New School Board sworn in amid water crisis
The new board also agreed unanimously to move all of the body’s other business to its next meeting on Jan. 13 in light of the water emergency.
Sarah Vogelsong
‘People, pipes and pumps’: How Richmond is getting its water system back online
City officials appeared optimistic Wednesday that the system could see water pressure restored by later in the afternoon.
Richmond Public Schools will remain closed for the rest of the week
The district cited the need to check buildings once water service returns.
Water distribution begins across Richmond, more will arrive for 3 p.m. pickup window
Roughly 20,000 gallons of bottled water were supplied by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.
Unsuccessful 8th District School Board candidate sues winner for defamation over October Facebook post
Sherman is asking for $2 million in damages as well as court costs, saying Jafari’s allegations harmed both his business and personal reputation, and caused “great humiliation, shame, vilification, exposure to public infamy, scandal, and disgrace.”
The century-old trend Richmond once went crazy for: open rooftop classrooms
For several decades in the first half of the 20th century, hundreds of students who shuffled through Richmond Public Schools took their lessons, their lunches and even their daily naps on the roofs of the city’s schools — rain or shine, heat or freeze.
Problems multiply for South Richmond affordable housing development amid lawsuits, withdrawn city support
“I just wish they’d pay all the vendors and subcontractors they owe and we can all move on. I ain’t bashing anybody. I just want to get paid.”
