Source: Harris County Jail / HARRIS COUNTY A Texas attorney was arrested for allegedly smuggling narcotics to inmates while making work-related visits to a county jail. According to AP, Ronald Lewis, 77, was arrested Friday for smuggling legal paperwork laced with ecstasy and synthetic marijuana to inmates at the Harris County Jail in Houston. During his…
The 115th Church of God in Christ Convocation almost had to start without one of its speakers after he received a call about his wife’s health scare. More than 3,500 people from around the nation and the world made the pilgrimage to downtown Memphis, Tennessee, for the COGIC convocation. The event filled with “prayer, worship,…
Quad Webb showed fans and some of her fellow “Married to Medicine” cast members when she popped up as the surprise guest at a bachelorette party for her ex-husband’s new soon-to-be wife. On the Sunday, Nov. 19, episode, Webb walked into a bachelorette party for new cast mate Lateasha, aka “Sweet Tea,” after receiving an…
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the latest bid to overturn his murder conviction for the fatal arrest of George Floyd more than three years ago. Derek Chauvin’s latest attempt to appeal his conviction is once again rejected. (Credit: Minnesota Department of Corrections)…
After pleading guilty to wire fraud charges and 14 other felonies, former “Basketball Wives LA” reality show cast member Brittish Williams has filed an appeal in St. Louis challenging her conviction based on sentencing guidelines. She believes the judge punished her excessively for being famous. The 33-year-old was sentenced to four years in October after…
Source: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images / Getty Better job prospects. Higher wages. A greater chance of staying out of jail. Those are the key outcomes that we discovered for incarcerated people who get an education while serving their time. Our findings were published in the American Journal of Criminal Justice. They are based…
An Orange County jury has convicted an Orlando man after evidence showed he killed a Burger King employee who had gotten into a dispute with his girlfriend about her order being filled too slowly. On Friday, Nov. 17, jurors found Kelvis Rodriguez-Tomes, 41, guilty of manslaughter after the Aug. 1, 2020, fatal shooting of Desmond…
Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and Shannon Sharpe continue to make headlines with their hilarious non-sports-related tangents. This time the duo made waves online as Johnson talked about one of his sexual fixations. Near the end of the Nov. 19 episode of their podcast “Nightcap with Unc and Ocho,” Sharpe discussed a person in Toronto, Canada, whose…
Source: picture alliance / Getty Why does the media focus on Karen stories? After all, these low-hanging fruit stories involving white people who chronically become allergic to minding their own business when Black or Latino people are in their immediate vicinity are ultimately anecdotal, aren’t they? Why should major media outlets even lower themselves to…
Singer Tyla has only begun to cross over into mainstream pop music in America with her hit record “Water,” and already fans are divided as her ethnic classification as “coloured” has sparked an online debate. The 21-year-old hails from Johannesburg, South Africa. According to Business Insider, she is of Indian, Zulu, Mauritian, and Irish descent….
