The city's Juneteenth parade moved through Richmond on Saturday morning before giving way to an afternoon festival at Nicholl Park, where organizers inducted six people into a newly created Juneteenth Hall of Fame and named the event's first youth royal court.
On the main stage, Michelle
The Richmond City Council will meet on Tuesday to adopt the city's final budget for fiscal year 2026-27, review polling on a potential November ballot measure to fund paramedic-level fire service, and revisit five items continued from its June 16 meeting. Those include a proposed permanent
Union leaders told the Richmond City Council Tuesday that the city's persistent staffing shortages are the result of a deliberate choice, not a hiring pipeline problem, escalating a public dispute over whether Richmond is using vacant positions as a budget tool at the expense of city services.
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Richmond police arrested a 61-year-old man Tuesday night on suspicion of murdering his older brother following a fight at a Potrero Avenue residence, authorities said.
Jerome Timmons, 68, of Richmond, was found unresponsive at a home in the 4500 block of Potrero Avenue at approximately 9:09 p.
Richmond police are investigating a homicide in the 4500 block of Potrero Avenue, the department announced Tuesday.
Crime scene tape cordoned off the area around a home Tuesday evening, with officers stationed in the driveway and the front door open as investigators worked. A small group of people had gathered
There are two of them. That’s the first thing you notice.
Same block on Macdonald Avenue, same blue tents strung with bare bulbs, same red tiered shelves holding steel pans and squeeze bottles. Same clamshell containers. Same prices. Pollo Con Papas and Pollo Con Papas Fritas, two families who,
According to incident data released by the Richmond Police Department, Richmond logged 14 vehicle thefts, three robberies and 100 reported incidents between June 8 and June 14, a week that included a weapon brought to Richmond High School, a felon found carrying a loaded firearm with intent to commit a
The Richmond City Council meets Tuesday taking up a full budget session ahead of a June 23 adoption deadline, an annual review of the police department's military equipment inventory, a potential November tax measure tucked into the consent calendar, a $2.6 million homeless services contract, and direction
