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The drummer for country music star Kellie Pickler was in serious condition Sunday as one of five people hospitalized in two crashes that happened within minutes at the same spot on Interstate 65 in central Kentucky and killed six. Pickler’s manager, Larry Fitzgerald, said 36-year-old Gregg Lohman of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, suffered serious injuries in the wreck Saturday. He remained in [...]

Byron Westmorland had a huge night in leading Bowie State to the CIAA championship. The senior forward scored a career-high 38 points including 26 points in the second half to outduel Livingstone’s Mark Thomas and help Bowie State break open a tight game for an 85-74 victory over Livingstone in the CIAA finals at Time Warner Cable Arena on Saturday. [...]

For close to 30 years, the Tri-County Organization’s Coalition Inc. has been in the forefront in keeping the message and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. alive. One way is through its annual banquet on the national celebration of the slain civil rights leader’s birthday. The banquet returns for its 27th year Monday evening at the Wicomico Youth & Civic [...]

One firefighter was injured early Wednesday morning at a six-alarm fire at an unoccupied Lincoln University non-student residence. The firefighter was taken to Christiana Hospital in Delaware with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. The fire broke out at 7:55 a.m. at an unoccupied two-unit residence that had been used by Lincoln University employees living on campus. The building had recently been [...]

A Morgan State University alumnus who is leading a coalition suing the state over discrimination at historically black colleges and universities has criticized the university’s embattled president for showing “minimal interest and involvement in the lawsuit.” David J. Burton, president of the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education, wrote in a letter to Dallas R. Evans, chair of Morgan’s [...]

Former Howard University student athlete and head coach Steve Wilson has been named to the 2013 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Hall of Fame. Wilson will join four other inductees who will be enshrined during a brunch on Friday, March 15, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia. The Hall of Fame class will also be [...]

Baltimore, MD–Mike Phillips scored a team-high 15 points to lead four players in double as Howard University defeated Coppin State, 70-60 in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men’s game at the Physical Education Complex.  The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Bison. Howard (4-12, 1-1 in the MEAC) took the early lead and never trailed, en route to a [...]

by Pearl Stewart Joseph Silver, recently let go as the president at Alabama State University, is just one example of HBCU leadership in turmoil. So many challenges, so little time, and even fewer resources. For many of the nation’s 105 historically Black colleges and universities, these factors have led to an unprecedented number of presidential vacancies resulting in instability and [...]

The Bowie State University Bulldogs used a huge second-half run to claim a 84-80 victory in a Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) contest against Charlotte, North Carolina’s Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) on Jan 5 in Bowie, Md. The victory improves Bowie State to 5-6 overall and 1-1 in the conference. JCSU’s Golden Bulls move to 7-5 overall and 0-2 [...]

A jury found former Bowie State student Alexis Simpson not guilty on all seven counts in the fatal stabbing of her roommate Dominique Frazier in September 2011. The jury got the case Thursday afternoon and had a verdict by 7:30 p.m. Simpson, 20, took the stand in her own defense Thursday morning. On Sept. 15, students were preparing for a [...]

A Kentucky State University quarterback in town for the 2012 Chicago Football Classic was arrested Saturday after police said he followed a housekeeper into a room at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel and rubbed his body against hers. Martez James was arrested Saturday morning before he was to play in the football game against Albany State University at Soldier [...]

One student has been treated for a minor abrasion following a Savannah State shooting just after 1 am on Sunday. At approximately 1:22 am, two campus police officers on foot patrol heard a loud commotion in the University Village. According to an email alert to all students from the SSU Department of Public Safety, a black male discharged a handgun [...]

Spike Lee ’79 didn’t come to Morehouse to study film. In fact, once he got to college, he had no idea what he wanted to study until he finally realized what he was passionate about. “At the end of my sophomore year, my adviser told me to think long and hard about choosing a major over the summer, and I [...]

Ivanetta Davis’ tie to Tennessee State University stands out in a very unique way. Alumnae and former First Lady – all at the same time – seem like a rare feat. But if you think that’s a lot, add Grand Marshal. Yes, Grand Marshal of TSU’s Centennial Homecoming parade. And, who better for the role than the former First Lady [...]

They’re calling it an educational tour, but you might add that it’s a history lesson, as well. And it’s one in which you will have a chance to listen and touch some of the people who helped bring about a change in Nashville and American society. “Education is important in terms of people understanding where they have come from and [...]

The NCCU community notes with sadness the passing of Ruth Russell Williams, 78, an acclaimed North Carolina folk artist. A resident of Henderson, she died Friday at Durham Regional Hospital. Her work was showcased at the NCCU Art Museum in a 2009 exhibit, “Ruth Russell Williams: Master Storyteller.” When the exhibit opened, Museum Director Kenneth Rodgers described Ms. Williams as [...]

Ever since Bowie State University freshman Alexis Simpson, 19, of District Heights was charged with fatally stabbing her roommate during an alleged dispute over an iPod last September, Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks said she has been unnerved. She said it was that case, which is scheduled for trial Nov. 13, that drove her to create an event [...]

Several notable local business leaders and media personalities will participate when Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) hosts an Entrepreneur Summit on Oct. 4 at 5 p.m. in the Albert H. Anderson Conference center on the WSSU Campus. Sponsored by WSSU’s University College and Lifelong Learning’s Office of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, the summit will focus on strategies for building a [...]