COLUMBUS – It was all over in 20 minutes. But that 20 minutes could fetch Larry D. Cathcart a lengthy prison time for engaging the Columbus Police in a terrifying standoff after an attempt to arrest him for allegedly being the elusive bandit who broke into a house in Bexley recently. In that incident, Cathcart allegedly posed as a... Full story »

COLUMBUS – It’s not always clear why seemingly normal people lash out this way.  Sure, problems for everyone pile up, but often, they don’t always offer palpable indications of a brewing fatal catastrophe.  But for Nathaniel Brown, now that more has been revealed about him, it appears there were all kinds of signs describing the ululation and desperation of... Full story »

COLUMBUS – It’s the kind of brazen, coldhearted brutality that is pretty hard to imagine: a blatant disregard for life that’s pretty scary and certainly very disturbing for the Somali community that has suffered similar incidents many times before. Apparently, on Feb. 8, at 9:48 p.m., Somali immigrant Ahmed Nur was with a friend near the stairs inside Northowne... Full story »

COLUMBUS – Senate Bill 194, legislation to boost savings rates among Ohioans was passed out of the Senate last month with a unanimous vote. The bill enables anyone filing an Ohio income tax return to have their refund deposited directly into a retirement savings account. “Senate Bill 194 provides Ohioans with the option of having their tax refund directly... Full story »

CLEVELAND – JumpStart Ventures, which invests in and partners with innovative, early-stage companies in Northeast Ohio, announced an investment commitment of $250,000 in Melody Management. The four-year-old new media company has developed a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application for independent musicians to efficiently manage their online presence and digital music sales across multiple social networking websites. The convergence of production-quality consumer... Full story »

The Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation (BPACF) of the Black Professional Association (BPA) held it’s annual meeting, sponsored by Justin Horton and Stratos Wealth Partners, at the Cleveland Restoration Society. The current president Natoya Walker Minor and BPACF executive director Robin Williams did an excellent job with reuniting the past presidents of BPA/BPACF at this meeting. Guest speaker Steven... Full story »

Browns kick returner/wide receiver Joshua Cribbs has had many reasons to celebrate over the course of his five-year NFL career. He is an NFL record holder, two-time Pro Bowl player and was selected as an All-Pro last season. On Friday afternoon, Cribbs got one more reason to celebrate, a renegotiated contract with the Browns. Team President Mike Holmgren made... Full story »

CLEVELAND – About 500 people attended the Greater Cleveland Partnership’s Annual Meeting, recently held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, where the business community outlined its priorities for 2010. Speakers noted that several economic development opportunities have emerged as a result of changes occurring in 2009 and discussed how the organization would address them in 2010. Priorities include continuing... Full story »

The legendary Kareem Abdul-Jabbar brought his message to Cleveland recently as part of The Writers & Readers series hosted by the Cleveland Public Library. Abdul-Jabbar, considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time is a retired player, coach, actor and author. During his 20-year professional career in the NBA, from 1969 to 1989, he scored... Full story »

COLUMBUS – When Mayor Michael Coleman praised Columbus Police Chief Walter Distelzweig for his plan to reform the Columbus Division of Police patrol operations in his state of the City speech last week, it was a good chance to explain his reasons for agreeing with a plan he said “should not be a revolutionary idea.” “Think about that, more... Full story »

When considering the potential impact of H.R. 848, the radio performance tax, on our local community, the effects becomes obvious since we only have on Black owned radio station, Radio One. And, it Cathy Hughes is correct in saying that it would force her to stop broadcasting talk and gossip formats, we would lose a major conduit of information.... Full story »

You’ve heard Radio One CEO Cathy Hughes “reality radio” commercials on-air and is probably wondering what she’s talking about. Basically, she is referring to House Bill H.R. 848, the performance rights act, designed to provide parity in radio performance rights under title 17 United States Code and for other purposes. In laymen’s terms, it will tax radio stations for... Full story »

Old Stone Education Center, an alternative educational opportunity for parents age 16 years and older, is hosting “A Day of Caring” to spotlight the works of Cleveland’s nonprofit organizations and former Essence Editor-in-Chief Susan Taylor will provide keynote address to inspire people to step up and be of serve to our community. The event will be held at the... Full story »

COLUMBUS – Jack Marchbanks is kind of an urban pioneer. For more than 20 years, Marchbanks, currently the Director of Business Development at Prime Engineering & Architecture and a former state official has lived with his wife, Alice Flowers – who herself has been active in the Near East community – on Columbus’ Near East side.  They bought one... Full story »