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VMI's Prince enjoying breakout campaign as nation's leader in stolen bases

1 day ago | richmond.com | Damien Sordelett

LEXINGTON — Owen Prince’s primary focus this season is finding ways to get on base. The VMI center fielder prefers getting base hits, but he’s grown to appreciate drawing walks and occasionally getting hit by a pitch to give him an opportunity to create chaos on the basepaths. The approach has allowed Prince, in his first season as the Keydets’ leadoff hitter, to become one of the nation’s best base stealers.
Hanover approves redistricting that moves about 1,200 students to new schools

1 day ago | richmond.com | Sean Jones

Hanover’s school board has finally agreed on a redistricting plan to ease the stress on bulging class sizes in some areas of the county. The plan will ultimately shift more than 1,200 kids between elementary, middle and high schools in the county. About 237 students will move out of Cool Spring Elementary School, which is at 110% capacity. Parents at the school spoke out last year when they found that space was at such a premium, auxiliary rooms had to be converted into class space.
Financing high school football programs is a challenge. How do RVA's coaches make it work?

1 day ago | richmond.com | Zach Joachim

Coaching high school football is an intensive labor of love, a demanding job that requires hours, days and months of commitment that far outweigh its financial payout. How much do the Richmond region's high school football coaches make? How do they fundraise for their programs? What do equipment and travel costs look like? Are financial constraints pushing coaches out of the profession? How has the landscape changed in recent years?
Richmond City Council approves redevelopment of Westhampton bakery building

1 day ago | richmond.com | Eric Kolenich

Richmond’s City Council has approved a permit to redevelop the building that houses the Westhampton Pastry Shop at the intersection of Patterson and Libbie avenues in the city’s West End. The bakery opened in the one-story building at 5728 Patterson Ave. in 1952. Now, the landlord plans to replace it with a four-story building with commercial space on the ground floor and offices above. It’s unclear what will happen to the Westhampton Pastry Shop.
VCU's Siegel Center will host concerts to raise revenue for NIL

2 days ago | richmond.com | Eric Kolenich

Virginia Commonwealth University will start renting out the Siegel Center for concerts and events in an effort to generate revenue for athletes. VCU has partnered with a California-based event management company, ASM Global to manage the facility. The university expects to spend $5 million compensating its athletes beginning next year. For the first time, colleges will be able to directly and legally pay their players, pending final approval of a lawsuit against the NCAA.
Finance department at Birth Injury Fund gutted by departures

3 days ago | richmond.com | Luca Powell

A total of five employees have resigned from the Virginia Birth Injury Fund in the past month — an exodus that has gutted the small agency’s finance team as it tries to rebuild after an insider embezzled millions of dollars meant for the families of disabled children. The latest resignation is that of Kan Cheung, who was hired earlier this year to work as the fund’s director of finance and investments.
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3 days ago | richmond.com | Caleb Tallman

Tatum has struggled with efficiency this series, shooting just 32.3% through three games against New York. While he’s still contributing in other areas, the Knicks have done a great job crowding him on drives and forcing tough jumpers. He hasn’t topped 27 points once this series and is averaging under 20 PPG in the matchup. Until his shooting rhythm returns, it’s tough to project a breakout scoring night. With the defense dialed in, the safer play here is LOWER.
New zone in Henrico would limit data centers to Technology Boulevard

3 days ago | richmond.com | Sean Jones

Henrico has been somewhat of a giant when it comes to data center growth in the Richmond area. However, the county is considering a move to stem that growth, and limit data centers to an area in and around the White Oak Technology park in eastern Henrico. Varina Supervisor Tyrone Nelson said he’s happy to limit data center growth, when asked about the special focus area. His district contains the White Oak Technology Park. “Once White Oak is filled up, personally, I’m good.
Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine and Gaza in symbolically rich blessing on Mother's Day

4 days ago | richmond.com | Nicole Winfield |Giovanna Dell'Orto

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message of unity in a polarized Catholic Church. “I, too, address the world's great powers by repeating the ever-present call ‘never again war,’” Leo said from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to an estimated 100,000 people below.
Patient, caregiver form bond at Moss Free Clinic

4 days ago | richmond.com | Cathy Dyson

At first glance, it might seem like Erica Hernandez–Ramirez and Vicki Walker are on different sides of health care — as one gives help and the other receives it — but the two have bonded through mutual experiences. They come from different backgrounds and generations, but both became mothers at a young age. Walker, 61, also is a grandmother whose face lights up when she talks about her sons and grandchildren who willingly do “anything in the world” for her. The two women met in 2023 at the Lloyd F.