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FAME, the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakland, held its first service at a temporary location, Temple Beth Abraham on MacArthur Blvd, after their Telegraph Avenue building went up in flames last month. The temple is just 12 walking blocks away from FAME's charred structure. By Carla Thomas FAME, the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakland, held its first service at a temporary location, Temple Beth Abraham on MacArthur Blvd, after their Telegraph Avenue building ...

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On Sunday night, February 19 a 3-alarm fire ripped through the First African Methodist Episcopal (FAME) Church, near Telegraph and MacArthur in Oakland. Flames engulfed the rooftop and much of the interior of the oldest church in Oakland. Firefighters said it was such a challenge to put out the fire from the inside, that they retreated to the exterior while extinguishing the fire for five hours. | By Carla Thomas On Sunday night, February 19 a 3-alarm fire ripped through the First African Method...

A Jewish temple in Oakland is offering the East Bay's oldest Black church a safe haven and place to worship after a devastating fire.

West Plains, MO. - Court documents that were released on Tuesday state the suspect that possessed a pipe bomb in Howell County on Sunday had mundane plans for its contents. Rodney D. Smith of Pomona was arrested on Sunday by the Howell County Sheriff following a 9-1-1 call about Smith being unconscious in a vehicle on County Road 5130. Smith was initially arrested for driving while suspended but, an investigation uncovered a pipe bomb in the vehicle. The device was safely disposed of by the Mis...

A Howell County man who was arrested over the weekend has been charged for having a pipe bomb in his car. According to the Howell County Sheriff's Office,

By: Kathryn Campbell Bahamas Information Services   #TheBahamas, March 16, 2022 – Chair of the Board of Trustees of University of The Bahamas Allyson Maynard-Gibson, QC, has announced Dr. Erik Rolland, as the institution’s new President.  The Board of Trustees (BOT) made the announcement Tuesday, March 15, 2022 during a press conference at Harry C. […]

#TheBahamas, February 11, 2022 – University of The Bahamas (UB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have formalized a partnership aimed at sparking innovation and entrepreneurship in Grand Bahama and developing capacity in digital technology for small business persons. Officials of UB and the IDB have signed a technical cooperation agreement, commencing a three-year project […]

Members of the COVID-19 Taskforce (Top, left to right) – Mr. Peter Roker, Businessman; Mr. Daniel Ferguson, Procurement Officer, Ministry of Finance; Dr. Rodney D. Smith, University of The Bahamas President (Center, left to right) – Mrs. Tameka Lundy, Associate Vice President, University Relations, UB; Dr. Lorraine Bastian Jones, Taskforce Chair & Director, Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning, UB; Mr. Rudyard Burton, Assistant Director, Office of Information Technolo...

Nassau, THE Bahamas — Academic freedom and the pursuit of new knowledge are pivotal aspects of University of The Bahamas’ (UB’s) mission, which for the last two decades has been showcasing the breadth of its research expertise via its Research Edge forum. UB recently commemorated the 20th anniversary of Research Edge in a virtual presentation which paid homage to the legacy platform. Research Edge is the brainchild of Higher Education and Development Policy Specialist the late Dr. Joan Va...