Charles Fishburne is a correspondent for WCVE Public Radio. He brings over 40 years experience as a broadcast journalist and news executive in Richmond, Washington D.C. and New York. Charles was also a long-time television news anchor and news director in Richmond.
The State Council of Higher Education says the state would need about 164 million dollars in non-general fund revenue over the 2012-14 biennium, and recommends tuition increases to raise the money. Charles Fishburne reports.
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has just received one of the nation’s highest honors for libraries and museums for making a difference for individuals, families and communities.
Charles Fishburne reports.
Richmond Police say the old prescription drugs in your medicine cabinet could be a danger to kids and a temptation for criminals, and are offering a way to get rid of them safely. Charles Fishburne reports.
Demolition begins later this morning at the old Cloverleaf Mall, to make way for a new mixed-use development. And as Charles Fishburne reports, even though its time has come and gone, many people have fond memories of Cloverleaf Mall.
A Chesterfield County man has been identified as the suspect shot by a Richmond police officer last week. Charles Fishburne reports.
As we reported earlier this week, VDOT is about to embark on replacing 11 aging bridges on Interstate 95 through Richmond, and motorists will begin to feel the effects beginning tonight.
After a three-year effort, Senator Jim Webb’s landmark criminal justice reform legislation has been defeated in the US Senate. Charles Fishburne reports.
Richmond Sheriff C.T. Woody has fired one employee and suspended another after the accidental release of a prisoner last month. Charles Fishburne reports.
President Obama urged Congress to spend billions of dollars to help firefighters facing layoffs on his final stop of a three-day bus tour of rural North Carolina and Virginia. Charles Fishburne reports.
An expert in business ethics says Americans have lost faith in corporate America because of the damage it has done to the economy and our way of life, and that an understanding of behavioral science is necessary to reverse the trend. Charles Fishburne has more in this WCVE Science Matters Report.