President Obama will send 1,200 National Guard troops to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, and will request $500 million for border protection and law enforcement, he announced during the week of May 24. According to The Washington Post, the move may be an olive branch offered to Republicans to entice them to let Obama’s immigration reform […]
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Feds: Alleged Jamaican Druglord to Surrender in New York
An alleged drug lord targeted in a Jamaican government raid which kicked off urban warfare in that nation’s capital may be ready to surrender to U.S. officials in New York, the Associated Press reported. Authorities said on May 26 that Christopher Coke may have fled the island nation following the raid and may have begun […]
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Black-White Marriages Drastically Increase Over Last Three Decades
While the trend of interracial marriages between Whites and American-born Asians, and Whites and Hispanics has slowed over the years, Blacks are more likely than before to marry whites, according to new census data. The latest census reveals that the number of interracial marriages in the U.S. has increased by 20 percent since 2000 to […]
Posted inPrince George's County News
Justice Served in 2009 Double Murder
On May 26, a Landover man was convicted for his role in a brutal double murder which took place exactly one year ago. Lawrence Thomas Covington Jr., 35, was convicted of first-degree murder and six other related offenses. This was a retrial of the case. In December, after a two-day deliberation, the deadlocked jury led […]
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Maryland Loses a Business Icon
The services for Raymond V. Haysbert Sr. begin with the family hour, 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 2 at the Empowerment Temple, 4217-4221 Primrose Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215. The memorial service will immediately follow, beginning at noon, at Empowerment Temple. Raymond V. Haysbert Sr., the pioneering community leader and business giant behind Parks Sausage died May […]
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Ex-Detroit Mayor Jailed For Probation Violation
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to up to five years in prison on May 25 for violating terms of his probation, The Associated Press reported. According to officials, Kilpatrick is required to serve at least one-and-a-half years in prison, but will be granted a 120-day credit for the time he served from his […]
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New Shiloh Pastor Talks Faith, Future
When he has a spare minute he reads MacLean magazine. When he needs to hear good preaching he leans toward “country” preachers who have a certain bent toward the basics, what he calls “raw religion.” And every chance he gets he enjoys a hearty laugh from a good joke and he doesn’t think people know […]
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Students Feed Peers Through Culinary Arts
The Baltimore City Public School System reached another milestone in its pledge to provide students healthier food options. Beginning next school year, culinary arts students will prepare dinner for their peers who lack access to a healthy supper at home. The program is the first of its kind in the country. “These kids are making […]
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East Baltimore Biotech Park Remains in Limbo After 10 Years
BALTIMORE – Construction of the biotech park linked to the $1.8 billion redevelopment project north of the Johns Hopkins Hospital has stalled, with leaders of the plan looking for another economic anchor nearly 10 years into the venture. Five high-tech lab buildings are on site maps for East Baltimore Development Inc., the non-profit corporation overseeing […]
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HU Eyes Walter Reed Land
Howard University officials have announced their interest in purchasing 62 acres of prime real estate that will be vacated by the Walter Reed Army Medical Center once it consolidates with the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., in September 2011. The university’s interest has been spawned by the need to expand its own hospital, […]
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Law Signed to Curb Violence at County Nightclubs
On May 21, Gov. Martin O’Malley signed into law a bill that would require all nightclubs in Prince George’s County to provide security plans before being issued any entertainment permits. House Bill 558 was sponsored by Del. Michael Vaughn, D-Dist.24, and Melony Ghee Griffith, D-Dist. 25, to curb the violence which has plagued Prince George’s […]
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Segregate or Integrate, but Educate at all Costs
In Part I: With the Murray appeal still pending, Marshall and Houston were engaged in two very important Maryland battles simultaneously, the equal pay for Colored teachers case that was burgeoning in Anne Arundel County in 1936 and the Baltimore County school desegregation case in 1935. There were about 40 enclaves in Baltimore County with […]