Mayoral candidates speak out on education, healthcare

By Dan Jehl

The survey issues of education and healthcare- priority issues chosen by a panel of strategically selected African Americans- were already profiled earlier in...

Singing Doves to celebrate anniversary

FORT WAYNE-The Singing Doves, one of the area's top gospel groups, are set to celebrate their fifth anniversary at 5 p.m., Oct. 13 at Mount...

Mayor applauds 'Invest Fort Wayne'

FORT WAYNE-Mayor Graham Richard recently announced that more than $1 billion in private investment has been committed in urban Fort Wayne since he set the...

YWCA Circle of Women focuses on domestic violence, workplace

FORT WAYNE-The YWCA's annual Circle of Women fundraiser set for Nov. 29 is scheduled to feature Kerry Hyatt-Blomquist. Her topic is Domestic Violence and the...

W. Va. torture victim describes horror

By Cash Michaels
Special to the NNPA from the Wilmington Journal

Megan Williams, the Charleston, W. Va., black woman who was allegedly held captive, beaten, raped and...

Troubled Watts school turned over to private firm

By Gene C. Johnson Jr.
Special to the NNPA from The WAVE

LOS ANGELES (NNPA)-In what both sides agreed was a historic moment, the Los Angeles Unified...

New program helps severely wounded, ill warriors, families navigate healthcare

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-The new Warrior Care Support Program in TRICARE's North Region provides wounded service members with one point of contact-taking stress out of military...

Southern Heights to host pastors' class

FORT WAYNE-There will be a male pastors' theology class at Southern Heights Baptist Church, 4001 S. Anthony Blvd., is scheduled to host a male pastors'...

Come As You Are invites public to go to Brazil

FORT WAYNE-Pastor Anthony Payton and Come As You Are Ministries have planned an African Heritage Tour to Bahia and Rio de Janiero, Brazil, June 16...