Category: Washington D.C. News

A Northeast D.C. resident was arrested June 24 for assaulting a woman aboard a Metro train, according to the Metro Transit Police. He turned himself in after authorities issued a warrant for his arrest on June 22. On May 24, Lawrence Nathaniel Harris, 25, was aboard a Largo, Maryland-bound Blue Line train when he allegedly […]

Elevated levels of lead and excessive lead contamination were recently detected in water fountains at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Downtown D.C. and six other neighborhood libraries according to a report released June 22. Fountains at Lamond-Riggs and Southwest sites, as well as sinks at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library, exceeded the Environmental […]

Tierra Jolly represents Ward 8 on the D.C. State Board of Education. (AFRO File Photo) A group of elected leaders and community activists received a briefing on the District’s school modernization process. The Ward 8 Education Council, an organization of ward residents and leaders led by Iris Jacobs, held a meeting on June 27 at the […]

Signs along the Sixth Street between M and O, allow churchgoers to park at an angle to increase the number of available parking spaces. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) The handful of Black churches in the Shaw neighborhood surrounding the Convention Center have a combined history in the District of nearly 500 years. Long considered […]

Key findings in a new study, released June 28, conclude District of Columbia residents who live in Ward 8 feel the least safe of any in the city, are more likely to have observed or experienced a violent crime, and are least likely to trust police than those who live in other wards. The Community […]

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser The D.C. Democratic State Committee, the official organ of the Democratic Party for the District, held a party unity breakfast for the winners and competitors in the June 14 primary. The June 23 event was held at the Busboys & Poets in downtown. Forty people attended the event, including D.C. Mayor […]

The John F. Kennedy Center, 2700 F Street NW, is scheduled to feature acts, in collaboration with the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival “Basque: Innovation by Culture” and “Sounds of California” from July 1–3 on the Millennium Stage. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit kennedy-center.org or call 202-467-4600.

Walter Fauntroy is a former congressional delegate for D.C. who has been wanted since 2015 for fraud charges. (Customs and Border Patrol via AP) (Update-6/28/2016) Civil rights icon and former D.C. Del. Walter E. Fauntroy returned to the U.S. June 27 after a 4-year self-imposed exile in Dubai. He was promptly arrested upon landing at Dulles […]

The shooter struck four people with gunfire in front of Big Ben Liquor Store, located on the corner of North Capitol Street and New York Avenue in Northwest D.C. Kevin Antonio Cole, 26, of Southeast, has been charged with assault with intent to kill after being arrested on June 15 as the suspected getaway driver […]

Miss USA 2016 Deshauna Barber appears on the “Fox & friends” television program in New York, Wednesday, June 8, 2016. The newly crowned Miss USA is a 26-year-old Army officer from the District of Columbia. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Deshuana Barber, the recently crowned Miss USA,  not only exemplifies patriotism through her service in the Army […]

Trayon White is the presumptive Ward 8 D.C. Council member. (Courtesy Photo) Trayon White, the Democratic Party nominee for the Ward 8 D.C. Council seat, spoke at the “Ward 8 Democrats Unity Luncheon” on June 18 at the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center on the campus of St. Elizabeth East, and told the audience of 55 that he is […]

Shirley McCall recently retired as director of Cardozo’s TransSTEM Academy. (Photo by Andrea “Aunni” Young) The TransSTEM Academy, the District’s leading secondary school focusing on the study of transportation, held its 25th anniversary with leaders in the field discussing the school’s future. The Academy, on the Francis L. Cardozo Education campus in Northwest D.C., held […]