Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce plans Thursday for the removal of an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond’s prominent Monument Avenue.
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ALAN SUDERMAN and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press andBrent Solomon
Allies, activists and leaders are expected to gather at Forest Hill Park to demonstrate on Friday in support of “Marcus Alert” and a Civilian Oversight Board.
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Starting Friday most of Virginia will move into ‘Phase Two’ of the reopening process during the COVID-19 pandemic and businesses are preparing for those new guidelines.
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney says he, along with Councilman Mike Jones, will introduce an ordinance to remove all Confederate monuments on Monument Avenue on July 1.
Tropical Storm Cristobal has developed over the Yucatan Peninsula Tuesday afternoon and the center of the storm has moved over a portion of the Bay of Campeche.
A 13-year-old boy charged in connection to the stabbing death of Barnard College student and former St. Anne’s Belfield student Tessa Majors pleaded guilty to robbery in the first degree Wednesday in family court.
While the fifth night of protests against police brutality in the city was mostly peaceful, Richmond police say they made numerous arrests and seized several guns.
Everyone has seen the images of police and protesters violently clashing with each other across the country. While events could have turned that way Tuesday night, instead, police and protesters had a different kind of encounter.
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney joined racial justice demonstrators Tuesday, hours after an angry crowd shouted him down as he apologized for police lobbing tear gas at a group of peaceful demonstrators.
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Richmond City Mayor Levar Stoney met with a large group of protesters to apologize after Richmond police used tear gas along Monument Avenue during the fourth night of demonstrations.
A family in Afton will keep cool for the summer in their home thanks to a partnership between a Charlottesville business and a central Virginia nonprofit that’s raising funds to help more homeowners.
Arlington County has pulled its officers out of the District of Columbia after they helped clear peaceful protesters from a park so that President Donald Trump could have a photo opportunity outside the White House.
Virginia occupational safety inspectors have opened investigations into seven employee deaths related to COVID-19 and four hospitalizations, according to the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry.
In the weeks since Virginia’s hospitals have reopened for non-life-threatening procedures, many have implemented wider COVID-19 testing protocols to protect patients and staff from the virus.
The family of Marcus David Peters issued demands to leaders and public officials after the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, calling Floyd’s death, ‘the last straw’.
