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On this day in 1865, two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, word finally reached the people of Galveston, Texas that the Civil War was over. All enslaved men, women and children were now free. Though it would take decades of struggle and collective effort before African Americans were granted equal treatment and […]
June 18, 2012 – Beginning on National HIV Testing Day on June 27 and continuing through June 29, 2012, Whitman-Walker Health will provide FREE rapid HIV testing at one Walgreens store in Washington, DC, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily. The rapid HIV test takes approximately 20 to 40 minutes to administer and process. […]
Several Fredericksburg, VA area church leaders have united together to form a new ministry,. The ministry will host its second The U4C (Uniting for Christ) Victory Ministry community youth and young adult revival on Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Mount Olive Baptist Church, 395 Mount Olive Road, Stafford, Virginia. The ministry is currently recruiting […]
Three seniors at Herndon High School are being banned from their graduation ceremony for a prank they thought was funny, but school officials did not. The “Washington Post” reports on June 6th, the seniors slicked the school hallways and stairway landings with baby oil. Six seniors took part in the prank, but not all of […]
A teacher at a Chantilly elementary school is under arrest and facing ten charges of possessing child pornography. Fairfax County Police say 26-year-old Robert Fenn of Herndon was taken into custody at Poplar Tree Elementary, where he has been placed on suspension. WRC-TV reports Fenn was a first-year special education teacher who taught children in […]
Montgomery County police are urging Bethesda and Chevy Chase residents to keep their car doors locked. Police are investigating forty-five thefts from vehicles since June 1st. Captain Paul Starks says the victims left the thieves easy entry by leaving their doors unlocked. Starks says in two cases there were spare keys left inside the vehicles. Those […]
The Prince George’s Hospital Center Foundation 1st Annual Charity Fundraiser will be held Friday June 22nd hosted by Majic’s102.3’s (Cortney Hicks and Holly Morris of FOX5) The gathering will be spectacular!! The information is as follows: WHO: The Prince George’s Hospital Center Foundation 1st Annual Charity Fundraiser. ThePrince George’s Hospital Center Foundation will honor Pastor John K. Jenkins, Sr. of […]