Black Country artist Mickey Guyton made GRAMMYs history Sunday evening as the first black woman to be nominated for a GRAMMY in a Country Music category with song “Black Like Me.” Worth noting sis did this WITHOUT the support of Country Radio. The nomination comes five years after the 37-year-old country singer released her debut […]
Women may not be able to strap up and play the field, yet, but they can officiate! Congratulations are in order as the NFL has announced the hiring of the first black female on-field official Maia Chaka.Maia Chaka is a teacher from Virginia Beach who comes with football officiating experience from college football and the XFL. […]
It’s tax season and if you’re lucky you’re in for a refund check! Are you wondering, “When will I get my 2021 income tax refund for my 2020 taxes?” Good news for you, the Internal Revenue Service started accepting and processing returns on Friday, February 12, 2021 for the 2020 tax year returns. Check out […]
Just last week Schottenheimer family announced he was being moved to a hospice facility near his home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Trailblazer Dianne Durham, the first Black senior national gymnastics champion, has died at age 52. The Gary, IN native’s husband, Tom Drahozal, confirmed she passed away at a Chicago hospital after a short illness. List Of Celebrities + Public Figures Who Died in 2021 Drahozal told ESPN: “She passed peacefully. She was the love of […]
The family of former NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer have released a statement confirming he was moved to a hospice facility near his home in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. “As a family we are surrounding him with love, and are soaking up the prayers and support from all […]
Dustin Diamond, best known for playing Samuel “Screech” Powers on the hit show “Saved by the Bell,” has died after a battle with Stage 4 Lung Cancer. A rep for Dustin confirmed the news with TMZ Monday morning. From TMZ: His condition had greatly declined since last week, and he was taken off of breathing […]
Rep Marcia L. Fudge has gone from Warrensville Heights to The White House as secretary of housing and urban development nominee, but she hasn’t forgotten about the people that matters during these hard times with the COVID-19 pandemic not only wreaking havoc on peoples health but on peoples way of earning money to pay for […]
One of the many familiar faces of television from the 1970’s has passed away this month. Actor Gregory Sierra died on Jan. 4 in California “according to Orange County records.” His death was recently confirmed through a family spokesperson. From KIRO-TV Seattle: Sierra played Julio Fuentes, the Puerto Rican neighbor of Fred Sanford on “Sanford […]
Cole James Bridges, a 20-year-old US soldier from Stow, Ohio, was arrested in Georgia on terrorism charges, said Nicholas Biase, a spokesperson for Manhattan federal prosecutors. Bridges, also known as Cole Gonzales, thought he was communicating with a terrorist organization called the Islamic State Group online about terrorism plots against the 9/11 Memorial and other targets […]