Category: Washington D.C. News

The H Street Community Development Corporation (HSCDC) and the Edmondson and Gallagher Property Services (E&G Group) will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony to publicly open the Barrow Milestone Residential, 2321 4th Street NE, in Ward 5, on June 8 at 11 a.m. HSCDC and the E&G Group are District-area entities that are focused oneconomic development in […]

Students in the District of Columbia are required to complete 100 hours of community service before graduating high school. Most high school seniors meticulously keep track of their hours until they reach their goal, but for Robert Morina, a senior at Washington, D.C.’s Eastern High School, giving back to his community is second nature. Morina’s […]

27-year-old Capital Community News reporter, Charnice Milton. (Courtesy Photo) The family of a local reporter who was killed in Southeast Washington, D.C. a year earlier gathered May 27 to honor the anniversary of the woman’s death, and to urge witnesses to come forward in both her case and in the city’s other unsolved homicides. According […]

In an effort to prepare for what is expected to be the most active Atlantic hurricane season since 2012, Washington, D.C. area utility Pepco unveiled a state-of-the-art vehicle that will monitor storm developments and pinpoint areas where disaster assistance may be needed. On May 25, Pepco officials introduced the mobile command unit at its office in […]

According to Virginia Ali, co-founder of Ben’s Chili Bowl, early metro closures will have an impact on her customers and employees. The District of Columbia’s night life will likely suffer a loss of business as the Metrorail system reverts to shutting down at midnight each day for almost a year starting on June 3. On […]

A security guard was arrested and charged with assault after refusing to let a transgender woman use the restroom inside of a Northeast grocery store on May 18, according to D.C. police reports. Officials are charging Francine Bernice Jones, 45, with simple assault, a misdemeanor, after police said she pushed a transgender woman, Ebony Belcher, 32, […]

LaRuby May is the D.C. councilmember for Ward 8. Washington D.C. residents who have criminal records and reside in Ward 8 had the opportunity to clean the slate at an Expungement and Record Sealing Fair May 17 at the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center in Southeast. Initiated by Councilmember LaRuby May (D-Ward 8), the event attracted 500 […]

John Prentice Hicks was charged in the April 12 assault of a woman on the D.C. metro system. Authorities say they’ve filed charges against a man accused of assaulting and trying to rape a woman in April on a Metro train outside the nation’s capital. Thirty-nine-year-old John Prentice Hicks of Washington, D.C., has been charged […]

Johnny Barnes, former executive director of D.C.’s ACLU, says that the way to solve the problem is to open a public all-girls school as well. (Photo Courtesy of livingwiththelaw.com) While District of Columbia school officials prepare for the opening of the public all-male high school this fall, the District’s chapter American Civil Liberties Union chapter is considering legal action to challenge […]

Hillary Clinton, candidate for the Presidential Democratic nomination, opened two campaign offices in D.C. (Courtesy Photo) The presidential campaign for former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently kicked off in the District and from all indications, a full-throttle effort to win the June 14, 2016 Democratic Party primary is taking place despite the small number […]

The Brave New Films company is showing the “Making A Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA” film at the Anacostia Neighborhood Library, 1800 Good Hope Road S.E., on May 26 from 5:30 p. m. – 8:30 p. m. The film details the arms industry and how the manufacturing of firearms contributes to nation-wide violence. The […]

Union Arts D.C. is hosting a “Rhythm Machines” musical showcase on May 27 featuring local artists in an effort to fuse genres of multiple musical influences. The event will feature artists such as Jenna Camille, Discipline 99, Nick tha 1da and more who will blend together influences from R&B, Rock, Hip-Hop, and Jazz. Union Arts […]