Category: Washington D.C. News

107 year old D.C. resident, Virginia McLaurin, danced and did ball tricks with Harlem Globetrotters Moose Weekes and Zeus McClurkin March 15 at Roots Public Charter School in Northwest D.C.

The Metropolitan Police Department is still investigating the homicide of a Maryland resident in the District of Columbia, according to a department spokesperson. Around 3 p.m. on March 1, D.C. police responded to a shooting in the 4200 block of 6th Street S.E., where they found Rudolph Garris, 25, a resident of Suitland, Maryland, suffering […]

The Split This Rock group is hosting D.C. Youth Slam Team Grand Slam Finals at the Arena Stage Mead Theater, 1101 6th Street S.W., on March 18. The event is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. The finals will showcase eight finalists who will be competing for a chance to appear in the Brave New […]

(Giordano Ciampini/The Canadian Press via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — The entire Washington, D.C., subway system will shut down for at least 29 hours to inspect electrical components on the tracks, an official briefed on the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday, posing a potentially disastrous commute for hundreds of thousands of workers in the […]

Members of community and police in Crime Walk March 8. (Photo Courtesy/Linda Poulson) WASHINGTON – Two anti-crime walks were conducted recently in Ward 8 neighborhoods that have suffered an infestation of crime, including one homicide, two shootings and a stabbing since Feb 29. “The purpose of the walks is for more community residents to come […]

The Washington, D.C. government began the process of dissembling “Tent City” near the Union Station metro station March 10. The site was a place where several of the city’s homeless took shelter under tents. (Photo by Linda Poulson) The removal of tents, personal belongings and debris began the morning of March 10 as  Washington’s “Tent […]

George M. Hampton is the first Black man to have a Prince William County school named after him. Prince William County Schools recently renamed Godwin Middle School after George M. Hampton. He is the first living Black man to have a school in the county named after him. According to a press release, as of […]

Following the recent rejection of their merger from the Public Service Commission, Exelon Corporation and Pepco Holdings filed an alternative proposal March 7. The two companies said the new plan would prevent the loss of more than $78 million in direct benefits for District ratepayers.   The two companies said they will allow the commission to […]

A drawing of Bright Beginnings second child development center in Southeast D.C. A groundbreaking ceremony for the center is scheduled for March 15. (Courtesy Photo) Bright Beginnings, a nationally accredited center providing childhood education and emotional and physical assistance to destitute families, will open a second development center for homeless children in D.C. in 2017. […]

Vincent Gray is a former District mayor who is seeking re-election to Ward 7 D.C. Council seat. (AFRO File Photo) Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray formally announced his bid for re-election as the Ward 7 D.C. Council member on March 5 at the House of Praise Church in Northeast in front of 200 people. Gray […]

The D.C. streetcar system accepted its first passengers on Feb. 27, but the system is not standing up to previous expectations, according to businesses on H Street. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other city officials promised residents that revamping the city’s streetcar system would spark business. Supporters said it would generate a special buzz around […]

D.C. Council member and Judiciary Chair Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) introduced the NEAR Act. (Courtesy Photo) A crime prevention bill aims to shift the scope of dealing with crime in the city from enforcing harsher punishments to addressing crime as a public health crisis. Supporters of the bill said it is an innovative, data […]