Category: Washington D.C. News

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 […]

Sam Washington, co-founder of the D.C. HBCU Alumni Alliance, will present the fourth annual 5K Run and 2K Walk this weekend at Howard University. One of the largest consortiums of Historically Black College and University Alumni in the United State resides in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Being close to Prince George’s County, the most […]

A D.C. teen, with the stage name Big Ghost, performed a song called “A-1. It takes a community to raise a child, and also to stop youth violence. More than 300 D.C. residents, varying in age, participated in the “Youth and Community Open Mic Night” event June 16 in the Southeast quadrant of the city. […]

15-year-old Lamar Odoms is preparing to box at the National Junior Olympics in June. (Courtesy photo) One D.C. charter high school student can attest that fighting enabled him to achieve his dreams. Lamar Odoms, a freshman at National Preparatory Collegiate High School in Southeast D.C., is in the final stages of preparing for his first […]

(Washington, D.C) – Three residents were rescued by DC firefighters from their burning Southeast apartment building on Wednesday morning, June 22nd. DC Fire and EMS were called to the apartment building at 2952 2nd Street, SE at 7:43 AM for the report of fire with people trapped.  DC FEMS members arrived within four minutes to […]