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2010 in words and pictures

The Herald’s Top Stories of the Year
Goodbye 2010. Welcome 2011. More...

United Way releases 4th State of the Community Report

OUTLINES CHANGES SINCE 2008 AND ECONOMIC RECESSION

United Way of Greater Cincinnati has released the fourth edition of The State of the Community report, a broad overview of the socioeconomic health of the region that underscores the importance of collaborative work to transform the region. More...

Sports

Coaches association honors three Cincinnati State soccer players

 Ashton Bennett and Cody Clark, who were recently named national All-Americans by the National Junior College Athletic Association, have received First Team All-American designations from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. More...

Surge provides smiles…but reality inevitable

By Conrad Clowers
Cincinnati Herald Contributor

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Season’s Greetings, sports fans

By Oscar C. Woodall, Jr.
HayWood Media

 As I usually say when broadcasting HBCU sports, “Greetings sports fans. More...

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Academics

Princeton High School seniors making a difference through healing patients with music

By Ekaterina Katzarova The Cincinnati Herald

Kiah Clingman, Princeton High School Senior, decided to take her senior level experience to another level. More...

Playground named after youth killed by car on way home from school

“A Celebration of Life: Devar R. Johnson” in memory of Devar, who was killed by a car on his way home from school on Sept. 3, was held Nov. 21. More...

Beacon Awards honor legendary trio Mays, King and Belafonte for contributions

By John Schlegel / MLB.com

Throughout much of the MLB Beacon Awards luncheon in Cincinnati during a May weekend, icons of the past were honored, and 2010 recipients Willie Mays, Billie Jean King and Harry Belafonte clearly were touched by the recognition for their lifetime eff More...

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Urban League announces 2011 Lion and Corporate Medallion recipients

The Urban League of Greater Cincinnati has announced its selection of 2011 Glorifying the Lions and Corporate Medallion recipients. More...

Winburn calls for hearings on proposed consolidation of city police and sheriff deputies

Cincinnati City Councilman Charlie Winburn is calling on Mayor Mark Mallory and City Council to conduct five public hearings on a proposed consolidation of the Cincinnati Patrol Bureau with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. More...

Blacks' support of President still steady

Despite tax deal, blacks favor President almost twice the rate of whites
By Eric Mayes Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune

President Barack Obama approaches the second anniversary of his inauguration with the overwhelming support of African Americans, who support him at nearly twice the rate of Whites. More...

News

Nearly 55 percent of Hamilton County foreclosures are in `shadow inventory’

From RealtyStore

 Santa Barbara, CA-- RealtyStore (realtystore.com), the nation’s premier provider of local residential foreclosure listings, announces its More...

The President and the General

By Yussuf J. Simmonds
Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles Sentinel

In 2008, when candidate Barack Obama (a Democrat) was running for president, former Secretary of State, General Colin Powell (a Republican) openly supported him, saying on national television, "I have especially watched over the last six or seven wee More...

2010 in review

Dr. Herbert C. Smitherman Sr. broke barriers at P&G, was innovative educator

Dr. Herbert C. Smitherman Sr., a chemist and executive who opened doors at Proctor & Gamble Co. More...

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Section B

Protests bring changes in CPS construction inclusion practices, but little progress made

Cincinnati Public Schools Superintendent Mary Ronan outlined steps being taken to improve the inclusion of African American businesses and workers in the district’s Facilities Master Plan at a Board of Education meeting during the early part of More...

NEW SCPA SHINES IN PREVIEW CELEBRATION FOR SUPPORTERS

The stunning new School for Creative and Performing Arts in Over-the-Rhine is anything but “old school,” yet some timeless school traditions were featured at an April 27 fundraising gala celebrating the nation’s first K-12 public-pr More...

Meeting addresses city’s ‘food desert’

Inner city residents attended a meetings in April and May at Woodward Technical and Career High School to hear comments from community leaders and voice their concerns about the need for a full service grocery store on the Reading Road corridor follo More...

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Commentary

Book Review

By Kam Williams

 “Black Business Secrets is dedicated to transforming the devastating statistics that African-Americans are much more likely to fail in business than their white, Asian, or Hispanic counterparts due to a lack of fundamental business educat More...

Dulé Hill: The “Psych” Interview with Kam Williams

By Kam Williams

Dulé Hill stars as Burton ‘Gus’ Guster on the USA Network series Psych which airs on Wednesdays at 10 PM ET/PT and at 9 PM CT. More...

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