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Wright On The Edge sisters Wendy and Laura Wright sit in for Bernie McCain this afternoon from 3-7pm. The show “Wright On The Edge” is heard Saturdays from 1-3pm on WOL. Wendy has been hosting the show with sister Lee Ann. Today Laura gives us a taste of what to look forward to this weekend. […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says it reported the death of an adult from the Baltimore area to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday. The death occurred within the last week. Before that, the state hadn’t seen a swine flu death since February. On Thursday, the […]
Two local college basketball players, who previously won Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference player of the year awards respectively, earned national player of the year honors as selected by HBCU sports fans around the country. Morgan State’s Reggie Holmes and Bowie State’s Duke Crews won the annual Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN) […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Mayor Adrian M. Fenty proposed an $8.9 billion budget blueprint Thursday that he said does “more with less,” eliminating hundreds of jobs and freezing employee pay raises. To close an estimated $500 million gap, Fenty would raise hourly parking meter rates in some areas by a quarter, increase the city’s 911 […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: D.C. Council chairman and newly announced mayoral candidate Vincent C. Gray said he would decide whether to retain schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee only after he is elected, and raised “burn out” and her impending marriage to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson as issues he would want to discuss with her. Rhee […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: D.C. Council members Jack Evans and Kwame Brown confirmed Wednesday that they will be entering the race for council chairman, setting up a costly campaign that could hinge on Evans’ ability to attract votes from African Americans. One day after incumbent Chairman Vincent C. Gray entered the race for the Democratic […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: As part of the proposed budget that D.C Mayor Adrian M. Fenty is unveiling this morning, the city would increase parking meter rates and residential parking permit fees, City Administrator Neil O. Albert said. Applications for residential parking permits would increase from $15 to $25. Parking meter rates in some areas […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: As authorities tell it, the wheelman wasn’t a man but a boy, 14, driving a silver Chrysler minivan with three passengers, at least two of them adults. When they were done shooting, police said, four victims lay dead or dying, and five others were bleeding from wounds. The assailants carried at […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The race for D.C. mayor will start in earnest Tuesday, when Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray is set to officially announce a long-anticipated bid to take on Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, setting up a battle between two men who have been at odds for much of the past four years. The […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: A federal judge on Friday upheld the gun laws that the District of Columbia passed to comply with the landmark 2008 Supreme Court ruling that struck down the city’s decades-old ban on handgun possession. U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina found that the new regulations were crafted to make the streets […]