RICHMOND, Va. — The Richmond Free Press announced Thursday it will cease publication after more than 30 years in business.
The free weekly newspaper, which focused primarily on Richmond’s African American community, had a stated mission to “empower its readers by contributing to the balance of news reporting and commentary in the Richmond area; and, simultaneously, to educate its readers about important issues touching their lives and to motivate them to be fully heard on these issues.”
The paper was founded in 1992 by veteran journalist, editor and professor Raymond Boone and his wife, Jean Patterson Boone…