The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were forced to flee, but soon found themselves cut off ...

Norvel Lee was first introduced to the public and rose to prominence after he won the light heavyweight gold medal for boxing ...

Tennis star Arthur Ashe achieved many firsts as a Black athlete. In the months leading up to his death, he thrust AIDS ...

Unions are discouraging nurses from accepting the offer, and leaders say an exodus would directly and immediately affect the care of its 9.1 million enrolled veterans.

In a Facebook post Wednesday morning, Reggie Wanzer described Freedom-Woodbridge High School's Vernon Lee as the "heart of ...

Literacy InterActives, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Southside Virginia, is thrilled to announce the return of its Black History Month series for our community readers. The 2025 Black ...

Sherando swimmer Toby Winston and girls' soccer goalkeeper Rhys Neff signed to compete at the NCAA Division III college level in a ceremony at Sherando High School on Wednesday.

Jisaiah Bryant 25, Smith 8, Deyo 4, Damon 4, Jackson 4, Chestnut 4, Davis 4, Zingelmann 3, Griffin 2. Totals 23 8-16 58.

Ten carloads of coal are on the way for the light plant, but Rochester coal users are keeping one eye on dwindling coal stocks and the other on the thermometer. Mayor McQuillan said, “no one is going ...

Smithfield Foods' CEO says he hopes that everything the company has done to make working in its plants more attractive ever ...

Office of the Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney holds press conference discussing their findings in the officer involved shooting of Santonio Lee ...

The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and ...