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According to multiple reports, Michael Jordan’s son, Marcus Jordan, has been arrested and booked into Orange County jail in Orlando, Florida. TMZ first reported that on Monday, the 34-year-old reality TV star was arrested and charged with cocaine possession, driving under the influence, and resisting arrest. Other sources, including People
People often question why Black History Month happens in February, the shortest month in the calendar year. Black History Month is celebrated in February because it coincides with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two prominent figures in American history who played significant roles in ending slavery. Historian
Caroline Boone Berry (1850-1914) and her husband William Berry (1848-1917) established the Berry Cemetery around 1880. The cemetery is still actively being used. Its website makes the strong argument that it is the oldest cemetery for and continuously owned by Black people in Greene County and likely the region. It
26th Annual Design-A-Bookmark Contest for Kids and Teens in Grades K-12 Pick up an entry form at any Springfield-Greene County Library or the Mobile Library, or download one at thelibrary.org/bookmarks beginning February 1, and return it by March 22. Digital submissions can be sent to imagine@thelibrary.org. Winners and runners-up will
If there is anyone Kendrick Lamar should check in with before his Super Bowl halftime performance, Usher may be just the guy. During an appearance on “The Jennifer Hudson Show” on Tuesday, Feb. 4, the 46-year-old singer, who treated viewers to an epic halftime show in Las Vegas last year,
In a world where we are experiencing so much change politically, economically, socially and in the consumer marketplace, there’s one constant that keeps us going: women. No matter what, women are rising to the occasion and paving a path for their successors. With grace and dignity, they conquer setbacks and
Comedian, actress and writer Amber Ruffin has been announced as the 2025 entertainer for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. The annual event hosted by the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) will honor the achievements of journalists covering the White House throughout the association’s 111-year history. Ruffin joins a
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. What do you get when you cross world-record-breaking speed with unbridled audacity? A new archetype of athletic icon. Track and field legend Florence Griffith Joyner, better known as Flo
If you’re like many of us, you don’t think much about where your seafood comes from or why it matters—but Arron Kallenberg is working to change that. The Alaska native left a successful career in tech to start Wild Alaskan Company (WAC), a sustainable seafood subscription service, not because he
The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group was convicted Monday of conspiring with his former girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid in furtherance of their shared racist beliefs. Brandon Russell, 29, encouraged Sarah Beth Clendaniel to carry out a series of “sniper attacks” on electrical substations around Baltimore that could have
According to multiple reports, Michael Jordan’s son, Marcus Jordan, has been arrested and booked into Orange County jail in Orlando, Florida. TMZ first reported that on Monday, the 34-year-old reality TV star was arrested and charged with cocaine possession, driving under the influence, and resisting arrest. Other sources, including People
People often question why Black History Month happens in February, the shortest month in the calendar year. Black History Month is celebrated in February because it coincides with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two prominent figures in American history who played significant roles in ending slavery. Historian
Caroline Boone Berry (1850-1914) and her husband William Berry (1848-1917) established the Berry Cemetery around 1880. The cemetery is still actively being used. Its website makes the strong argument that it is the oldest cemetery for and continuously owned by Black people in Greene County and likely the region. It
26th Annual Design-A-Bookmark Contest for Kids and Teens in Grades K-12 Pick up an entry form at any Springfield-Greene County Library or the Mobile Library, or download one at thelibrary.org/bookmarks beginning February 1, and return it by March 22. Digital submissions can be sent to imagine@thelibrary.org. Winners and runners-up will
If there is anyone Kendrick Lamar should check in with before his Super Bowl halftime performance, Usher may be just the guy. During an appearance on “The Jennifer Hudson Show” on Tuesday, Feb. 4, the 46-year-old singer, who treated viewers to an epic halftime show in Las Vegas last year,
In a world where we are experiencing so much change politically, economically, socially and in the consumer marketplace, there’s one constant that keeps us going: women. No matter what, women are rising to the occasion and paving a path for their successors. With grace and dignity, they conquer setbacks and
Comedian, actress and writer Amber Ruffin has been announced as the 2025 entertainer for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. The annual event hosted by the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) will honor the achievements of journalists covering the White House throughout the association’s 111-year history. Ruffin joins a
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. What do you get when you cross world-record-breaking speed with unbridled audacity? A new archetype of athletic icon. Track and field legend Florence Griffith Joyner, better known as Flo
If you’re like many of us, you don’t think much about where your seafood comes from or why it matters—but Arron Kallenberg is working to change that. The Alaska native left a successful career in tech to start Wild Alaskan Company (WAC), a sustainable seafood subscription service, not because he
The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group was convicted Monday of conspiring with his former girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid in furtherance of their shared racist beliefs. Brandon Russell, 29, encouraged Sarah Beth Clendaniel to carry out a series of “sniper attacks” on electrical substations around Baltimore that could have
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