Veteran educator at Fox named Richmond's Teacher of the Year
Christie Rasberry, an exceptional education teacher at William Fox Elementary School, has been chosen as Richmond’s top teacher. Rasberry, who has been teaching for 34 years, was named Richmond Public...
View ArticleRichmond Police seek suspects in attempted bank robbery
Richmond police are looking for two men they say attempted to enter a bank in Richmond this afternoon and rob it. Police released photos from surveillance video showing two men trying to enter the...
View ArticleRichmond officer shot in January among 25 recognized during Valor Awards
After Richmond police officer William Turner returned fire on a gunman who struck him in his stomach, he ducked behind a parked car across the street. Then he prayed. Subscription Required An online...
View ArticleMan found dead on Canal Street in Richmond
Richmond Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found early Sunday in the 100 block of East Canal Street. Police spokeswoman Susan Rowland said officers were called to the scene...
View ArticleDinwiddie Christmas Parents: Delores and Thomas Hooker
The selection of a Dinwiddie Christmas Mother has been an annual tradition but, every so often, the Christmas Sharing Foundation names a couple to be the county’s Christmas Parents. After many years of...
View ArticleRichmond Police Memorial's proposed site at Carillon faces opposition
A wreath-laying ceremony set for Tuesday at the Richmond Police Memorial comes amid disagreements about whether the statue should...
View ArticleTheater review: 'Christmas on the Rocks'
However you view the holiday season already pressing in with price cuts, twinkly lights and radio stations playing...
View ArticleHOUSE 68th district, Richmond Loupassi faces Grogan, Dickinson in 68th
Del. G. Manoli Loupassi, R-Richmond, faces competition in the 68th District on Tuesday from an independent turned Democrat making his fourth try for the office and from a strip-club owner running as an...
View ArticleRICHMOND ASSET Editorial: Central Virginia enhances quality of life
Metro Richmond boasts an enviable quality of life. It enjoys a temperate climate with beautiful falls and springs. Although motorists encounter occasional choke points, traffic...
View ArticleRichmond mayor endorses 10th District's Gecker in Richmond robocall
Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones endorsed Democratic state Senate candidate Daniel A. Gecker on Saturday in a robocall to about 15,000 homes in the city of Richmond, according to the Gecker campaign....
View ArticleVoting slowed by poll book glitch in Richmond
Voting got off to a slow start in Richmond early today because of a new process for checking in qualified voters electronically. Election officers were able to verify eligible voters but needed to...
View ArticleNew Kent Christmas program leaders: Krista Eutsey and Jill Cruz
The organizations that function as Christmas Mother in New Kent County do not actually dub a mother. Instead, members of Shore to Shore LaSertoma and Bottom of the Bridge LaSertoma act as the face of...
View ArticleCorrespondent of the Day: Richmond middle school impresses mom
Richmond middle school impresses mom Editor, Times-Dispatch: Subscription Required An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety. You need an online service to view this article in...
View ArticleHenrico Christmas Mother: Beverly Cocke
The Henrico Christmas Mother program has been a part of Beverly Cocke’s life since she was a girl, bringing canned goods to her elementary school classroom. And now Cocke not only is serving as a...
View ArticleChesterfield Christmas Mother: Sarah Tatum
At her retirement party 20 years ago, banking manager Sarah Tatum joked that one day, she’d be Christmas Mother. “The chairman of the bank came up to me and asked what I was going to do. Then it just...
View ArticleRichmond's Public Baths
Richmond was among the first municipalities in the nation to provide public bath houses for residents. These...
View ArticleSilk and wool overdress wins Christmas Mother fashion
Richmond’s Christmas Mother is going to the tree lighting at the Jefferson Hotel Nov. 30 in a custom-made ensemble, and the holiday program she oversees is nearly $3,700 richer for it. Katherine...
View ArticleChristmas Mothers find a connection in Powhatan
Being the Christmas Mother in Powhatan County is different from being the Christmas Mother in Richmond or the Christmas couple in Dinwiddie County, so when a group of the Christmas leaders got together...
View ArticleGoochland Christmas Mother: Dianna Gordon
Her mother’s love for Christmas, her family’s involvement with schools and her own sister’s tenure as Christmas Mother all played into Dianna Gordon’s decision to lead this year’s Goochland Christmas...
View ArticleHanover Christmas Mother: Kay Beazley
Averse to the spotlight, Kay Beazley much prefers working in the background where she can toil anonymously. That makes her planned appearances as Hanover Christmas Mother — which include two parades,...
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