By The Admin on June 26, 2009
Twin brothers from Illinois who authorities say are white supremacists have been charged in a 2004 bombing that injured the black diversity director in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale.
Federal, state and local officials are scheduled to release details of an indictment against Dennis and Daniel Mahon at a news conference Friday morning.
The brothers were arrested [...]
Posted in State & Local News
By The Admin on June 26, 2009
Artists like Beyonce, Wyclef Jean and Ne-Yo are scrambling to change their performances for the Black Entertainment TV Awards Sunday to honor Michael Jackson.
The awards show, hosted by Jamie Fox from the Shrine Auditorium, will be dedicated to Jackson because of his influence on music and pop culture, said Stephen Hill, an executive producer for [...]
Posted in Media
By The Admin on June 26, 2009
Five members of the Jena Six have pleaded no contest to misdemeanor simple battery and were sentenced to seven days probation and fined $500 plus court costs.
It was a far less severe end to their cases than seemed possible when the six students were initially charged with attempted murder in a 2006 attack on Justin [...]
Posted in State & Local News
By The Admin on June 26, 2009
Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers today pleaded guilty to accepting bribes over a sludge contract with a Houston company.
She’s the wife of a Democratic congressman John Conyers, who officials say has no role in the case.
Monica Conyers was charged with conspiracy to commit bribery for allegedly accepting two payments, in 2007, from an official with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By The Admin on June 26, 2009
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. D-Mich., has denied any wrongdoing in taking an all-expense paid trip to the Caribbean as charged by a watchdog group.
Kilpatrick, the mother of ousted Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, defended her actions in a letter to the Detroit News and said the House Ethics Committee had approved the trip. “The organizing [...]
Posted in Congress
