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68-year-old Eddie Wright of Morgan City has been arrested after being turned in for passing out candy on Halloween.

68-year-old Eddie Wright of Morgan City has been arrested after being turned in for passing out candy on Halloween.

68-year-old Eddie Wright of Morgan City has been arrested after being turned in for passing out candy on Halloween.

68-year-old Eddie Wright of Morgan City has been arrested after being turned in for passing out candy on Halloween.

68-year-old Eddie Wright of Morgan City has been arrested after being turned in for passing out candy on Halloween.

The sign says Stanley Drug Co., but inside the hoodoo shop one can get a Tarot card reading, African mojo wishing beans, or a candle to give you good luck.

On the last Sunday in May 1995, Ako Abdul-Samad was sitting in an office at the Eldora youth detention center having what others might call a "come to Jesus" session with a soon-to-be released 16-year-old. A Black Muslim working for Urban Dreams, Abdul-Samad was showing he had the kids number. Having blown three previous opportunities for a release, the spirited boy hed just met had been in Eldora 10 months for drug possession. The stately man in the leather suspenders wasnt going to toler...

Stakes — and hopes and dreams — were  rising all day Wednesday at the Wayne Ford Civic League as the organizations progressive bingo jackpot topped  $22,000. Players lined up around the Westland  banquet hall for a chance to win $22,475 along with 50% of that nights progressive jackpot bingo card sales. Melissa June, chairperson and vice president of the civic league, said lines have been forming near-daily  since June 18. She said its common for people to line up when the ja...

Wild hogs becoming major nuisance, desecrating cemetery Wild hogs are causing the damage. It’s a sight that’s tough for anyone to see. But especially to Dwayne Ford and others who have loved ones buried at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery and consider it sacred ground. “We come on birthdays holidays sometimes we come just to come,” said Ford. “We always come and change flowers.” “Out of the five years I’ve been here, I ain’t never seen it like this,” said Thomas Else, the groundske...

Project CommUnity: Hope and History © Provided by KCCI Des Moines project community: celebrating history and hope The impact of race in America over the past century is brought vividly to life through the eyes of nearly a dozen individuals who lived it in a special presentation of “Project CommUNITY: History and Hope.” The program features the experiences of two notable Iowans. The one-hour program features Black seniors paired with young Black Hearst Television journalists for probing, ...