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English, Johnson grab attention at Portsmouth Invitational Tourney
Before Dennis Rodman became a household name among basketball fans, he was a relative unknown at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
High school coach portrayed in ‘Remember the Titans’ dies
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With his health declining, Herman Boone was still mapping out football strategy as if he were about to walk the sidelines one more time.
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff
Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters denied incumbent Lori Lightfoot a second term, issuing a rebuke to a leader who made history as head of the nation’s third largest city.
VUU’s Nieves may have a leg up on cross-country competition
When his rival runners sputter, slow and even stall, Luis Nieves keeps going and going. The long-striding junior mass communications major is Virginia Union University’s leader of the pack on the cross-country trails.
VSU looking for first win after bowing to NSU in Labor Day Classic
There’s good news and not so good news regarding Virginia State University football. The uplifting news is that 2017 VSU sensation Trenton Cannon appears to have made the NFL New York Jets’ 53-man roster.
Longwood basketball again travels glory road to NCAA Tournament
When the 1979-80 basketball season began, the fan base of Longwood College, as it was known then, didn’t extend much past Perini Pizza directly across from campus on Main Street in Farmville.
Stellar cast leads Sunday production at Altria Theater
Make no mistake about it — Je’Caryous Johnson is trying to reach you. The award-winning writer, director and producer’s latest play, “Things Your Man Won’t Do,” features a potent cast of familiar faces whose characters delicately weave drama, humor and the salaciousness of a love triangle against a backstory with a much stronger social message.
VSU wins CIAA cross-country championship
For the third time in the last four years, Virginia State University is the CIAA men’s cross-country champion.
Personality: Rahmah T. Johnson
Spotlight on Richmond Public Schools Teacher of the Year
A holistic approach to counseling is the key to success for Richmond Public Schools Teacher of the Year Rahmah T. Johnson.
Vote on Navy Hill project expected on Feb. 24
Monday, Feb. 24. That’s the date on which City Council President Cynthia I. Newbille wants the governing body to take a vote on the controversial $1.5 billion Coliseum replacement and Downtown development plan.
3-day AFRIKANA Independent Film Festival debuts
The AFRIKANA Independent Film Festival, featuring more than 30 films from four continents, panel discussions and events with directors and movie score producers, will debut Thursday, Sept.15, and continue through Sunday, Sept. 18.
U.S. lawmakers part of dream or nightmare?
I, too, am a dreamer. I dream of a time when we have a government that works for the average American — and not just for corporate America — without working at the expense of the average American. Most of our politicians on both sides of the aisle are continuing to give us a steady diet of nightmares while pretending to care about us.
State NAACP hosting Prostate Cancer Summit on Saturday
The Virginia State Conference NAACP and Quioccasin Baptist Church are collaborating this weekend on a Men’s Health Conference: Prostate Cancer Summit to provide information about prostate cancer risks, detection and treatment options.
Personality: Darius A. Johnson
Spotlight on Medical College of Virginia Foundation board chair
Darius A. Johnson says the heart of who he is as a person can be traced to his parents, Jerome J. Johnson and Roslyn A. Johnson, and his sister, Leslie N. Johnson.
President Johnson doesn’t deserve credit for Selma
Joseph Califano’s statement that Selma was President Lyndon B. Johnson’s idea is patently false. Although the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Com- mittee had come to Alabama earlier to organize to obtain the right to vote, the Alabama Right to Vote movement began for me the day the four little girls were killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham.
