Nellie Weddle celebrates 88th birthday with community fundraiser
Photos by Yvonne Kemp On Sunday, April 14, 2024, long-time community activist Nellie Weddle, founder of Nellie’s Outreach Resource Initiative (NORI), celebrated her 88th birthday at the Washington Park Senior Center, 4420 W. Vliet Street.…
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Remembering Sade Robinson
On Monday April 1, 2024, 19-year-old Sade Robinson disappeared. By the afternoon of Friday, April 12, Milwaukee and the whole world would know what had happened to her. When Maxwell S. Anderson, 33, a man…
2024 Milwaukee crime data: homicides down 39 percent in 1st quarter of year
Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman, Mayor Cavalier Johnson and Office of Violence Prevention Director Ashanti Hamilton, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 presented the city’s crime numbers for the first three months of 2024. With the…
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Milwaukee Brewers celebrate 2024 Opening Day at American Family Field
Photos by Yvonne Kemp The Milwaukee Brewers celebrated their 2024 Opening Day at American Family Field against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 after a successful first series sweep over the New York…
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Editorials
An update in a long fight for justice
On April 2, 2024, 109-year-olds Viola Fletcher and Lessie Benningfield Randle appeared together at a Tulsa courthouse in a hearing before Oklahoma’s Supreme Court. Mother Fletcher and Mother Randle, as they are known in their…
Your family first
You hear a lot of people complaining about certain aspects of US society. Many people point the finger at the usual suspect, African Americans. The issues that face US society are more than the lack…
Christian Times
A brief listing of Milwaukee’s oldest black churches
By Jerome D. Henderson In the final Book of the New Testament, John, the beloved disciple, wrote a prophetic word of encouragement to seven churches in what is now part of Turkey. At the time…
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American Baptist College celebrates centennial
Wisconsin churches have been blessed to support American Baptist College for at least four decades. This being the centennial year of the college, we are pleased to announce ABC Day Wisconsin will commence with a…
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Personal Finance and Business
Nine smart ways to spend your tax refund
How to spend the money mindfully Receiving a large tax refund can feel like you won the lottery. For many of us, it’s the biggest paycheck we receive all year. That’s a lot of “extra”…
An introduction to Roxie Hendon: Real estate agent, title closer, sales agent and educator
I am a Milwaukee native who grew up in what is considered one of the worst zip codes for black families in the country-53206. I was raised in a two-parent, blended household with my mom…
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Education
Attend the 53206 Community Showcase on April 24, 2024
Families and neighbors are invited to attend the Milwaukee Public Schools 53206 Community Showcase on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Explore Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) programs and learn about jobs in the district. Meet your neighbors…
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MPS Turnaround Arts students performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Eleven Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) students from Roosevelt Middle School of the Arts presented an original musical work recently at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., considered America’s national cultural center.…
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Health and Fitness
The link between fibroids, vitamin D, and black women
Research suggests black women are two to three times more likely to develop fibroids than white women. Scary thought, right? Well get this – not only are black women more likely to develop fibroids at…
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Five ways to de-stress daily
There’s been increased interest in mental health as more high-profile individuals have come out of hiding about their struggles with depression, anxiety and other mental issues that secretly plague their lives. It’s always shocking to…
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What's Happening?
New street signs arrive to honor Dr. Lester Carter
Photo by Yvonne Kemp On Friday April 5, 2024, crews installed the new street signs that bear the name of Dr. Lester Carter Jr., a pioneering pharmacist who served Milwaukee’s black residents for decades. In…
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Milwaukee Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. hosts first ‘Intergenerational Community Women’s Day’
More than 125 women and girls from the community joined roughly 50 members of the Milwaukee Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., for its first “Intergenerational Community Women’s Day” on Saturday, March 16,…
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Lifestyles
Ten life-changing inventions made by black women
While you might not think about who was behind some of the technology taken for granted daily, it might surprise you to know how many come from black women. Throughout history, black women have inspired…
Black leaders who are shaping history today
Black Americans have played a crucial role in helping to advance America’s business, political and cultural landscape into what it is today. And since 1976, every U.S. president has designated the month of February as…