The Rock Island County NAACP is sending love and sincere sympathy to the community and family of Jakarta Jackson. Jackson, 21, of East Moline, was fatally shot by Rock Island Police Officer Brett ...

What if you could disassemble Center Street and the ramps overhead? A recently announced $1.6 million in federal grant money ...

LIMA — The Lima NAACP is seeking sponsors for its student scholarship fund. The civil rights organization set a goal to raise $60,000 in contributions this year to provide scholarships to ...

Rev. Kenneth Dukes is the president of the Shelby County NAACP. Before the program started, he explained the decision to cancel the march. “I had to make a call, and I did it based off of the ...

Mr. Trump used a different method to grant clemency to Mr. Tarrio’s co-defendants in the sedition trial — Joseph Biggs, Ethan Nordean, Zach Rehl and Dominic Pezzola, who is best known for ...

The local chapter of the NAACP’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations began with a frigid memorial and ended with a warmly received sermon. Monday’s annual memorial service for civil rights ...

The Meridian-Lauderdale County branch of the NAACP held its 40th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Junior Prayer Breakfast at the newly restored Frank Cochran Center. Representative Charles Young ...

The Virginia NAACP applauded Biden’s decision, saying the Waverly Two were unjustly sentenced to life in prison without sufficient evidence. "The Waverly Two are not just a statistic ...

Some members of the local NAACP came out to condemn the move. Landry encouraged Louisianans to fly the MAGA flag over their homes on inauguration day to show their support for the new president.

A former school volunteer in Cole County charged with sexual abuse of a minor pleaded guilty over the weekend, according to online court records. Jennifer Cecil was charged in July 2023 and ...

As Tamu Holmes reminded the audience at Monday’s Fredericksburg NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast, while her organization might be strictly non-partisan, “we are political as hell.” “Today ...

“But it reinforces my work with the NAACP, it reinforces my love for Spokane ... requirements needed to receive national matching-grant funds. Get breaking news delivered to your inbox ...