Category: Washington D.C. News

Age is not important. It’s what you do with your time…what a wonderful world,” is the philosophy of Selma P. Dillard, one of three Sage Senior Honorees at the 31st Annual Alice Bowie Coleman Senior Citizens Luncheon, sponsored by the Links Incorporated, Capital City Chapter. The event, which was held April 13 at the St. […]

As of May 1, AmeriHealth District of Columbia will provide Medicaid managed care and services to Medicaid beneficiaries residing in the D.C. area. AmeriHealth Caritas is a majority-owned subsidiary of Independence Blue Cross; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan holds a minority interest. There are 100,000 Medicaid beneficiaries living in the D.C. area that will […]

Police in Maryland said Tuesday that a 27-year-old man accused in the fatal shooting of his stepfather, a District of Columbia police detective, has surrendered to authorities. Prince George’s County police said Tuesday evening that Antwan James surrendered and was being held at police headquarters. He is accused of killing 46-year-old D.C. police Detective Joseph […]

Anita Bonds, a political insider and former aide to Marion Barry who was selected in December to temporarily fill a vacancy on the District of Columbia Council, was victorious in her bid on April 23 to hold onto the seat. Bonds (D-At Large) won out over five other candidates—three Democrats, a Republican and a Statehood […]

Thousands of D.C. residents converged on Pennsylvania Avenue NW April 16 for the city’s Emancipation Day celebration. The event marked the 151st year since President Lincoln freed the enslaved men, women and children living in the District of Columbia. Nine months later, the Emancipation Proclamation became law, freeing the enslaved in most other areas of […]

Some residents of a Northeast Washington community near Spingarn High School are still fighting to stop construction of a facility by District officials to store and maintain trolley cars adjacent to the historic school. The residents said their letters and phone calls to Mayor Vincent Gray, asking him to intercede in what they consider a […]

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), brought his message of racial inclusion and minimal government interference to Howard University April 10, receiving a polite but frosty reception from students who challenged the Republican Party rising star’s view of the history of Black Americans and the Grand Old Party. Paul’s staff referred to the visit as an outreach […]

Community activists and politicians staged an anti-violence demonstration –billed a March for Peace– on April 13 to protest violence and senseless shootings in the city by marching to the Tyler House apartment building, the scene of a drive-by shooting in March that left 13 people wounded. “Thirteen people got shot about five blocks away and […]

On April 23, Washington, D.C., voters will decide between contestants in the special election to fill the council seat that was left vacant when at-large member Phil Mendelson (D) was elected chairman. Leading the pack of six contenders are At-large Councilwoman Anita Bonds, who was elected to temporarily fill the seat by the D.C. Democratic […]