Creighton archive
July 30, 2008
football coaches wanted
Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is looking for volunteers to coach the 2008 Football Season at Creighton Court Community Center. Coaching positions are open for Peewees, Midgets and Juniors football teams. The fall football season will run Aug.4-Nov.30. Contact Deborah Day at (804)646-4511 for more info.
December 31, 2007
2007 East End homicides
According to the RPD’s Crime Incident Information site, there were 16 homicides in the 1st Precinct in 2007. This is down from 30 homicides in 2006 and 32 homicides in 2005.
August 26, 2007
drive-by in Creighton
Around 3:30PM yesterday, two men that were not residents of the Creighton complex were shot to death in a drive-by shooting in the 2000 block of Creighton Road. [via]
April 24, 2007
Vacant Richmond and vacant next door
The folks at Pharrout and neighborhood resident Daniel (aka Farrell IT), building on an idea by Jon at River City Rapids, have put together Vacant Richmond, a new way to find out about and comment on the vacant housing around the neighborhood and the city.
December 6, 2006
average annual incomes in housing authority projects
“Average annual incomes in housing authority projects such as Gilpin, Whitcomb and Creighton courts are between $8,000 and $10,000, according to the latest RRHA statistics. In the comparably affluent Mosby Court, average incomes are above $11,000.” [via]
July 28, 2006
toddler dies in apartment fire
A 21-month-old toddler, Kamau Oliver II, died yesterday morning in an apartment fire (apparently started by his 4 and 6 year-old brothers playing with a cigarette lighter) in the 2000 block of Creighton Road. [via]
April 26, 2006
local arrest in Spotsylvania County abduction
Jerrod L. Shepperson was arrested yesterday in the 3100 block of Nine Mile Road in the Creighton Court public housing complex, charged with robbery, abduction and possession of heroin. [via]
April 6, 2006
official Sector 113 and neighborhood YTD crime stats
Following last week’s Sector 111 stats, here are year-to-date crime stats Sector 113 and the individual neighborhoods — and they are looking good…
November 18, 2005
City Edition on public housing
The November 14 edition of the print-only City Edition has a long article by Paul Spicer on the current discussion on the future of public housing in Richmond.
October 24, 2005
flowers planted and partnership announced at Creighton
Mums, pansies, juniper and rose bushes were planted at Creighton Court on Saturday. The flowers represent a new partnership between Creighton Court residents, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, and Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital.
October 12, 2005
wrapping’em up
Calvin Morgan yesterday pled guilty to the murder of Billy Graham back in May. Also yesterday, Brian O. Smith, a resident of the 2200 block of Fairmount Avenue and one of two defendants in the Jan. 23 shooting death of a man in Creighton Court, was convicted of second-degree murder.
July 2, 2005
popular transvestite is Richmond’s 52nd homicide of the year
April Marie Walker, a 45-year-old transvestite who lived in the 2000 block North 29th Street, was found shot this morning in the doorway of his apartment in the Creighton Court public housing.
