Category: Washington D.C. News

Two teenagers, a 16- and 19-year-old, are now facing charges of assault with intent to kill after they allegedly shot a man aboard a Green Line metro train in Washington, D.C., this week in the latest of a series of incidents on D.C. Metro. Metro Transit Police said the 24-year-old victim was shot on the […]

A federal jury handed down a guilty verdict in the indictment of Kensington, Maryland physician William Crittenden III. Crittenden faced charges including the unlawful distribution of oxycodone and alprazolam, and eight separate counts of unlawfully distributing oxycodone. Federal law makes it illegal for licensed health care professionals, such as doctors or pharmacists, to knowingly sell […]

D.C. police arrested two men in the Feb. 12 shooting of a father and his small child inside a Southeast, D.C. barbershop while a third suspect remains on the loose. According to police reports, three men began shooting inside Wrenn’s Barbershop on 8th Street in the early afternoon on Feb. 12. The three attackers then […]

Sylvia Cyrus, ASALH executive director; Ronald A. Stroman, deputy postmaster general, USPS; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, president of ASALH and Jon Jarvis, National Park Service director unveiled Feb. 20 the commemorative stamp of Bishop Richard Allen, founder of the A.M.E. Church. (Photo by Rob Roberts ) Carter G. Woodson, the founder of Negro History Week – […]

A Luma Lab Incubator at Howard University could help support small businesses and underrepresented communities gain an edge in technology. Howard University and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the installation of a new Luma Lab operation as a D.C.-based incubator on Howard’s campus. As the District’s first venture capital hub for start-ups and emerging companies, […]

Daron Wint (Police Mugshot Handout) Daron Wint, the only suspect accused in the so-called “Mansion Murders,” in which three members of the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa were killed, pleaded not guilty of all charges at an arraignment hearing Feb. 19. Judge Jose M. Lopez presided over the hearing at the D.C. Superior […]

A commission has recommended that Ballou High School be renamed for former D.C. Mayor Marion S. Barry Jr. He passed away in 2014. (Courtesy Photo) The possible renaming of Ballou Senior High School in Ward 8 to Marion S. Barry Senior High School has drawn some strong reactions from community members and alumni of the institution. On Nov. […]

Nanno V. Smith’s work Fireball, is among the works about Carnival at Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery in Northwest, through March 11. (Courtesy Photo) For millions of people across the globe, Carnival serves as a time for celebrations leading up to the Christian observance of Lent.  And while its historical traditions have shifted from a nonmeat […]

The SpitDat open mic is hosting an event on Feb. 25 at 8 p. m. at the Emergence Community Arts Collective center,  733 Euclid Street N.W. Sign-up for open mic performance spots starts at 8:30 p. m. The week’s event features prominent poet Michael D. Martin and is free and open to the public. Donations […]

The Children’s Program of the Essential Theatre in collaboration with the Bright Star Theatre Company will present, “Let It Shine: The American Civil Rights Movement”, a show highlighting the important events and achievements of the Civil Rights Movement. The show will be on Feb. 26 at 4 p. m. at the William O. Lockridge- BellevueNeighborhood […]

Candice Nicole Public Relations is sponsoring a “Networking In The City” event on Feb. 27 from 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p. m. at the Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Boulevard. Networking in the City is for local entrepreneurs, freelancers and like-minded members in D.C. metropolitan area. Tickets cost $5, which includes a gift bag. For more […]

Passengers will finally get to jump aboard the long-delayed first leg of the D.C. streetcar system on Feb. 27, after more than a decade of planning woes, safety issues, and false starts. The D.C. Streetcar will begin service Saturday, Feb. 27. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) The inaugural H Street/Benning Road line will commence after a […]