The Light wishes to express our deepest heart felt sympathies, to a gospel legend Bishop Walter Hawkins in the wake of learning the devastating news of his untimely passing today. Hawkins died today after battling with cancer for some time. We wish to extend our sincerest regrets, prayers, and support to Edwin Hawkins, Lynette Hawkins-Stephens, […]
VIA CNN: President Obama took a key step in cementing his judicial legacy Monday, nominating Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. If confirmed, the 50-year-old Kagan will become the 112th Supreme Court justice. She would be the third woman on the nine-member bench and the fourth […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Howard University has submitted a $1.1 billion plan to move its hospital and health sciences operation to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus after the facility closes next year and the District assumes control of its more than 62 acres from the federal government. University officials say the ambitious proposal […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The District, Maryland and Virginia are nearly doubling their funding of a safety oversight group that monitors Metro, plus bolstering and reorganizing its staffing, after a federal audit found major weaknesses in the organization. The little-known Tri-State Oversight Committee laid out the plans in a response due Tuesday to a scathing […]
VIA WTOP: In six months, new cell phone rules will be in effect on the roads and everyone driving through Maryland should know them. You can use your hands to turn your cell phone on, to answer and hang up calls and to turn the power off. Outside of those activities you’re not allowed to […]
VIA WTOP: D.C. Police have arrested at least two more adults in connection with last month’s drive-by shooting in Southeast that killed four people and left five others wounded. Police arrested two adults on Thursday afternoon. A third suspect is still being sought. The arrests come as the District Attorney’s General Office dropped all charges […]
Don’t sleep on Christian fraternities! Check out the brothers of University of Maryland, College Park’s Alpha Nu Omega Fraternity, Inc. stepping it up for Jesus right here. Click here to listen to Coastin to the Horizon, a hot Christian music mix from DJ Driftwood.
RED ZONE National Men‘s Conference Sells Out—Live Web Stream Available Tony Dungy, John Harbaugh, Jim Zorn, James (JB) Brown to Headline, April 17 April 12, 2010 (Washington, D.C.) – RED ZONE: “Equipping Men to Cross the Line” has sold out nearly seventeen days before the event. Originally, there were 4,000 tickets available for this national […]
Check out our photos from Donovan McNabb’s press conference with the Washington Washington Football Team. Let’s welcome the newest Redskin to the team.