Spencer Moore to speak at crime summit
The first of two meetings of a city crime summit is taking place Tuesday at the Indianapolis Urban League. The Ten Point Coalition, which is sponsoring the event, promises specific answers and will...
View ArticleCouncil candidates plead their case
GLENDALE — Six candidates vying for two City Council seats in the April 5 election discussed their plans during a forum Thursday to reform the budget, stimulate business and repair race relations in...
View Article50 SHOWS FOR FALL
As we bid farewell to the Summer of Swelter, it's a grand time for pulling up the appointment app on your smart phone (or pulling out the day planner, if you're a traditionalist) and setting aside some...
View ArticleCaptured: Damenique Beasley: Trying to high-tail it from police gets fugitive...
UPDATE: Pierce County and Tri-City Crime Stoppers tell us Damenique Beasley was arrested over the weekend at a motel in Kennewick. Tri-City Crime Stoppers say as an officer approached Beasley’s...
View ArticleMen Making a Difference: Dana Sohr
Fatherhood had kept Dana Sohr from service work. It also brought him back to it. Sohr’s youngest son had come home from his first religious education class at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of...
View ArticleIn Theory: Can Muslims shake off a negative image?
Q. As Muslims around the world observe the holy month of Ramadan, a new survey shows that American Muslims are happier than ever. A Gallup study found that 60% of Muslim Americans surveyed reported...
View ArticleKokomo ranked on 'safest cities' list
The City of Kokomo was ranked in the top 50 on a list of the 405 safest places to live in the United States. According to CQ Press’ annual report, City Crime Rankings for 2011-2012, Kokomo ranked at...
View ArticleWhy Alaska? International UAA Students Increase to Record Highs
The latest Census reports more than one-third of Alaska residents are minorities and Anchorage is the melting pot. The city is now drawing students from all over the world to the University of Alaska...
View ArticleTemple Adas Shalom community pitches in to honor Dr. King
Members of the Temple Adas Shalom community in Havre de Grace participated in a social action project Saturday night to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. "Instead of having a religious...
View ArticleMayor backs down on new protest fines
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday backed off a plan to increase fines for resisting arrest, his latest retreat in the face of complaints from aldermen and protesters that he is trying to muzzle free speech...
View ArticleChicago aldermen approve Emanuel's G-8, NATO protest crackdown
The Chicago City Council today easily approved measures to tighten parade rules, increase fines and give Mayor Rahm Emanuel power to spend money on a pair of May summits of world leaders. Dozens of...
View ArticleCity Hall backs off again on fines for street protesters
Mayor Rahm Emanuel today backed off a plan to increase fines for resisting arrest during this spring's G-8 and NATO conferences after aldermen and protesters expressed concerns that it would curb free...
View ArticleSEEN ON TV: October 17 - October 23
OCTOBER 23 - Click here for a link to The Gift of Time cookbook. OCTOBER 21 - Click here for more information about Halloween Costume shopping ideas from Children's Orchard. - Click here for more...
View ArticleBurns' 'Prohibition' looks at the fruits of forbidding alcohol
Whether it's banning certain light bulbs or transfats or salt or smoking or plastic grocery bags, someone decides that a legal substance or activity is not good for people or society and should be...
View ArticleDistrict 14: Douglas Armstrong
1. Please describe your educational and professional background and how it has prepared you to serve on the City Council. I'm a product of Maryland's public school system. Because of a great elementary...
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