Category: Washington D.C. News

15-year-old Davonte Marquise Washington. (Courtesy Photo) Family, friends, classmates and other members of the community gathered April 8 at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Landover, Md., to celebrate the life of Davonte Marquise Washington. The 15-year-old was one of several murders in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that residents deemed as “senseless. Washington was […]

At-large incumbent Vincent Orange (D) and hopeful Robert White discuss the issues plaguing D.C. at a forum in Ward 8 April 9. (Photo by Shantella Sherman) A lively and spirited crowd came together April 9 at the Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Anacostia to participate in a candidates’ forum. Moderated by D.C. Jobs with Justice […]

Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) and incumbent council member Yvette Alexander (D) are rivaling over the Ward 7 council seat. (Courtesy Photos) Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D), during the special elections of 2007, said he would do “everything” to get his mentee Yvette Alexander (D) elected to his former seat as Ward 7 […]

The Downtown Circulator bus drives by Union Station on Friday, July 7, 2006, in Washington. (AP Photo/Leslie E. Kossoff) New concerns have rocked D.C.’s Department of Transportation over the safety of its Circulator Bus fleet alongside an already troubled Metrorail subway system. According to a new report, 95 percent of D.C. Circulator buses have at […]

St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Southeast D.C. (Photo/dc.gov) James Kyle, who was hired to lead St. Elizabeth’s Hospital by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), resigned after just 30 days as the institution’s CEO. Regarded as “a nationally board certified health care executive with over 30 years of experience in the medical field,” by Bowser, Kyle resigned […]

Jovante Hall, 18, was charged with second-degree murder while armed in the April 11 stabbing death of John Rufus Evans III. (Metropolitan Police Department) An 18-year-old man has been charged in the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy in what marks the second homicide at the same Metro station in just over two weeks, police […]

District 7-11 Stores will begin accepting IRS payments from residents without bank accounts. (Courtesy photo) The Internal Revenue Service announced April 6 that taxpayers who wish to pay their taxes in cash or do not have bank accounts or credit cards can now take care of their tax bill at one of 7,000 participating 7-Eleven […]

The District of Columbia Council is rethinking legislation that requires residents seeking a driver’s license for the first time to take mandatory driver education. The mandate was to go into effect May 1. However, following charges it would create hardships for poor and immigrant communities, Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh, chair of the Committee on […]

Two Northwest, D.C. residents died after being beaten in two separate assault incidents several months ago. Each death was ruled a homicide after the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner reported the cause of both deaths was blunt force trauma, police reported. One beating took place in the 300 block of Delafield Place, NW on […]

The Epilepsy Foundation will host its 10th annual National 5k Walk for Epilepsy near the Washington Monument on the National Mall April 16. The walk started in 2006 and has raised nearly $10 million to help provide services for people living with epilepsy, awareness for seizure recognition with first aid, and research toward better treatment […]

The African American Civil War Museum, 1925 Vermont Avenue, NW, will hold several emancipation day events on April 16 from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The events will include: a talk, “Bullets to Ballots: the Voting Rights Legacy of the USCT” at 3 p.m., where Scholar Hari Jones, the curator of the exhibit Glorious March […]