Month: January 2013

The heartrending massacre of 20, six- and seven-year-old children and six educators in Newtown, Conn. has galvanized public attention once again after a mass shooting. But the killing of children by gun violence is not new

Hundreds of business, civic and religious leaders – including former mayors Shirley Franklin and Andrew Young – packed Big Bethel AME Church recently to pay final tribute to Atlanta business icon Jesse Hill Jr., a civil rights activist and longtime businessman who died of undetermined causes Dec. 17. Hill was 86.

Lillie Bailey and aunt, Kattye Adderly, (both cancer survivors) could not miss the chance to hear Magic Johnson speak recently at Holy Cross Hospital