February 12, 2011 RSS feed / Front Page

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Hundreds rally to support count of votes thrown out due to poll worker error

By Dan Yount The Cincinnati Herald
Lawyer and pastor Tracie Hunter told several hundred supporters at a rally Tuesday that she “would be standing until the last vote is counted’’ in the disputed Nov. More...

Events

ArtsWave celebrates Sampler Weekend’s 25th Anniversary

Sampler Weekend celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2011 and ArtsWave is excited to try something new – scheduling the Arts Sampler over six weekends during the 12-week community campaign for the arts from mid-February through April, and increas More...

Volunteers Sought for School Career Fair

Forest Park—Winton Woods Elementary School is looking for African-American business owners and professionals who might be interested in participating in the school's annual “Black History Celebration" on Thursday, February 24 at 7:0 More...

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Presents “Classical Roots: Lift Ev’ry Voice,” March 11 - 7:30 p.m.

“Classical Roots: Lift Ev’ry Voice,” unites the CSO with returning guest conductor Michael Morgan, soprano Angela Brown and tenor Rodrick Dixon— all favorites of Cincinnati audiences. More...

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Sports

Searching for answers: with Lady Bearcats coach, Jamelle Elliott

By Mark Brown
Cincinnati Herald Contributor

Currently riding the uncomfortable wave of an eight-game losing streak, the Lady Bearcats (8-14, 1-9 BE) are desperately trying to find the positives. More...

Games of the Week - Ozie’s World of Sports v15

By: Ozie Davis III MS, JD Sports Editor

It has been the season on the road for the Western Hills Mustangs. No home games due to gym repairs have made the accomplishments of Coach Shawn Kerley and the Mustang players even more significant. More...

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Section B

Maya Angelou: Famed Poet offers challenge to community

By Delaitre J. Hollinger
Special to the NNPA from the Capital Outlook

It was an especially festive night at the Alfred Lawson, Jr. Multipurpose Center and Teaching Gymnasium, as the legendary poet laureate, actress, director, civil rights activist and humanitarian, Dr. More...

Avon Breast Health Outreach Program Awards Grant for Breast Cancer [Awareness] Program to the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati

Local Organization Recognized With Support From National Program

The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program has awarded a $35,000 one-year grant to the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati to increase awareness of the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer and ensure that underserved women receive mammograms. More...

Clovernook earns National Industries for the Blind award

Clovernook earns National Industries for the Blind award for sustaining and increasing employment for people who are blind. More...

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Commentary

THE MONEY LADY|

Fight Bill Collectors…AND WIN!!!

by Michelle Graves The Original Money Lady H ave you had an encounter with the dreaded debt collector? Have you suffered through their incessant telephone calls, their rude, even hostile, verbal assaults? More...

Guest Editorial:|

For Such a Time As This

Today’s economy is having a detrimental effect on most of us both individually and collectively. Don’t you think it’s about time we get serious and really do something about it – for ourselves? More...

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City Police Chief Search Suspended

City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. announced that he is suspending the search for the next Chief of the Cincinnati Police Department. More...

John Amos in ‘Halley’s Comet’ highlights CBTC’s Celebrity Series

The Cincinnati Black Theater Company (CBTC) is proud to present world-renowned actor John Amos in Halley’s Comet as part of the CBTC’s Celebrity Series at the SCPA Corbett Theater at the new School of Creative Performing Arts, 108 Central More...

Father Paul Rehling, pastor and professor, helped integrate Cincinnati Archdiocese

Rev. Paul L. Rehling, a retired educator and pastor who remained a very active priest, died on Monday, Feb 7. In July 1976, he began as pastor of St. More...

News

No equity in adoption For Black children

“System shackled by institutional bias, cultural ignoranc"
By Chris Levister
Special to the NNPA from the blackvoicenews.com”

The numbers for Black foster children is glaring.  There are more than half a million children in the foster care system in the United States, and African-Americans make up nearly 40 percent of that number.  U.S. More...

Poor, minorities abortion victims in Philadelphia

By Larry Miller
Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune

From the outside, the innocuous looking building at 3801 Lancaster Avenue was just another physician’s office in an area that has seen an upsurge of economic development during the years. More...

Black Caucus confronts GOP on Budget

By Charles D. Ellison
Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune

WASHINGTON — In sync with what football fanatics expect will be a bruising Super Bowl Sunday, political tensions on Capitol Hill are as hot as an Egyptian street fight with Democrats and Republicans poised for a bloody face-off over the nation& More...

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Health

The High Financial Cost of HIV/AIDS in the Black Community

By Lynnette Khalfani-Cox
Special to the NNPA from the AOL Black Voices

     Black advocates say the deadly AIDS disease continues to inflict a staggering human and financial toll on the African American community. More...

Eating on the Run

A s a family from South Avondale Elementary, goes to McDonald’s, the child is asked about what choices they would want in a Happy Meal. The child then thinks and remembers what they were taught in Do Right! during the Eating on the Run lesson. More...

Doctors in the KITCHEN— A Center for Closing the Health Gap Partner

By Drs. Keevin and Denise Davis

Heart health—part 2 of 4 D r. Joe Hackworth in a highly respected and prominent cardiologist who has been practicing in Cincinnati for 30 years. He graduated from the University of Alabama, School of Medicine. More...

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Academics

ONLY 12% of Black Boys are on grade level!

'Understanding Black Male Learning Styles Critical to Academic Success'

More than any other racial group, African American boys are struggling academically. More...

Vigilante desegregation: Ohio mother jailed for sending her (Black) children to a better (White) school

By TaRessa Stovall
Special to the NNPA from thedefendersonline.com

While various states and the federal government play policy ping-pong on the issue of school desegregation/diversity, the plight of one mother has starkly symbolized the obstacles that often confront less-than-privileged parents who seek quality educ More...

Cincinnati Public Schools Treasurer to Retire

Jonathan Boyd Improved District Fiscal Stability, Business Operations

Cincinnati Public Schools Treasurer Jonathan Boyd, who improved district fiscal stability since joining the district in May of 2007. announced today that he plans to retire from full-time work this year. More...

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