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Join Sheila Stewart as she talks with members of the non-profit organization Men Aiming Higher  about their upcoming “Community Health Walk” , aimed at promoting physical fitness in the African American community.  Sheila will also speak with staffers of the Washington Afro about their 120 Year community celebration. It all starts Sunday from 6:00am to 6:30a on Majic 102.3!

(New Bern, NC)  —  A North Carolina father is using public humiliation as a form of punishment.  Donnell Bryant told WCTI-12 that his daughter had become a “mean girl” and been suspended from school for being disrespectful.  Bryant made the ninth grader walk along a highway while carrying a sign that read, “I have a […]

(Prince George’s Co., MD)  —  Trial is underway for the alleged mastermind of a 2010 acid attack on a mother and her young daughter.  Katrina Watts and her three-year-old daughter were burned when an acid-like substance was thrown on them in Prince George’s County.  Tamara Jackson is accused of planning the attack carried out by […]

(Chevy Chase, MD)  —  About 20 families are displaced and two firefighters are injured after a three-alarm fire at a Chevy Chase apartment complex.  Montgomery County Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham says the fire started around 2:15 yesterday afternoon at the Round Hill Apartments in the 28-hundred block of Terrace Drive. Graham says the two […]

Edward Kennedy “Duke“ Ellington, arguably America’s greatest composer, bandleader and recording artist, was born in Washington, D.C. before the turn of the century on April 29 in 1899. During his 50-plus year career, Ellington composed thousands of songs for the stage, screen and composition book, according to Biography.com. Some of his notable songs include, “It don’t mean a […]

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Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama made light of the serious — a Secret Service scandal and lavish spending at a government conference — and the inconsequential — the graying of his hair — at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday night. And he even made time for business tycoon Donald Trump, whom Obama kidded […]

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Lately former DC mayor Marion Barry has had his own slip of the tongue with statements like:  “[I]f you go to the hospital now, you’ll find a number of immigrants who are nurses, particularly from the Philippines,” said Barry (D-Ward 8). “And no offense, but let’s grow our own teachers, let’s grow our own nurses, […]

Join Majic 102.3’s Award Winning News Director Sheila Stewart  hosting the stations public affairs show “In The Community” this coming Sunday, April 28th, 2012. Guests include Chonya Johnson, founder of The Executive Youth Leadership & Policy Summit and student participants of the program!  Sheila will also talk with the editor of The Washington Afro, Edgar […]

The Washington Washington Football Team’s quarterback woes were always good for  an almost daily laugh. Laugh no more because, as of tonight, Baylor’s 2012 Heisman winning QB Robert Griffin III aka RG3 is officially a Washington Redskin after hearing his named called with the #2 draft pick. Hopefully the remedy to a ‘Skins franchise that […]

This week, District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) was chosen as one of two school districts across the country to receive a new multi-million dollar grant from Target to help improve literacy. The grant will be split among six DCPS elementary schools. The elementary schools – Amidon-Bowen, Bancroft, Davis, Garrison, Orr and Simon – have […]

Francis Scott Key Middle School has been selected as a recipient of the inaugural Green Ribbon School Award. TheSilver Spring school is among a total of 78 winning schools from 29 states. The Green Ribbon Schools award program, established in 2011, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and recognizes schools that save energy, […]