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Voters in the District of Columbia are going to the polls to elect a mayor and other offices. Polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will close at 8 p.m. The outcome of the election has been expected for more than a month. D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray beat incumbent Mayor Adrian Fenty in September’s […]
Yesterday, over 200 people gathered around the shuttered DC9 at a vigil for Ali Ahmed Mohammed, who died last Friday after being allegedly beaten by five club employees. And while the vigil’s first speaker pledged that the event would serve to remember Mohammed and not revisit the murky details of what happened the morning of […]
Today is a sad day for the Jericho City of Praise church. Their Senior Pastor, Betty Peebles has passed away. Peebles along with her husband, Bishop James R. Peebles Sr. who passed away 14 years ago, founded the Jericho City of Praise in 1969. Apostle Betty Peebles is known as a loving and caring woman, […]
Radio One is celebrating its 30 Years in existence with 30 Days of Giving Back in the month of October. This Wednesday we will “Clean Out Our Closets” for our youth and donate our unneeded new and gently used items to the The Covenant House. Please clean out your closets and donate the following items: · Winter Clothes […]
A near capacity crowd enjoyed arguably the best inspiration concert of the year at the 3rd annual Spirit of Praise at Reid Temple AME Church in Glenn Dale, Maryland. A foot stomping, hand clapping, jump up and down time was had by one and all who witnessed the Heavenly Sons; VaShawn Mitchell; Ernest Pugh; Brian […]
President Obama showed up to Bowie State University in Maryland to speak at a re-election rally for the state’s Democratic governor Martin O’Mally. Although he spoke at Bowie State as a candiate Obama presence was the first time a sitting president ever spoke at the Maryland HBCU. The president, the governor and Maryland’s Democratic congressional […]
In a new listing published by AOL, Washington, D.C.’s L St. SE was listed as one of the top 10 most dangerous neighborhoods in the country, ranking 9th. The neighborhood sits on a top-25 list that is topped by Chicago’s W. Lake St, in which a person’s chances of becoming a victim is 1 in […]
DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee a featured player in the new documentary “Waiting for Superman” discusses the movie, charter schools, school vouchers and are D.C. public schools good enough for high profile politicians’ children. Should school vouchers be made available if a student is not selected to attend a charter school? WATCH: Michelle Rhee Discusses “Waiting […]
A drive-by shooting occurred today at noon on 13th Street NW & U Street NW in D.C. during a funeral for a 21-year-old girl that was killed the previous week. Police report that three people were shot, one man is dead and another is in critical condition. Police are searching for multiple suspects. Read More Here