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FAYETTEVILLE -- Derek Hood, who ranks second in career rebounding for the University of Arkansas mens basketball team, was announced Wednesday by the SEC office as the Razorbacks representative for the latest class of SEC Legends.

Rashad Wright, 28, is the former Poet Laureate of Jersey City and an accomplished slam poet. During the last few years, he's been bringing poetry into the classroom.

Jersey City’s African Cultural Arts Juneteenth Family Festival will return on Saturday, June 17, along with celebrations at Liberty State Park and Bayonne's 16th Street Park.

Hudson County Community College will host the "Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom Through the Arts" next week, the institution announced.

Jersey City's annual African Cultural Arts Juneteenth Family Festival returns on Saturday, June 17, with a number of performances including Black Byrds.

A former Anne Arundel County prosecutor facing child abuse and assault charges was ordered Friday to seek a mental health evaluation and complete a parenting course, according to circuit court documents.

The child abuse case against former Anne Arundel County prosecutor Rashad Wright will be dismissed next year if Wright meets the conditions of a negotiated deal with the state.

Prototype 237 is an arts venue and collective that is operating with increasing impact at an old shirt factory.

Omaryan White pleaded guilty to one count of extortion after attempting to steal $5,000 from Ward 6 Alderman DaJuan Gay. White, who Gay said should be rehabilitated more than punished, was sentenced to three years of supervised probation.

Omaryan Rondell White was indicted in April on four felony extortion offenses and a misdemeanor threat offense, after Gay, a Democrat from Ward 6, reported to Annapolis Police that he had received text messages from White threatening to harm two of Gay’s family members if he was not paid $5,000.