Oprah Winfrey shares the May 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine with her young 21-yr-old self. In the issue, which hits newsstands on April 10th, the 58-year-old media mogul reveals what advice she would give to her teenage self, a 19-year-old woman she calls beautiful brown-skinned girl. “You’ve spent too many days and years […]
Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tearing roofs off homes, tossing trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. The National Weather Service confirmed at least two separate “large and extremely dangerous” tornadoes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Several other developing twisters were reported as […]
In order to highlight the growing need for concern and awareness about autism, the Autism Society has been celebrating National Autism Awareness Month since the 1970s. The United States recognizes April as a special opportunity for everyone to educate the public about autism and issues within the autism community. Join the Autism Society in getting […]
At this season of the year, we celebrate the grandeur of God’s creation in the beauty of the flowers and the return of the robins. We clasp our loved ones in rituals of food and drink, laughter and embrace. Some of us will also sit in services of silence, music, and sacred readings. We […]
If you’re looking to dine out in style on a budget, plenty of Cleveland restaurants might be able to help you out during Restaurant Week, which starts Monday. About 60 restaurants are taking part and they’re not all in the city either. They span from Mentor to Sandusky and down to Akron. Here’s how it […]
Israel Houghton is celebrating 10 years with 10. A decade is a long time! “After a decade worth of projects, hundreds of songs, thousands of nights of worship, and hundreds of thousands of people who have allowed us to usher them to Jesus, whether by way of recording or live events, I am so grateful that you gave […]
According to the Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism, a new report is shedding light on the dramatic increase in the number of children being diagnosed with autism. “The CDC released the numbers of autism being a diagnosis of one in 88 children being diagnosed. And one in 54 boys affected by that diagnosis,” said […]
Over the last five years the Lorain City School District has seen its enrollment drop 15 percent, its workforce of teachers reduced by 29 percent and administration costs cut 40 percent yet they face still a $12 million deficit. To close that hole, notices were mailed out earlier this month to all district employees […]
A few months ago I received an email from a young lady who reached out to me after reading an article I’d written that spoke to some things she’d been dealing with. Since then, I’ve adopted her as my little sister, and had the amazing privilege of helping her to give her heart to […]
During a recent performance in Memphis, TN Gospel recording artist Donald Lawrence shared some very unexpected news. While performing at a post game concert for the Grizzles, and while singing his song “Not Making Sense, Making Faith” Lawrence told the audience that he had not been too visible or had not performed with his singers […]
From New Tech at East Tech to Campus International School, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District hopes its many schools of choice will help convince families to come back to the district. “We’ve lost 30,000 kids in the last decade alone,” CEO Eric Gordon said. Some of the students have gone on to charter and parochial […]
The hunt for background singers is back on with gospel artist Sheri Moffet Jones. She is a powerful singer that most know from her stint with Tedd and Sheri as well as her lead vocals on “Encourage Yourself” on Donald Lawrence.Now she wants to know if you have what it takes to rock with her […]
