Coming home after 25 years, sometimes I feel more akin to the newcomer than the native. A drive to downtown Richmond reveals a city much changed. My family...

Help is on the way for James River Park, one of Richmond’s most popular and heavily used recreational attractions. The City Council has given the...

World-language enrollment at Chesterfield County middle schools is expected to drop about 25 percent in the fall, in part because of fewer courses being...

Richmond police respond to burglary, robberies When Richmond police responded to a burglary call Saturday at 9:39 p.m., people fled the back of a house...

Every Tuesday and Thursday, a rough but orderly line forms in a parking lot on Auburn Avenue, three doors from the birthplace of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther...

Over the past two weeks, Times-Dispatch newsroom staff members asked people in the Richmond region, “What does freedom mean to you?“ We’ll...

Former Miami businessman Edward Hugh Okun is facing 400 years in prison when his two-day sentencing hearing starts Aug. 4. Okun, 58, was convicted in March...

Former Miami businessman Edward Hugh Okun is facing 400 years in prison when his two-day sentencing hearing starts Aug. 4. Okun, 58, was convicted in March...

The Virginia Citizens Defense League is used to fighting for the right to carry guns. But now it’s having to defend the right to wear stickers about...

SILVER SPRING, Md. An important part of Bonnie Schloss’ life centers on sailing a modest, 30-foot boat she keeps in Annapolis. The semiretired video...

Business is picking up at Rocketts Landing, with the addition of a popular Shockoe Bottom restaurant and a developer opening new offices in the mixed-use...

Dr. Philip Beverley Peters was an oral surgeon, teacher and leader in oral and maxillofacial surgery in the Richmond area. The Spotsylvania native was...

Richmond police were searching yesterday for a 22-year-old man in Thursday afternoon’s beating and robbery of a 76-year-old woman in the parking...

Miami businessman Edward Hugh Okun is facing 400 years in prison when his two-day sentencing hearing starts on Aug. 4. Okun, 58, was convicted in March...

Marriage made in fraud: Watch scenes from the lavish wedding of Edward Hugh Okun and Simone Bolani, financed by a $126 million scam. Read the story of...

Two Richmond police officers were patrolling Jefferson Davis Highway on foot late Wednesday night when a resident alerted them to a suspicious car in the...

State government wants more parking in downtown Richmond. The new performing-arts center wants a little less in one place and a little more, for the right...

Ashland Farmers Market, 101 Thompson St., Ashland, 798-9219. 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays through November.   Byrd House Market, behind William Byrd Community...

Melissa Chase, afternoon DJ at Top 40 WRVQ (94.5-FM) said her phones have been ringing nonstop with listeners wanting to hear Jackson’s music. “Teens...

The state Board of Education this morning unanimously voted to keep the third grade history and social science SOL test. Several speakers urged the board...