The Richmond Free Press, the city’s African American weekly newspaper, is shutting down after 34 years. Founded by the late Raymond H. Boone Sr., a crusading editor of the old school variety, the Free ...

Virginia lawmakers are advancing bills to remove Confederate symbols from state law and eliminate tax exemptions for ...

For many, Virginia’s history can be painful, and that’s why some Virginia Democrats say they’re doing their part to make sure the state isn’t glorifying the Confederacy.

Multiple bills are moving through the General Assembly to purge remnants of Confederate reverence from Virginia.

Twelve years after the 1939 Alexandria Library sit-in, when 16-year-old Barbara Rose Johns of Farmville, Virginia, organized a student walk-out at her segregated high school, she could not have known ...

The veteran actor, known for The Godfather and Tender Mercies, died ‘peacefully’ at his home according to a statement by his wife Luciana Duvall.

The Godfather’s Al Pacino has said it was an “honour” to act alongside Robert Duvall, who he described as a “born actor”. Duvall, known for portraying Mafia consigliere Tom Hagen in 1972’s The ...

Former Richmonder Virginia Pye's new novel, "Marriage and Other Monuments," takes place in the volatile summer of 2020.

Robert Duvall, the Academy Award-winning actor known for his roles in Hollywood classics such as "The Godfather" and ...

Abraham Lincoln took direct control of the Army and Navy at Norfolk in 1862. He even led a recon mission on the James River to capture the city. (History) As the United States marks Presidents Day ...

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Here is a list of matters listed at Brisbane (George Street) Magistrates Court on Friday. Today's court listings are published as part of News Corporation's commitment to public interest journalism ...