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March 17, 2023
Attorneys for the family of Irvo Otieno, who died in police custody say video of the incident shows seven sheriff’s…
March 16, 2023
Seven Virginia sheriff's office employees have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 28-year-old man…
January 24, 2023
Attorneys representing a U.S. Army lieutenant who was pepper-sprayed, struck and handcuffed during a traffic stop have filed a motion…
December 21, 2022
The former Confederate capital has secured an $11 million grant to build an interpretive center honoring the memory of enslaved…
December 13, 2022
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin set a special election for Feb. 21 to fill the 4th Congressional District seat of the…
December 12, 2022
Work to relocate Richmond’s final city-owned Confederate monument should start this week after a judge refused a request to delay…
Confederate statue thegrio.com
February 7, 2022
City officials in Virginia have tasked the leaders of their local Black History Museum & Cultural Center with deciding the…
January 23, 2022
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney said he will follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and isolate for…
December 30, 2021
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia has agreed to house a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee…
Marcus Thompson thegrio.com
August 17, 2021
Friends and family rally together to search for a Virginia man, Marcus Thompson, who was reported missing by his mother…
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April 29, 2021
A senseless shooting in Richmond, Virginia led to the tragic deaths of a new mother and her infant daughter.
April 27, 2021
Laquetta Good told DailyMail.com she and her children have been harassed for months. "I feel like a prisoner in my…
February 18, 2021
The remains of missing teenager Alexis Tiara Murphy have been recovered after a search initiated in 2013. Read More: 2
October 29, 2020
Jerry Falwell Jr. has sued Liberty University, alleging the evangelical school damaged his reputation in a series of public statements.
October 25, 2020
An accomplished Black businessman, Devon Henry took on a job the Virginia city says others were unwilling to do.
George Floyd Hologram Displayed In Richmond, Virginia
July 31, 2020
A woman got into a shouting match with a demonstrator at Richmond's Robert E. Lee statue the day of a…
July 12, 2020
After someone painted “White Lives Matter” on the statue, city officials considered a request from Arthur Ashe’s family to remove…
Arthur Ashe Monument theGrio.com
June 18, 2020
The statue of tennis legend, Arthur Ashe was vandalized this week with the words, “white lives matter,” and the letters,
Virginia Gun_Rights Rally_thegrio
January 20, 2020
Democratic governor Ralph Northam declared a temporary state of emergency that would ban open and concealed carry on state capital…
January 27, 2016
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court is grappling with the constitutionality of prayers at local council meetings for