April 23, 2011 RSS feed / Front Page

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Cincinnati anchorman/reporter |

Courtis Fuller celebrates 30 years in broadcasting
Popular Cincinnati anchorman and television reporter Courtis J. More...

Report to HUD shows local efforts impacting area homelessness

Compared head-to-head with many other cities across the U.S. More...

Events

Council of Christian Communions hosts 97th Annual Awards Dinner

The Council of Christian Communions of Greater Cincinnati will hold its 97th Annual Awards Dinner, Tuesday, May 3, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Action Agency auditorium at Jordan Crossing Complex. More...

Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati Concludes Its 2010-2011 Season with 25 The Musical, A Musical Celebration in Honor of its 25th Anniversary

How the Cowgirls moved out of The Great American Trailer Park with Hedwig and the Angry Inch into Grey Gardens and performed 33 Variations as a Souvenir for ETC’s anniversary. Twenty-five years of ETC’s greatest hits sung by the best voices ever to g More...

Cincinnati Playhouse rocks Marx Theatre with 60s musical `Beehive’

 p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park celebrates the fabulous girl groups and female singers of the 1960s as U.S. More...

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Health

CINCINNATI HEALTH DEPARTMENT WARNS LOCAL RESTUARANTS AND BUSINESSES OF FOOD INSPECTOR SCAM

The Cincinnati Health Department has received calls from individuals in Cincinnati posing as government employees who are contacting local food operators. More...

American Cancer Society urges minorities to fight cancer

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week was April 17-23, and the American Cancer Society invites all racial/ethnic communities to join in the fight for a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Visit morebirthdays.com. More...

Troxell named to Workforce Development Center Advisory Committee

Regina Troxell, director of organization development for The Christ Hospital, has been named to the Advisory Committee of Cincinnati State’s Workforce Development Center. More...

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Academics

Local Elementary Students “Travel” to Ghana

Photos by Eric Opoku Agyemang, head master of the Great Promise School Complex and Jonathon Hornsby of Jonathan’s Photography.

For nearly two dozen elementary and middle school students in the Princeton, Northwest Local and Winton Woods school districts, traveling to the African nation of Ghana seemed to be an unbelievable possibility. More...

The new Taft Information Technology High School|

Taft students move into brand new high school
Photos by Dan Yount

Fresh from spring break and their school’s first state basketball championship, Taft Information Technology High School students moved on Tuesday, April 5, into a gleaming new facility built from the ground up at the school’s original hom More...

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Save The Date! Ann’s House Fundraiser ‘Honoring the Dream Makers’ is July 16

Junia Company’s Fundraising gala for Ann’s House, “Honoring the Dream Makers,” will be Sat., July 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Living Word Fellowship, 9781 Fields-Ertel Rd., 45140. More...

Many Black Cincinnatians going without medical care, prescriptions

A s the Affordable Care Act reaches its first anniversary, results from the 2010 Greater Cincinnati Community Health Status Survey show that about one in six Greater Cincinnati African-American adults said that someone in their household went without More...

News

Congressional Black Caucus on FY 2012 Budget Debates

Washington D.C. – Late last night, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) debated the Congressional Black Caucus’ Fiscal Year 2012 Alternative Budget on the House Floor. The United States Congress took up the Cleaver/Scott Amendment—the CBC Budget. More...

A BENEFIT FOR THE OVERTURE AWARDS AND ACADEMY

Crowned New Champ
Dr. Tracey Skale (Greater Cincinnati Behavior Health Services)

CINCINNATI, OH – Dr. Tracey Skale (chief medical officer, Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services) and her dance pro J. More...

Washington, D.C. Mayor and City Councilmembers Arrested in an Act of Civil Disobedience Protesting Congressional Budget Deal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an act of civil disobedience, Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, and six members of the District’s City Council were arrested by the U.S. Capitol Police for protesting the highly publicized congressional budget deal. More...

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Section B

Prayer Beakfast

17th Annual Bethune Recognition Prayer Breakfast, sponsored by Cincinnati Section, National Council of Negro Women. Saturday, May 7, 2011, 9:30 am-12:30 pm at Greater Emanuel Apostolic Temple, 1150 W. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45231. More...

Easter Village welcomes you April 23

The public is invited to Impact Christian Ministries Annual Easter Village. There will be Easter eggs, candy, food, games and entertainment. This is a family event Saturday, April 23, at Cincinnati Federated Women’s Club, 1010 Chapel St. More...

Tickets on sale for 10th Annual ‘I Hear Music in the Air’ May 13-15

Tickets are now on sale for the 10th Annual “I Hear Music in the Air” weekend, Cincinnati’s premier gospel event, May 13-15. The celebration attracts thousands from throughout the U.S. for a conference, concert, gala and more. More...

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Commentary

Ask Gwendolyn Baines

I No Longer Watch the News!
By Gwendolyn Baines NNPA Columnist

Dear Gwendolyn: A year ago, I stopped looking at the local and national news.  It is too sad and makes me have a bad day thinking of all the terrible happenings around the world.   There are too many wars and too many parents killing t More...

Sen. Sherrod Brown in Your Hometown

Let’s Make the Tax Process Fair for All Homeowners

Ohio homeowners are sending property tax appeals to county auditors at record rates. For many families, the property tax burden is overwhelming. Now is the time to ease the property tax burden on middle class families. More...

Donald Trump’s Baseless Challenge to Obama’s U.S. Citizenship

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist

Donald Trump, who is again flirting with the possibility of running for president on the Republican ticket, has garnered widespread publicity by repeating thoroughly discredited claims that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States and More...

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