By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com National respect for the Bowie State football program has been a long time coming, but it has finally arrived. The defending CIAA champions, who won their first postseason game ever last season, find themselves ranked in the top 25 nationally heading toward the kickoff of the 2019 season. […]
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Younger Russells Remain Undefeated
By Mark F, Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com With their big brother and World Boxing Council trainer Gary Russell, Jr in their corner, younger siblings Antonio and Antuwane went to the land of 1,000 lakes and put on a show. The youngest fighters of Maryland’s first family of boxing were impressive by overwhelming their opponents […]
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Maryland Police Release Footage Showing Officer Using Slur
By The Associated Press A Maryland police department has released hours of body camera footage showing an arrest involving a White officer who used a racial slur while talking to a group of Black men. The incident outside a Silver Spring McDonald’s in May sparked controversy when the officer’s use of the word was livestreamed […]
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Higher Achievement Center Expands to Greenbelt
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com On the heels to getting a new Chief Executive Officer to run its day-to-day operations, Prince George’s County now cut the ribbon on a new Achievement Center at Greenbelt Middle School. During a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 2, Higher Achievement, a leading education advancement program for middle school […]
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Leonard Replaces Tonga As Upper Marlboro Mayor
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The capital of Prince George’s County has found its next mayor after the untimely resignation of her predecessor. Wanda Leonard officially replaced Tonga Turner, who resigned last month to spend more time with her family and to focus on her professional career outside politics. Leonard was elected as President […]
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Wayne Curry’s Legacy Lives On
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com When driving down Rt. 202 in Largo the echoes of former Prince George’s County Executive Wayne K. Curry linger. Whether from FedEx Field that he refused to let the citizens of the County pay for, or the building which bears his name and is where the day to day […]
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Woman Killed By Wrong Way Drunk Driver
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Ronet Aching had dreams of becoming a teacher one day but they came to a horrific end near the end of the Fourth of July weekend in one of a series of fatal automobile accidents in Prince George’s County. The 22-year-old resident of Upper Marlboro lost her life when […]
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Goombay Spring Kickball Championship Sunday Is Soggy One
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com As twilight gave way to nightfall at the end of the holiday weekend, Goombay’s coed spring kickball league drew to its conclusion July 7 at Tucker Road park. The previous night’s torrential rains threatened to derail this version of championship Sunday for the rookie and intermediate leagues. However, nothing […]
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Bodden Foundation to Address Mental Health
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Former NFL defensive back and Prince George’s County native Leigh Bodden knows all too well about dealing with pain and putting on a brave face. Most of Bodden’s contemporaries hid behind the mask on the field and in the locker room, as it was recognized as a […]
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Church Ministers Through Little Library
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church/ Iglesia Episcopal San Mateo in Hyattsville, MD. is using books as a means of bringing education, entertainment and hope to the community. Two days after St. Matthew’s church member Bernard Jarvis, 25, was gunned down in nearby Brentwood in Northeast, D.C., the parish unveiled a […]
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Highlighting BSU 2019 HOF Class
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Two former NFL players, a two-time championship winning basketball coach, a three time CIAA Track Coach of The Year, and a championship team headlined the Bowie State Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2019 during its banquet June 29 at the Marriott BWI Airport Hotel. Approximately, 350 […]