2025 – Page 137

SWAC football power rankings 2025: Post-spring look at all 12 teams

May 14, 2025 Bouldin 0

by HBCU Sports Spring football gives way to fall optimism, and the Southwestern Athletic Conference landscape for 2025 is taking shape. The conference remains fiercely competitive, with perennial powers and emerging contenders vying for supremacy. Here’s […]

Santonio Holmes, former Super Bowl MVP, joins HBCU football coaching staff

May 14, 2025 Bouldin 0

by Chris Stevens A former Super Bowl MVP will be trusted with developing an HBCU football team’s receiving core. Santonio Holmes, MVP of Super Bowl XLIII for the Pittsburgh Steelers, was announced as Central State’s new wide […]

Pope Leo XIV Makes History as First American Pontiff with African-Creole Roots

May 13, 2025 Bouldin 0

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS In a historic moment for the Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. He becomes the first pontiff from North America and, according […]

‘Law & Order’ Legend Gifts $1 Million to Talladega College

May 13, 2025 Bouldin 0

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS TALLADEGA, Ala. — Award-winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson has donated $1 million to Talladega College, Alabama’s oldest private historically Black college, during its 150th commencement ceremony held on May 4, 2025. Merkerson, best […]

85-Year-Old Grandmother Left Homeless, Tyler Perry Pays Off Her Mortgage

May 13, 2025 Bouldin 0

BlackNews.com Nationwide — Anniece Tisdale, an 85-year-old grandmother from Nashville, Tennessee, was brought to tears back in December when filmmaker Tyler Perry stepped in to pay off her mortgage. After a home renovation project went wrong […]

Sermonette of the week: “God is Able”

May 13, 2025 Bouldin 0

Pastor Mario D. Ford, Douglas Tabernacle Primitive Baptist Church Regardless of how this day finds you, whatever is happening, wherever it’s happening, and whoever it’s happening with — be assured that God is able! Yes, […]

Alabama A&M Sports Information Office Earns Top SWAC Honors

May 13, 2025 Bouldin 0

Alabama A&M University earned top honors from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), as Assistant Athletic Director for Communications Brian Howard was named Chairperson of the SWAC Sports Information Directors Committee, and the Athletics Communications Team was […]

AAMU ‘2025 Meralus Begins Insurance Career and Prepares for Law School

May 13, 2025 Bouldin 0

Criminal Justice major Hadassah Meralus, a proud first-generation college student from Miami, Florida, has accepted a position with Allstate Insurance as a Claims Resolution Adjuster in her hometown. The graduating senior plans to take a […]

5.14.25 LEGAL NOTICE: Security Cameras & CCTV Services & Repairs

May 13, 2025 Portia Orr 0

The City of Huntsville will receive sealed bids, priced on a firm fixed price basis (stipulated sum), to provide all necessary equipment, materials, labor and supervision necessary, as outlined in the Plans, Specifications, and Bid […]

Alabama A&M’s M’mbaha-Zarnesky Honored with ASAHPERD Scholar Award

May 13, 2025 Bouldin 0

Dr. Janet M’mbaha-Zarnesky, an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Kinesiology, has been awarded the 2024 Alabama State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (ASAHPERD) Scholar Award. ASAHPERD promotes healthy lifestyles for Alabama citizens through […]