Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

New water supply deal: Citizens Water in talks with Lebanon Utilities

Citizens Water is in discussions with Lebanon Utilities and the Indiana Finance Authority to provide additional water supply to support the growing region.& Beginning in March 2022, the State approached the utility company about the need for...

Jesse Watters declines to apologize for suggestive Kamala Harris comments

Photo: Getty Images Fox News host Jesse Watters declined to apologize amid backlash over his sexually suggestive comments about Vice President Kamala Harris. During Monday’s (August 26) episode of The Five, Watters made controversial comments...

“Grandmother of Juneteenth” Shares Her Wisdom on Freedom

At 94 years old, Opal Lee is still determined to see Juneteenth made a national holiday through bringing awareness to Congress and the administration that the country needs and wants the unity that celebrating the abolition of slavery can bring...

BEYOND THE BARREL OF THE GUN: America’s safety net is failing gun violence survivors as they struggle to return to work

by Shannon Chaffers, Amsterdam News Staff, Report for America Corps Member “You have to pay rent, you have to clothe yourself, you still might want to go to a movie. You don’t have money to do any of these things, so it’s like they...

How organized labor shames its traitors − the story of the ‘scab’

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain wears a shirt reading ‘Trump is a Scab’ at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 2024. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images by Ian Afflerbach, University of North Georgia Over its long history, the American la...

What is type 1.5 diabetes? It’s a bit like type 1 and a bit like type 2 – but it’s often misdiagnosed

Getty Images Stock Photo Emily Burch, Southern Cross University and Lauren Ball, The University of Queensland While you’re likely familiar with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, you’ve probably heard less about type 1.5 diabetes. Also known as latent aut...

Founders of Black woman-owned eyewear brand named to the Forbes 50 Over 50 Lifestyle List

Nationwide—Tracy Vontelle Green and Nancey Harris, the founders of& Vontelle, the fastest-growing Black woman-owned eyewear brand, are proud to announce that they have been named to the prestigious Forbes 50 Over 50 Lifestyle list for 2024. This...

Tributes pour in for Mariah Carey after her mom & sister died on same day

Photo: Getty Images Fans are showing their support for Mariah Carey after her mother and older sister died on the same day. On Monday (August 26), Carey revealed that her 63-year-old sister, Alison, and her mother, Patricia, 87, died within hours o...

4th Arrest Made in Connection of Young Mom Gunned Down in Birmingham

By Bria Chatman | WBRC Asia Poole, a 21-year-old mother, was tragically killed last week following a fight at the Monarch Ridge Apartment complex, an incident that was streamed on social media. Asia Poole was killed last week following a fight at t...

Nonprofit Picks Up Tab as Shoppers Get $55 Worth of Free Groceries in Fairfield

By Sym Posey | For The Birmingham Times Charles and Maryland Voltz were among several dozen residents who stood in line Tuesday morning for $55 worth of free groceries from Carver Jones Market, a recently opened and Black-owned business in Fairfield....

‘You Know That I Love You, and Want to Spend the Rest of My Life With You, Right?’

BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times BRITTANY AND JOSEPH HOLLIS Live: Birmingham/Norwood Married: Jan. 6, 2019 Met: Fall 2010, at a Kappa party near Alabama A&M University’s campus in Huntsville. Brittany was beginning her...

Legal Advertising – Estate Notices 8-28-2024

Letters have been granted on the estate of each of the following decedents to the personal representative named, who requests all persons having claims against the estate of the decedent to make known the same in writing to his/her attorney, and all...

Job Opportunities 8-28-2024

ENTRY LEVEL FIREFIGHTER The City of Altoona is now accepting applications for Entry Level Firefighters. Information and applications are available online at www.altoonapa.gov and in the Human Resources Department of City Hall at 1301 12th Street, Sui...

Legal Advertising – Public Notices – Sheriff’s Sale 8-28-2024

CONDITIONS OF SALE Effective with the August 3, 2020, Sheriff Sale of real estate and all such monthly public sales thereafter shall be conducted virtually through video conferencing technology or live streaming. ALL PARTICIPANTS OR BIDDERS MUST BE R...

Chief John Drake Elected Board President for Washington, D.C. Based Police Executive Research Organization

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-Chief John Drake has just been elected President of the Board of Directors for the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), the nation’s preeminent independent research organization that focuses on critical issues in pol...