The Richmond School Board will meet tomorrow to discuss the search for its next superintendent. The meeting will not include mention of specific candidates....

Richmond The Greater Richmond Area Scholarship Program will hold sessions for area students and parents to discuss college options and assist with completing...

Richmond City Councilman Chris A. Hilbert is abruptly dropping a proposal to reimburse a police officer for expenses related to a murder charge that ultimately...

Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones has named Tammy D. Hawley as his press secretary. Hawley is president and founder of The Hawley Group, a Richmond-based...

Lobbyists and lawmakers are rolling out the green carpet for the all-but-certain successor to Richmond Mayor Dwight Clinton Jones in the House of Delegates....

Chesterfield The deadline to register for a chance to compete in Bandfest, United for Change, is Jan. 19. Bandfest, United for Change is an alcohol-and...

Chesterfield Members of the 52nd Basic Recruit Class of the Chesterfield County Police Academy will graduate Friday.

An alert neighbor in eastern Hanover County spotted heavy smoke coming from a house yesterday and warned the residents, who escaped unhurt.

On his first full day as mayor, Dwight C. Jones put Richmond on notice that hard times are here to stay and that the path to renewed prosperity doesn’t...

Colonial Heights Fire officials have determined that a house fire Friday in the 400 Block of Lyons Avenue in Colonial Heights was started by a faulty electrical...

Following is a summary of some burglary reports made to police recently in Richmond and in Chesterfield and Henrico counties.

Richmond prosecutors yesterday withdrew a charge against a teenager who strangled his abusive father, saying the teen acted in self-defense and didn’t...

Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder blasted attorney David M. Hicks yesterday, saying Hicks sought $2 million to settle a lawsuit against the city while also...

Here’s a snapshot of emergency calls during the week of Dec. 15-22, as reported by Metro Richmond fire departments.

Richmond The Capital City Kwanzaa Festival will be held Saturday from 1 to 10 p.m. at the Showplace Exhibition Center, 3000 Mechanicsville Turnpike. The...

A Richmond economic development official has been charged with cocaine possession. C. Cary Brown, 45, of the 600 block of West Franklin St., was arrested...

Carytown has been named one of South’s best shopping neighborhoods by readers of Southern Living magazine. The neighborhood of about 300 shops, boutiques...

After its first year running the city’s emergency medical-response operations, the Richmond Ambulance Authority says it is doing a better job of...

The Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts will delay its opening by a year. The board of the city’s first charter school notified the Richmond...

Henrico Working with community groups and charitable organizations, the Henrico County Police Athletic League this week distributed educational toys donated...