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FRIENDS OF BRUCE R. WATKINS CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER ORGANIZATION RECEIVES 3 DEGREE GUARANTEE DONATION OF $900 FROM KCTV5 —Shown from left: KCTV Anchor Julia Avery; Meteorologist Greg Bennett; Friends of Bruce R. Watkins Board President, Gayle Hill- Suber; Rev. Dr. Sharon Fisher; Denise Fields; Melba Curls; and Pamela Strozier. Hear more about this donation at KCTV-5.com.

FRIENDS OF BRUCE R. WATKINS CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER ORGANIZATION RECEIVES 3 DEGREE GUARANTEE DONATION OF $900 FROM KCTV5 —Shown from left: KCTV Anchor Julia Avery; Meteorologist Greg Bennett; Friends of Bruce R. Watkins Board President, Gayle Hill- Suber; Rev. Dr. Sharon Fisher; Denise Fields; Melba Curls; and Pamela Strozier. Hear more about this donation at KCTV-5.com.

-CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY, CULTURE-

FRIENDS OF BRUCE R. WATKINS CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER ORGANIZATION RECEIVES 3 DEGREE GUARANTEE DONATION OF $900 FROM KCTV5 —Shown from left: KCTV Anchor Julia Avery; Meteorologist Greg Bennett; Friends of Bruce R. Watkins Board President, Gayle Hill- Suber; Rev. Dr. Sharon Fisher; Denise Fields;...
Clifford Ragan, III

Clifford Ragan, III

K.C. GLOBE ENDORSEMENTS-PART I

Voters in Jackson County will go to the polls to vote in the School and Special Election, April 2, 2024. Early voting has already begun.
Roger Golubski, left, the former Kansas City, Kansas, Police Detective accused of sexual assault and other crimes, walks into the federal courthouse in Topeka with his attorney, Chris Joseph, in June 2023. Photo/Peggy Lowe, KCUR 89.3

Roger Golubski, left, the former Kansas City, Kansas, Police Detective accused of sexual assault and other crimes, walks into the federal courthouse in Topeka with his attorney, Chris Joseph, in June 2023. Photo/Peggy Lowe, KCUR 89.3

7 Women Who Accused Roger Golubski of Assault Now Get to Testify Against Him in Court

March 21, 2024—In a victory for prosecutors, a fed-eral judge ruled that the experiences of seven other women Golubski allegedly assaulted show much the same “alleged set of forced sex acts,” use the “same set of tactics” and all the victims “fit a certain profile.”
Michael Jones, 50, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison for the 2015 murder of 7-year-old Adrian Jones, who was mentally and physically abused before starving to death and fed to livestock in Wyandotte County. (Screen capture/Kansas Reflector)

Michael Jones, 50, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison for the 2015 murder of 7-year-old Adrian Jones, who was mentally and physically abused before starving to death and fed to livestock in Wyandotte County. (Screen capture/Kansas Reflector)

State of Kansas to Pay $1 Million to 7-Year-Old Boy’s Family Years after Murder, Abuse Case

TOPEKA/March 13, 2024 — The state of Kansas will pay $1 million to the family of a 7-year-old who was tortured and killed, settling an almost decade-long legal battle over the state’s child welfare agency’s failure to remove the child before his death.
SPEAKING AT SKCA MEETING ON 3/8 CENTS SALES TAX

SPEAKING AT SKCA MEETING ON 3/8 CENTS SALES TAX

SPEAKING AT SKCA MEETING ON 3/8 CENTS SALES TAX

SPEAKING AT SKCA MEETING ON 3/8 CENTS SALES TAX—Former KCMO Mayor Sly James stressed passage of a proposed 3/8-cent 40-year county parks sales tax for modernizing Arrowhead Stadium and constructing a new downtown stadium for the Royals pursuant to long-term leases to replace the existing 3/8-cent...
Parade Park is one of the nation’s oldest Black-owned housing cooperatives and is located near the historic 18th & Vine District and downtown Kansas City, Mo.

Parade Park is one of the nation’s oldest Black-owned housing cooperatives and is located near the historic 18th & Vine District and downtown Kansas City, Mo.

Mayor Lucas Applauds Parade Park Sale, Plans to Preserve Community

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas on Monday applauded a successful foreclosure sale for Parade Park Homes, where the property was acquired by the City of Kansas City, and conveyed to Flaherty & Collins Development and Twelfth Street Heritage Corporation—two agencies with deep roots in our community...
Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. photo/HUD

Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. photo/HUD

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to Retire

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge, a former Congressional Black Caucus Chair and a staunch advocate for the Black Press of America, has announced that she’s stepping down from her role in the BidenHarris administration.