Desiree Montilla
Reporter
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VCU researchers will start a study to look into the long-term impacts of long COVID-19 on children, teens, young adults, and their parents.
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Parents spoke out at the school board meeting on Sept. 13, saying lunch meals are not hot but bagged instead as well as the quality of the food that is being served.
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A Richmond father is part of several hundred families in Richmond keeping their children home as a result of COVID-19.
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RPS leaders discuss year’s begin, changes to school resource officers, and George Wythe construction
Members of the Richmond City School Board discussed how their district is doing after reopening their doors for in-person classes and a proposed change to the district's SRO program.
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A new app is telling the untold stories of Richmond along Monument Avenue.
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Dozens of people attended the "Patriot Day" ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial to honor the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives 20 years ago on September 11, 2001.
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Within the first three weeks of school, Chesterfield County Public Schools has reported 471 cases of COVID-19 across the district.
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There were mixed emotions as the Robert E. Lee statue was taken down from its pedestal along Monument Avenue in Richmond.
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An epidemiologist from the Virginia Department of Health discusses the mu variant.
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A doctor from VCU Health says the COVID-19 vaccine can reduce a pregnant person's risk of getting severely sick from the virus.
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Henrico County Public Schools is looking to recruit more bus drivers as they face 100 vacancies ahead of the start of the school year on Sept. 8.
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A lawn care specialist is urging people to keep an eye on their lawns. He says armyworms have been destroying several yards.
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Two people have died in a Richmond house fire, according to the Richmond Fire Department.
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The starting hourly pay for Chesterfield bus drivers will increase as the school district tries to recruit more people to get behind the wheel as they face a bus driver shortage.
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Mercy Chefs will be sending teams down to Louisiana to prepare meals for those impacted by Hurricane Ida.
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Reuben Silva's family and friends are grieving his death after he was hit and killed while riding his bike along Hull Street Road.
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A study from the company shows the Johnson and Johnson booster shot shows a nine-fold increase in immunity against COVID-19.
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The bus delays come more than one week after Chesterfield County Public Schools announces the district is down 100 bus drivers for the upcoming school year.
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On Monday, thousands of students in Central Virginia returned to the classroom for their first day of school, including hundreds of students in Chesterfield County.
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This month, hundreds of VCU students moved into their dorms as the university makes masks and vaccines required to limit the spread of COVID-19.
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An Afghan native living in Richmond is losing hope for his family after the Taliban takes control of Kabul.
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The Richmond Fire Department and Chesterfield Fire and EMS are urging people to check their smoke alarms and come up with a fire escape plan.
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A mother and her two young children were killed in a house fire early Sunday morning on Richmond’s southside.
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Police at Virginia Commonwealth University have made an arrest in relation to a hit-and-run involving a bicyclist.
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Volunteers put the finishing touches on a new space for the Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Neck after a fire destroyed their clubhouse in 2018.
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Chesterfield Fire said 8-year-old Cody Slayton and 4-year-old Liam Slayton died in a house fire on Flynn Road early Monday morning.
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Thousands of dollars have been raised to help a blended family in Chesterfield after a tragic house fire kills two kids and injures three others.
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Two children are dead and three other family members injured following a massive house fire in Chesterfield early Monday morning.
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Several cyclists went on a memorial bike ride in honor of Lieutenant Jay Cullen, who was one of two Virginia State Police troopers who died in a helicopter crash nearly four years ago.
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The Children's Hospital of Richmond discusses what they're seeing with COVID-19 as cases among kids rise around the country.
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During the "360 Blitz," there will be more police officers along Hull Street in Richmond and Chesterfield to crack down on traffic violations.
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Senator Joe Morrissey and dozens of small business owners gathered downtown to protest Virginia's recent ban on skill games.
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To ensure public safety in this high-recreational use waterbody, the advisory extends from the James River at Robious Landing Park to include all of Belle Isle which is approximately 12 miles.
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Governor Ralph Northam says his team is reviewing the latest CDC mask-wearing guidelines and is expected to release recommendations in the next couple of days.
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AAA is urging people who have international travel plans to put in their passport applications early as the State Department faces processing delays.
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Governor Ralph Northam tours schools in Hopewell as students start their first day on a year-round schedule.
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Police said that the accident happened on the 7000 block of Hull Street Road, at about 3:30 a.m.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation has opened a survey on ways to improve the safety and reliability of the Bryan Park Interchange.
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The Chesterfield County Police Department says SmartWater CSI is a tool to add in their investigation toolbox.
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Hopewell City Public Schools will become the first district in Virginia to move all their schools into a year-round schooling model.
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The Dynamic Dance Academy loses thousands of dollars through a scam.
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Residents living along Oakwood Avenue spent their Sunday cleaning up the damage left behind by Saturday's storms.
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A paralyzed Richmond man uses an exoskeleton to propose to his girlfriend.
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A judge overturns a murder conviction for Demetrius Roots, who was found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury in April.
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The Richmond Fire Department honored the ten men who were hired as the first Black career firefighters in Virginia on Sunday.
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The Virginia Department of Emergency Management is preparing to help localities respond to potential damage from Tropical Storm Elsa.
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The Chesterfield County Police Department is providing a mental health resource for their officers responding to critical incidents.
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Virginia State Police says the passenger of a car has died after a car was shot at on the Shockoe Valley Bridge on I-64 in Richmond.
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Hundreds of people filled Chesterfield County Fairgrounds for the county's annual Fourth of July celebration.
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Police in Petersburg are investigating a double shooting that occurred about eight hours after another double shooting on the same street.