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Law enforcement professionals from around the state gathered Wednesday through Friday in north Phoenix for the 2010 Arizona Black Law Enforcement Employees Criminal Justice Conference. ABLE President Terry Yahweh said the conference was about education, training and networking. “The theme fo...
The Desert Mountain Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal churches Fifth Episcopal District held their annual conference in Phoenix, August 23-29. Hosted by Rev. Terry Marks and Greater Bethel AME Church in Phoenix, the theme of the conference was “A prescription to rebuild the walls”,...
On Saturday evening nearly 200 Arizona democrats attended the inauguration dinner of the African American Democratic Caucus at the Wyndham Phoenix in downtown Phoenix. With the theme "Empowering Change,” this exciting, first-ever fundraising dinner featured Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC),...
TUCSON – For several years the Greater Southern Arizona Area Chapter 9th and 10th (Horse) Calvary Association get together to cook up some fried catfish at their annual fund raiser. Each year a lucky high school senior is awarded a scholarship which will help with their college expenses. Jasmi...
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A red, black and green flag flapping in the sweltering Saturday afternoon breeze said it all in the one word embroidered on its front - “Justice.” That one word encompassed the sentiments of the throng of thousands who weaved for miles through the streets of Washington, D...
In March, a Phoenix city judge fined Fisher Sand and Gravel Company more than $80,000 for violations at the Tempe based company’s former asphalt plant in south Phoenix. Through negotiations with the city of Phoenix part of the fine was used to assist several organizations in near the site of the...
Throughout her career Arizona Senator Landrum Taylor has been turning visions into reality – the latest – the Fay Landrum Academy on the campus of First New Life Missionary Baptist Church in south Phoenix. Landrum-Taylor wanted to open a school in honor of her grandmother Fay Landrum, who wa...
Edward VanDyke, corporate executive, restaurateur, museum owner and mentor to many, died Aug. 4 at a hospital in Scottsdale. The untimely death of VanDyke, 69, robs the community of one of its brightest stars. VanDyke is remembered as an expert in history in general and African American history ...
The circumstances are all too familiar; the faces might differ, the names and locations might differ however, the outcome – the unfortunate and tragic outcome is the same, another life lost. On Saturday, Aug. 7, a shooting took place in the area of 16th Street and Southern Avenue. While the ma...
21st Century Classrooms Project Approved For $365,779; 4 Schools Chosen On Monday, Aug. 2, the Roosevelt School District distributed brand new Netbook Laptop computers to 7th and 8th graders at John R. Davis School in South Phoenix. Davis was just one of four schools selected in the Roosevelt Sc...
Former Glendale Apollo star football player Prince Amukamara is one of the 2010 Jim Thorpe Award preseason watch list gridiron stars which includes 35 of the nation’s best collegiate defense backs who are the leading candidates for the trophy. The list was announced last Monday. The Thorpe Awa...
Sen. Leah Landrum-Taylor, of District 16, won her primary race for a third term....
On Saturday evening nearly 200 Arizona democrats attended the inauguration dinner...
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A red, black and green flag flapping in the sweltering Saturday...
In March, a Phoenix city judge fined Fisher Sand and Gravel Company more than $80,000...
The circumstances are all too familiar; the faces might differ, the names and locations...
Law enforcement professionals from around the state gathered Wednesday through...
Edward VanDyke, corporate executive, restaurateur, museum owner and mentor to many,...
Noted trial lawyer Lonnie J. Williams, Jr., a partner in the Phoenix office of the...
Back in January, Ron Busby, newly appointed President of the United States Black...
The U.S. Attorney's Office Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (LECC) Weed &...
Former Glendale Apollo star football player Prince Amukamara is one of the 2010...
Hitman Sports Training will hold a clinic with free football for youths 6 to 18 years...
Phoenix's power players recently met with Amaré Stoudemire, in Los Angeles,...
It is amazing how some incidents pan out. A couple weeks ago Tyre Davis and a fellow...
Family reunions are a great time to reconnect, relive and rejoice. That is just what...
There is nothing like a masquerade ball to bring excitement and intrigue to an...
(NNPA) – The overall teen smoking rate has declined in the two decades since...
NNPA – As the nation's healthcare system braces for an influx of newly insured...
(PALMDALE, CALIF.) – Robert Wilson, one third of the funkadelic brotherly trio,...
NEW ORLEANS (NNPA) – "We are still swimming upÂstream,†said Carol...
Literary scholar Neal A. Lester has been appointed dean of humanities in the College...
TUCSON – For several years the Greater Southern Arizona Area Chapter 9th and...
Throughout her career Arizona Senator Landrum Taylor has been turning visions into...
21st Century Classrooms Project Approved For $365,779; 4 Schools Chosen On Monday,...
The Miss Black Arizona Scholarship Foundation Celebrates for the First Time a National...
The Desert Mountain Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal churches Fifth...
