Ricks runs the funeral home mostly alone, with assistance from a general manager. His wife, children and other licensed ...

Dr. Charles Simmons, the founder of Sojourner-Douglass College, a historically Black institution of higher learning in Baltimore, died on January 26th at age 87, after dedicating nearly 50 years to ...

Gayle Carter Harris, 80, of Glen Allen, VA, passed away peacefully on February 18, 2026. She was born on February 26, 1945, in Richmond, VA. Gayle was a loving mother and grandmother. She loved the ...

Troy Duane Carter, 85, of Sandston, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, 12, 2026. He was preceded in death by his son, Doug Carter; daughter, Terri Castlebury; and his sister, Faye Causway. Troy was ...

Classes at Iowa Lakes Community College will not resume on Wednesday as had been previously announced. Instead, they have been postponed to Thursday so the community can attend Johnson's funeral.

Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday evening, followed by a funeral service and burial Wednesday morning for Carter Johnson.

Linda Lee (Carter) Cunningham, 63, of East Haddam, beloved wife of Mark Cunningham, passed away Thursday, February 12th, at Hartford Hospital. Born August 5, 1962, in San Diego, CA, she was the ...

On Jan. 9, 1961, the University of Georgia (UGA) was desegregated. Charlayne Hunter (now Hunter-Gault) and Hamilton Holmes were the first Black students to enroll at UGA. Hunter was studying to become ...

Bettie Jean Carter Humphrey, age 92, passed away on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, at Baptist Health Lexington. She was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, on June 4, 1933, to the late Morris Carter and ...

WASHINGTON — Services were held on Thursday for former Vice President Dick Cheney, attended by dignitaries from both sides of the aisle in a show of bipartisanship at Washington’s National Cathedral ...

SIX MILE — Ollie Mae Sentell Kelly, 87, of Six Mile, loving wife of Miles Kelley, passed away on Sept. 26, 2025, in Easley. Ollie was an inspiration of love for all the people she came across. She was ...