Category: Washington D.C. News

Metropolitan AME Church, the oldest Black-owned property in the District of Columbia, needs your help. The historic church, located on M Street NW, between 15th and 16th Streets, is competing with 23 other sites in the Washington, D.C area to win a preservation grant. The grant funds are needed to restore the church’s famed stained-glass […]

Anyone in the middle of a boring Friday night on the couch and in desperate need for a treat from Georgetown Cupcake might not feel like pulling themselves away from their favorite movie. To meet that need, Washington, D.C.-based “millennials” Adrienne Sheares and Ron Cade are exploring the district’s booming tech scene with the launch […]

A former Washington nightclub owner charged with operating a cocaine distribution ring who got a new trial following a Supreme Court verdict pleaded guilty May 1 and will spend 15 years in prison. Prosecutors say Antoine Jones accepted a plea deal in federal court in Washington, and a judge approved the 15-year sentence. Jones, who […]

Washington Mayor Vincent Gray says district officials are considering naming part of a new Sixth District headquarters after slain police officer Joseph Newell. Gray made the comments at funeral services for Newell on April 27 in Landover. Newell’s stepson, 27-year-old Antwan James is accused of killing the 46-year-old D.C. police detective April 22 night following […]

Johnnie Sweet, 19, of the District, may spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty on April 30 in the first-degree felony murder of Latisha Frazier. The D.C. girl was 18 when she was kidnapped and murdered in August 2010. Sweet was charged with first-degree premeditated murder with aggravating […]

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 […]

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 […]