From a basketball showcase to the second annual “I Have a Dream Conference,” several events are planned to honor civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday, is on Monday. Here is what is planned: Crispus Attucks York to host Martin Luther King Day of […]
During the month of January, the 52nd Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber – Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of Rev. Father John Baptist DeValles, a WWI Veteran who was awarded for “extraordinary heroism and exceptional devotion to his duty.” He was born, Joa Baptista DeValles, on Aug. 29, […]
Thousands of mourners filled the NIA Masjid and Community Center in Newark early Saturday to pay tribute to Imam Hassan Sharif, with crowds so large that people packed the mosque and its parking lot joining prayers aired over speakers. The 52-year-old husband, father and spiritual leader was shot and killed after morning prayers early Wednesday […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Mayor LaToya Cantrell along and fellow officials, joined members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Planning Commission to unveil a historic marker of King’s late wife. On Friday, Jan. 5, Mrs. Coretta Scott King’s legacy was commemorated with a marker that now sits on […]
Dec. 28—The city of Santa Fe’s Fire Station No. 7 will be named for former fire chief and city manager Frank DiLuzio — an appropriate tribute for the man who helped secure funding for the station when he led the department, supporters say. “It’s just fitting that it be named after him,” said outgoing City […]
Every year, Ohio lawmakers consider hundreds of bills, and most of them go unnoticed. Ohio’s legislature has been quieter this year than in previous years, which could be because of the August special election and the November election, where Ohioans passed Issue 1, the abortion rights amendment, and Issue 2, recreational marijuana. However, there was […]
It may have taken a little time, but a World War II U.S. Navy seaman with ties to Gainesville was buried Thursday (Dec. 21, 2023) at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The late James Richard Ward, a U.S. Navy Seaman First Class, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallant bravery during the […]
Orlando city leaders were joined by dozens of others last week to honor the city’s fallen veterans. They laid wreaths on the tombstones of veterans at Greenwood Cemetery. Volunteers did the same at more than 3,000 other veterans cemeteries across the country. Christmas forecast: Cloudy with a chance of storms in Central Florida It was […]
Hundreds of people turned out at a Woodbury high school on Saturday to honor the life of Twin Cities comedian, Hmong advocate and political campaigner Tou Ger Xiong, who was killed earlier this month in Colombia. The candlelight vigil was held inside East Ridge High School, which is near where he grew up. Along with […]
Dec. 22—In celebration of the memory of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream of a country in which people are “judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” Greenville will soon be the scene of both a parade and a worship service honoring his legacy. […]
PARIS (AP) — India has invited French President Emmanuel Macron to be the chief guest at the country’s national day celebrations next month, in what Macron’s office described on Friday as a powerful gesture for the two nations’ ties. The visit for Republic Day on Jan. 26 will be Macron’s third to India as president. […]
An honor guard collapsed on live TV Monday morning while guarding the casket of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. The guard could be seen collapsing on TV during a broadcast of O’Connor’s casket sitting in the court’s Great Hall. The live stream showed another honor guard quickly step in to fill his post […]