual poverty

When Sassy Jones opened a flagship location in Short Pump Town Center last October, it gave the brand’s loyal online community a home they could come to and enjoy shopping the products they loved in a new way — in person.

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Malinda S. Jones, who worked to spread faith, dies at 88

For 24 years, Malinda Smith Jones organized weekly revivals in Richmond in church parking lots and other open spaces from June through August.

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Henrico County deputies charged in man’s death at mental hospital

Seven Virginia sheriff’s office employees have been charged with second degree murder in connection with the death of a 28-year-old man at a state mental hospital last week, a local prosecutor said Tuesday.

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RPS student is local Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year

Richmond Community High School senior A’landa Macklin has been selected as the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Richmond Youth of the Year. As a result, she will receive a $10,000 scholarship and is eligible to compete at the state level.

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Level Up accepting applications for podcasting program

Applications are now open for the Level Up Academy, a summer podcast intensive created by the VPM + ICA Community Media Center to provide high quality teaching and opportunities for young adults in Richmond.

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Leadership summit will amplify student voices

Some 600 Richmond-area high school students will attend Teen Summit RVA at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on March 18.

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Gandy name may be eliminated by Hanover School Board

The Hanover School Board is moving to eliminate the name of John M. Gandy, the only Black person for whom a county school is named.

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Richmond Fire Department blazing through recruiting

When it comes to recruiting, the Richmond Department of Fire and Emergency Services stands head and shoulders above the rest of the city’s public safety departments.

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RRHA’s eviction rate increases

Housing unit applies ‘tough love’ to collect tenants’ back rent

Richmond’s public housing landlord continues to proceed more slowly than private landlords in seeking to oust residents who have built up large, unpaid rent balances.