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Charlotte will hire Norfolk’s Marcus Jones as its new manager. Jones is currently the city manager at Norfolk. He will be Charlotte’s first African American city manager, according to news reports. Jones replaces interim Charlotte city manager Ron Carlee. In February, the Charlotte City Council decided not to extend Carlee’s three-year contract. Jones spent his […]

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Police have not identified the victims, but the Facebook Live stream was uploaded by a T.J. Williams around 9 p.m. on the social media site, and has over 97,000 views.

Known as the “Chairman of the Boards” NBA Hall of Famer Moses Malone is dead at the age of 60. Petersburg, Virginia, the NBA and sports lovers are mourning the loss of three-time NBA-MVP, Malone died of an apparent heart attack in his sleep last Sunday. Malone was in Norfolk, Virginia to play in a celebrity Golf […]

Forbes has released its full list of the best cities in the United States  where African-Americans are doing best economically. Is your city on the list? Three Virginia cities made the list Richmond, Virginia Beach and Norfolk. Let’s keep doing our best Virginia. #GoVA  

A federal court in Norfolk, Virginia is scheduled to hear arguments this Tuesday in the case aimed at overturning Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban.  Old Dominion University Professor Timothy Bostic and real estate agent Tony London are suing Norfolk Circuit court after they were denied a marriage license. Also, parties to the lawsuit are Chesterfield couple Mary […]

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RICHMOND, VA. (RADIO-ONE KISS): Jazz Cafe at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Thursdays, 6 -9 pm, in the BEST Cafe in conjunction with the Richmond Jazz Society, www.vajazz.org; Friday Art & Wine/Meet Up with Art at VMFA, 5 – 8:30pm, www.vmfa.state.va.us. Volunteer to cheer in the Summer Games for Special Olympics Virginia, June 7 […]

FROM: Obama for America CHICAGO — Obama for America announced today that President Obama and Vice President Biden will hold campaign events across the country next week as part of their “Road to Charlotte” tours leading up to the Democratic National Convention.  On the tours, the President and Vice President will be joined by different “American […]

UPDATE: President Obama’s three-state “college tour” wrapped up on Wednesday in Charlottesville, Virginia. The tour was scheduled simultaneously during the Republican National Convention in Tampa. During the rally at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion, the president highlighted what is at stake in the 2012 election -the economy and middle class security. President Obama warned of cynicism and said Republicans hope […]