The Area
(Alexandria, VA) — Today’s funeral procession for Alexandria paramedic Joshua Weissman will have a major impact on travel in the area. Stretches of King Street, Braddock Road, Van Dorn Street, Seminary Road and Janney’s Lane will all be impacted as the procession gets underway later this afternoon. The entire Alexandria Fire Department will be out of service […]
A joint panel of the Maryland legislature approved on Valentines’s Day a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, adding to national momentum for gay nuptials following advances in California, New Jersey and Washington state over the last week. Committee approval of Governor Martin O’Malley’s bill on Tuesday moves Maryland closer to becoming the eighth state to legalize […]
Bishop Vashti McKenzie, a Baltimore native and former pastor of Payne Memorial AME Church in Baltimore, Md. has released a mixtape of inspirational messages centered around love. The mixtape is called The Greatest of These is Love. The mixtape contains ten mini-messages to inspire, inform and instruct. The love notes will challenge you to open your […]
(Washington, DC) — Ten of the nation’s 15 wealthiest counties are located in the Washington, DC area. “MainStreet.com” says according to U.S. Census figures, Loudoun County, Virginia is at the top of the list with a median household income of more than 119-thousand-500-dollars. That’s more than 16-thousand-dollars richer than second-place Fairfax County. What’s more remarkable […]
(Elkton, MD) — A 62-year-old Elkton-area woman will serve six months of home detention for illegally giving an abortion pill to a pregnant 16-year-old. Sandra Craine was sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty to reckless endangerment in December. Prosecutors said Craine bought RU-486 pills from an overseas website before giving them to the girl. According to […]
I found out about Whitney Houston’s death from entertainment journalist Jawn Murray. We caught up with him to talk “all things” Whitney Houston. Check out our exclusive interview!
Our very own Make Up Artist to the Stars, Kym Lee shared the set with Whitney Houston for 3 months in Detroit Michigan. Check out this exclusive interview as Kym remebers Whitney Houston!
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Current enrollment in public schools (District of Columbia Public Schools and Public Charter Schools) is up 2% (1,767) from last year, to 76,753, and numbers have been steadily increasing over the past three years, according to audited data by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education. “The new enrollment numbers clearly show that […]
The White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett recently visited Radio One DC Stations in Silver Spring, Maryland. Pictured Left to Right: Jay Stevens, VP Radio Programming; Chris Wegmann, Regional General Manager; Barry Mayo, President; Valerie Jarrett, White House Senior Advisor; Alfred Liggins, CEO; Cathy Hughes, Founder/ Chairwoman; Sheila Stewart, Director of News & Community Affairs Programming.
(Los Angeles, CA) — TMZ is reporting that officials told Whitney Houston’s family that the singer apparently died of a mix of pills and alcohol. Houston was found dead Saturday in a bathtub in her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Citing family sources, TMZ reports they were told there wasn’t enough water in Houston’s […]
(Prince George’s County, MD) — The trial of a 29-year-old man charged with killing a state trooper begins today. Cyril Cornelius Williams is accused of murder in the death of 24-year-old Trooper First Class Wesley Brown of Seat Pleasant. Police say Brown escorted Williams out of a restaurant in 2010 because he was being disorderly, […]
Aspiring singers will have a chance to try out for Season 5 of BET’s Sunday Best when the gospel competition makes its way to Washington, D.C. in March. Successful auditions may open the door to a musical career. Sunday Best Season 2 winner and D.C. area resident Y’Anna Crawley recently won the 2012 Stellar Award […]