Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and three City Council members are asking the School Board to reconsider its plans for the school division to mana…
ASHLAND – Voters in the Town of Ashland won’t have to wait another year to decide who will represent them on Ashland Town Council following ac…
Richmond city officials introduced formal plans Monday to decide where the Confederate monuments they took down last summer ultimately will go.
The Richmond Ambulance Authority is in danger of losing part of its annual funding from the city.
Casino site must earn
Richmond city officials are still trying how to decide what they will do with the Confederate monuments they took down nine months ago.
Although the Richmond City Council appears poised to let voters decide whether a casino ultimately will rise, some council members say they ar…
Richmond City Council members Michael Jones and Stephanie Lynch said they would support increasing the proposed $2.9 million allocation for the city's Affordable Housing Trust Fund in Stoney's budget to $10 million.
Frustrated with the limited availability of COVID-19 vaccine doses in South Richmond, two City Council members called on CVS Pharmacy to make …
City Council unanimously approves Richmond 300 plan guiding development, growth for next two decades
After more than three years of development, the City Council voted unanimously Monday to adopt the Richmond 300 plan, which outlines the city's vision for development and growth over the next two decades.
Members of the Richmond City Council remain unconvinced that they should be legally obligated to let the mayor or a representative of his admi…
Raising concerns about balance and the inclusion of a former police officer, the Richmond City Council declined to move forward with settling …
Elections are a time for reflection. Over the past four years, the city of Richmond has experienced progress and endured hardships.
"They decided it wasn’t important enough to hear from the community how they feel about it," said Sheba Williams, the founder of Nolef Turns, a community group that aids people leaving incarceration. "It’s disheartening."
Calif. fire investigators seize utility’s equipment
The second debate sponsored by the Martinsville Bulletin and Star News will be Oct. 22 in Star News' studio.
A Richmond City Council subcommittee on Tuesday voted against a proposed ban on riot control equipment that police have deployed against prote…
The Richmond City Council has voted unanimously to adopt a gun ban on public property during protests and other events.
In a Zoom conference call with more than 430 participants Monday evening, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and three City Council members committed…
Hopewell’s City Council is at odds over its recent decision to strip funding from the Office on Youth — charged with providing activities for …
In anticipation of a spike of COVID-19 cases as Radford University students return to campus, Radford's City Council has banned gatherings of more than 50 people through the end of August.
Richmond council backs civilian review board and Marcus Alert, opposes taking money away from police
The Richmond City Council agreed Monday to advance a pair of police reforms but drew a line at what two council members described as a move to…
Roanoke’s Robert E. Lee memorial does not stand six stories high like the one to the Confederate general in Richmond does. Lee is not cast in bronze, astride a horse. Roanoke’s memorial to Lee is a stone pillar, about 10 feet tall, that sits in a quiet plaza that also bears his name.
Lynchburg Police Chief Ryan Zuidema said protests that took place Tuesday afternoon and evening along Wards Road were free of violence and gunfire.
A split Richmond City Council has approved a budget for the upcoming fiscal year that even its supporters acknowledged will require routine revision because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
