Category: Washington D.C. News

Deer Park Water, a popular bottled-water brand, launched a new campaign to promote plastic bottle recycling in this region. Following its Baltimore debut, the brand’s traveling exhibition, housed in a tractor trailer, visited various District locations, beginning with Georgetown and then local Safeway outlets, including the 6500 Piney Branch Road. The trailer was designed with […]

This past summer, a group of D.C. students became historians, anthropologists, researchers and archeologists as they attempted to uncover a forgotten facet of their city. The middle- and high school students, accompanied by scholars, set out to learn about the lives of the African Americans buried in the pre-civil war era in the woods of […]

Councilman Michael A. Brown (I–At Large), other DC leaders and activist groups kicked off a new website to promote DC Statehood efforts. Residents hope the new website, www.statehooddc.com will take the District’s statehood campaign global using today’s technology and social mediums. US Shadow Representative Michael Panetta (D-DC) agreed the new outreach campaign can dispel negative […]

The last few weeks have seen a spike in homicides and violent crimes across D.C. and neighboring suburbs, particularly in Prince George’s County. Since Oct. 21, there have been more than 12 homicides and many assaults and robberies around the District. On Halloween night there were six separate shootings in the District alone, one of […]

A well-known community activist in the District publicly changed his political party recently sending a message to the local leaders that young Democrats are tired of the status quo. The outspoken activist, Ron Moten, 41, publicly announced his decision to switch from Democrat to Republican, which may impact next year’s council race. Moten called himself […]

On a recent summer day, U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-4) had the unique opportunity to soar with the Falcons of the 113th Wing, District of Columbia Air National Guard (DCANG). “It was the ride of a lifetime,” she said as she suited up and boarded the aircraft for an F-16 orientation flight at Joint Base […]

A recent Supreme Court ruling may soon send home thousands of federal inmates convicted on crack cocaine charges. In 2007, it was reported in the AFRO that nationwide 19,500 federal crack offenders were eligible for reduced sentences. From that group only 269 federal inmates from the District would be eligible over the next 30 years. […]

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A woman who killed her co-worker in an upscale suburban Washington yoga clothing shop was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday and faces the prospect of life in prison. The Montgomery County jury deliberated for a little more than an hour before returning the verdict against 29-year-old Brittany Norwood, who showed no […]

Complaints from residents, a senator and AAA led to the D.C. Council vote to end arrests for drivers who failed to register their tags. The former law allowed officers to jail D.C. and out-of-state drivers with tags more than 30 days old. Upon the request of Mayor Vincent Gray (D), the D.C. Council voted on […]

To help nourish young minds, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Carl Buddig & Company sponsored the back-to-school Be A Reader tour, which featured a read-aloud event and book giveaway at Prospect Learning Center.  Through that partnership, Carl Buddig & Company is donating $100,000 to RIF to support children’s literacy programs. The Be A Reader tour […]