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Pickens County Sheriff David Abston was arrested on Friday, June 14, 2019 for scamming a food bank and other charges. (JAY REEVES, AP ) – – Abston, who resigned, also agreed to forfeit about $51,000, […]

Story and photo submitted by Huntsville Alumnae Chapter (HAC) of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. HUNTSVILLE – The Huntsville Alumnae Chapter (HAC) of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has a rich, 65-year history of service […]

PRESS RELEASE HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Senior Alabama officials joined Aerojet Rocketdyne’s CEO Eileen Drake and Executive Chairman Warren Lichtenstein today at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the company’s newest state-of-the-art rocket […]

by Jeffrey L. Boney, NNPA Newswire Although people following the case of missing 4-year-old Maleah Davis had braced themselves about the possible outcome of not finding little Maleah alive, the pain of actually receiving the […]

Leaders of Morehouse College in Atlanta told The Associated Press that its board of trustees approved the policy on Saturday. Transgender men will be allowed to enroll in the school for the first time in […]

By The Associated Press A poor, rural county in Tennessee that is predominantly Black receives more audits from the IRS than any other county in the United States while rich counties skate by unbothered, according […]

(AP) – – The call came in at 6 a.m. last Friday. The main office of the renowned Highlander Research and Education Center was engulfed in flames. Highlander’s co-executive director, Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, sped over […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent The loss of black farmland the loss of black farmland has had a profound impact on rural black communities, which today suffer from severe economic challenges, among them […]

By Russell Simmons, Exclusive to the NNPA Newswire We live in an age where polarization is the norm and demonizing anyone who thinks differently is the practice. Yet we still see the black collective as […]

SOURCE: USA Today, Jessica Guynn and Nicquel Terry Ellis Over an iPad and a cup of tea, Marcus Blackwell Jr. is talking up his mobile app that uses music to help kids learn math. Sitting […]