Mom Holds Separated Twin For First Time: In what can best be described as a bundle of cuteness, Nicole McDonald held her son Jadon alone for the first time in what she calls “one of the most profound moments of my life.” Mom grinned from ear to ear as she cradled the young boy Friday […]
Praise 1300 wants to give a BIG Birthday Shout-Out to one of the funnest..talented gospel singer ever!!!! Ms Vickie Winans.. Check out her brief bio: The seventh of twelve children, Vickie was born in Detroit, Michigan to Mattie A. Bowman, a housewife, and Aaron Bowman, a father who worked at various times as a laborer, contractor, […]
Over the weekend (Oct. 9), John Legend was back in his hometown of Springfield, Ohio to accept the dedication of a renovated theater that now bears his name. Now known as The John Legend Theater, the 680-seat performance space started out as Springfield High School, then transitioned to South High School, which closed in 2008 after the school […]
It won’t be long before goblins and ghouls start haunting Ohio’s streets looking to fill their pumpkin pails with sugary sweets. Yep, Halloween and trick-or-treating are lurking around the creepy corner. When it comes to candy, what tops the list in Ohio? A survey conducted by Influenster.com determined Ohioans favor Milky Way most. Candy corn […]
A Georgia preacher’s teenage stepdaughter who was handing out literature from her church was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver who was under the influence of prescription drugs, authorities said. Sixteen-year-old Caelyn Olds was walking with a woman on Saturday in Fayetteville when a pickup truck struck them without stopping, local news organization reported. Fayetteville […]
instagram: Actors Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker met and fell in love when they played lovers on the old Showtime series “Soul Food.” She says, “When Boris walked into our first rehearsal, I thought of him as the really hot guy that got to play my boyfriend in the first couple episodes,” reports YBF. […]
Queen Latifah has been tapped to receive the Prince Rainier III Award for her charitable efforts and dedication to the arts at the 2016 Princess Grace Awards Gala. Fashion for Relief founder and supermodel Naomi Campbell is set to host the event Oct. 24 at Cipriani 25 Broadway in New York; the evening will include […]
The 47th Annual GMA Dove Awards were held at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena. Awards were handed out in 44 categories plus special award categories. The sold-out show was hosted by for KING & COUNTRY and Tye Tribbett and featured performances by TobyMac, Tamela Mann, Hillsong UNITED, Matthew West, Natalie Grant and more. The show will air on […]
National Taco Day is observed annually on October 4. Tacos are loved and eaten by millions each day in either hard or soft shells with a variety of fillings. The history of tacos predates the arrival of Europeans in Mexico. Anthropological evidence shows the native people living in the lake region of the Valley of […]
The acclaimed writer has been celebrated for her complex portraits of black womanhood. The award-winning author Gloria Naylor, who published a number of well-regarded works of fiction including The Women of Brewster Place, has died, reports Ebony Magazine. Ebony confirmed in a phone call with Naylor’s sister, Bernice Harrison, that the author died on Sept. 28 […]
Just a few years ago, Casey J. Hobbs was performing in front of audiences of rambunctious kids while working in her previous career as an elementary school teacher. Today, under the stage name Casey J, she’s playing to an older — and, possibly, at least slightly better-behaved — audience as an award-winning gospel music singer. […]
Supreme Court, Like The Country, Struggles With Race: Race has divided the Roberts court like nearly no other issue. The justices have wrangled over how openly to talk about their differences. And now, as a new session begins, the court is delving into a set of racially charged cases in the explosive context of the […]
