Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...

Even at that time, as time progressed, they weren’t allowed to be officers. They weren’t allowed in most spaces before 1963, ...

Now, one of the oldest African American congregations in Fauquier County is months away from meticulously restoring their ...

Richmond Fire Department honored the trailblazing firefighters who integrated the department 75 years ago during a ceremony ...

A lifelong Scout and now Scoutmaster of Troop 432 at Good Shepherd Baptist Church, Alan Meekins recently received Scouting ...

The rebuilding of one of the nation's oldest Black churches , whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia, started Thursday with a ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The rebuilding of one of the nation's oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia ...

A Falls Church man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempting a mass shooting at a Haymarket church. Rui Jiang, 36, was convicted by a jury in March 2025.

Ghazala Hashmi has become the first Muslim nominee for statewide office in Virginia’s history, winning the Democratic primary election for lieutenant governor on Tuesday night.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Ghazala Hashmi, the first Muslim to serve in Virginia's Senate, wins Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor.

Saturday, November 24, 1956, the First Baptist Church on Crawford and Walnut was heavily damaged by a fire that started in the attic and was probably caused by faulty wiring. This time, the ...