June 24, 2009

Overhaul of Diamond is last plan standing
Overhaul of Diamond is last plan standing

Highwoods Properties drops plans for Shockoe Bottom ballpark, Boulevard development. Mayor says while baseball will return to Richmond in the spring, a...

Man wounded in South Side shooting

Richmond police are investigating a shooting early yesterday in the Broad Rock area of South Richmond. A male was taken to VCU Medical Center after the...

Richmond’s Woodland Heights wins state historic designation

The Virginia Department of Historic Resources has added the Woodland Heights neighborhood of South Richmond to the Virginia Landmarks Register. Woodland...

ABC again postpones Velvet hearing

For a second time, Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control officials postponed a scheduled hearing over alleged violations of state ABC laws at Velvet, a strip...

News Near You for June 24

Henrico The Henrico County Health Department is seeking 100 more volunteers for Sunday’s drill to test the county’s plan to dispense emergency...

Eastern League still committed to Richmond

The Eastern League still intends to relocate one of its 12 Class AA franchises to Richmond next season despite yesterday’s withdrawal of the Shockoe...


June 23, 2009

Exclusive: Developers drop Shockoe ballpark project
Exclusive: Developers drop Shockoe ballpark project

Developers of the proposed Shockoe Center ballpark announced this afternoon that they’re walking away from the project as well as a proposal for...

Jones introduces Marshall as his pick for Richmond administrator

Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones last night introduced Byron C. Marshall as his choice for chief administrative officer but held off asking the City Council...

About Byron C. Marshall and Marcus D. Jones

Appointed job: Richmond chief administrative officer, pending City Council approval   Current job: president and chief executive officer of Austin...

Auditor faults Richmond schools’ human resources, payroll departments

The Richmond school system’s payroll department is overstaffed but has been unable to detect overpayments, accurately track time off or collect money...


June 22, 2009

Audit: Richmond schools payroll dept. overstaffed, disorganized

The Richmond school system’s payroll department is overstaffed but has been unable to detect overpayments, accurately track time off or collect money...

UPDATE: Jones appoints deputy administrator

Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones announced tonight Byron C. Marshall as his choice for the city’s chief administrative officer.

Curbing prostitution a constant battle for Richmond-area police

Policing the world’s oldest profession seems a never-ending battle in the Richmond area. The hookers and the men who seek their services often change,...

Times-Dispatch introduces Bill Lohmann as new regular columnist
Times-Dispatch introduces Bill Lohmann as new regular columnist By GLENN PROCTOR TIMES-DISPATCH EXECUTIVE EDITOR

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has a fine group of local columnists. All of our columnists have not retired, left the paper or ended up working on television...

News Near You for June 22

This daily column features short news items from some of the 20 localities that make up the greater Richmond area. If you have a news item, call 649-6990...

Posted to the Biz Buzz Blog last week
By TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST

Posted on the Biz Buzz Blog last week   Starbucks will open a new full-service shop in downtown Richmond this summer. It will be inside the Richmond...


June 21, 2009

Work ethic helped dad clean up

Manuel Loupassi owned and ran the popular Robin Inn restaurant in Richmond’s Fan District for 32 years. And after the restaurant closed each night,...

Pastor mixes playing with praying

CELEBRATING FATHERHOOD From his perch just beyond the top row of the Siegel Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, Michael J. Jones could keep one...

Family ties keep auto shop running

Jonathan Axselle puts in too many hours at work with his father to hang out with his friends very much. “I’ve always enjoyed working,“...

Tutoring leads to strong bond

As far as Al Lacy knew, he had no skills in dealing with children because he’d never had any, so he wasn’t keen on the idea of tutoring at...

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