The Area
Washington, DC – Whitman-Walker Health will observe the annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day on Monday, Oct. 15, with HIV testing at the following locations and times: • Whitman-Walker Health Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St., NW, 9:00 am-5:00 pm (also the Gay Men’s Health & Wellness Clinic, 6:00-8:00 pm) […]
(Potomac Heights, MD) — A fire yesterday morning at a Charles County church is ruled a case of arson. About 80-thousand dollars in damage was reported at the Potomac Heights Baptist Church in Potomac Heights. The Maryland State Fire Marshal says accelerants were poured through a broken window of the sanctuary and then ignited, […]
A few new cases of meningitis are being reported in Virginia and Maryland. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Virginia has three more cases for a total of 27 while Maryland has one additional case for a total of nine. One death from the outbreak, which apparently started with tainted steroid injections, […]
(Prince George’s Co., MD) — Local hero, Olympic gold medalist and world champion boxer Sugar Ray Leonard will join Prince George’s County police and the NAACP this afternoon to announce key initiatives involving anti-bullying, First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” Campaign and literacy promotion. Leonard, who grew up in Palmer Park will unveil […]
Back in May, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)Passed a resolution just a few weeks after President Barack Obama announced his support for marriage equality in an interview with Robin Roberts of ABC’s Good Morning America. And Tuesday will launch a series of radio adverts urging voters to support marriage equality for same-sex couples. It was […]
Searchers in Fairfax County have found a body Monday afternoon in the woods of Thaiss Park. Friends identify him as a teen who had been missing since last Monday. Hundreds of volunteers started searching the woods of Thaiss Park Monday morning looking for clues in the disappearance of 17-year-old Bryan Glenn, a senior student at W.T. Woodson High […]
Join Praise 104.1’s Award Winning News & Community Affairs Director Sheila Stewart, talking one on one with The First Lady of First Baptist Church Glenarden (Trina Jenkins) about her upcoming “Women’s Conference” and what her church is doing to empower the community. It airs this coming Sunday, October 7th at 6a on Majic 102.3
Resurrection Baptist Church will be celebrating their 19 year anniversary service. The special gathering will be held on Oct, 26th-Oct 27th, 2012 The church is located at 900 Ednor Rd. Silver Spring, MD
LARGO, Md.- The National Science Foundation has awarded Prince George’s Community College a $5 million National Advanced Technological Education Center continuation grant for its National CyberWatch – Cybersecurity Education Solutions for the Nation project. Funding over the next four years will promote cybersecurity education at community colleges nationally. “The award is a testament to […]