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School Board, administration thwarted own tenets set up for RPS food service

Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras appeared to have undermined a key tenet of the School Board’s approved three-year-old school improvement plan, Dreams4RPS, with decisions about the cafeteria operation and the delivery of food that were made before schools reopened earlier this month.

COVID-19 booster shots available

The Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield health districts have opened appointments for area residents to get the Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot.

RPS Chromebooks missing?

A major share of the estimated 20,000 Chromebooks that were distributed to Richmond students last year to help them connect to virtual classes have yet to be recovered or accounted for, the Free Press has been told.

Singer Sarah Dash, co-founder of Labelle, dies at 76

Singer Sarah Dash, who co-founded the all-female group Labelle—best known for the rau- cous 1974 hit “Lady Marmalade”—has died. She was 76.

Melvin Van Peebles, ‘godfather’ of modern Black cinema, dies at 89

Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking filmmaker, playwright and musician whose work ushered in the “blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was 89.

VUU on a roll; taking on Shaw this Saturday

Virginia Union University football has gone from famine to feast—and the Panthers are hungry for more.

Hopewell’s TreVeyon Henderson sets freshman rushing record

TreVeyon Henderson hardly broke stride in moving from Hopewell High School to football’s national spotlight at Ohio State University.

Flexibility for whom?, by Julianne Malveaux

I had not planned to have a policy conversation when I boarded my connecting flight from Detroit to D.C.

‘I don’t like where things are headed’ with U.S. Supreme Court

Former President Trump added three conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court during his tenure in office.

Denied their chance

Racism and segregation wouldn’t allow young African-Americans in Richmond to use whites-only pool for life-saving swimming merit badge in quest to become Eagle Scouts

J. Maurice Hopkins never wanted this story written.

Personality: Kisha Beaner Howcott

Spotlight on founder and CEO of Clothed by Love Mentoring

The new school year brings all kinds of concerns for students, even without the threat of an ongoing pandemic. And while some concerns require specific solutions, the need for clothing is being met thanks to a mobile boutique, courtesy of Kisha Beaner How- cott and her group, Clothed by Love Mentoring.

Va native, NFL Pro-Bowler Roger Brown dies at 84

Roger Brown was a big man with talent and ambition to match.

VUU’s Jada Byers turns on the speed

Expectations were sky high for Jada Byers and, so far, he has lived up to them.

Local screenwriter hopes next stop will be Academy Awards

Henry K. Myers is realizing the dream of every amateur screenwriter – to see his words turned into a film.

City registrar takes heat for delay in opening satellite voting locations

Keith G. Balmer, Richmond’s new voter registrar, was rushing to start early in-person voting next week at two satellite locations—City Hall in Downtown and the Hickory Hill Community Center in South Side.