(Photo By Flickr User Beacon) Black History Weekend Today for February 6th & 7th: February 6th- 1820- The first organized emigration back to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans leave New York Harbor aboard the Mayflower of Liberia. They are bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, which welcomes free African Americans as…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Brett Moore) River City Coaching Legend Wayne McClain, will be inducted into the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame on second Saturday in April. A 1972 graduate of Peoria Manual High School and 1977 Bradley University graduate, McClain enjoyed a nationally-recognized basketball coaching career at both the prep and collegiate levels.…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Dennis Amith) Black History Today for February 5th: 1866- Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to Freedmen’s Bureau bill authorizing the distribution of public land and confiscated land to freedmen and loyal refugees in forty acre lots. The measure was defeated in the House by a vote of 126 to 37.…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Matt Lemmon) Black History Today For February 4th (Courtesy of blackfacts.com): 1794- France abolishes slavery. The nation will have a lukewarm commitment to abolition and will, under Napoleon, reestablish slavery in 1802 along with the reinstitution of the “Code noir”, prohibiting blacks, mulattoes and other people of color from entering…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Chris Murphy) Black History Today for February 3rd: 1810- Antonio Ruiz, national hero of Buenos Aires, Argentina, died for his country. 1874- Blanche Kelso Bruce elected to a full six-year term in the U.S. Senate by the Mississippi legislature. 1920- The Negro Baseball League founded. 1947- Marlene Nourbese Philip is the winner of the…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Mike_tn) Black History Today for February 2nd: 1989- In Tampa, FL, a rebellion followed the suspicious death of Edgar Allen Price, a police suspect who died during an arrest. Police contended that Price “hit his head on the ground several times.” 1962- Seven whites and four Blacks arrested after all-night…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Tim Evanson) “What we’re gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time………” All month long, we here at WVEL & Cumulus Media, will be celebrating the history of famous African-Americans past and present. Alright family, are you ready to take a journey back together and see…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Armin Vogel) According to a new report from GasBuddy.com & cinewsnow.com, Illinois now has the second-cheapest gas in the country! The nation has recently enjoyed lower gas prices, averaging $1.82 per gallon, but according to experts that may soon change. Tom Kloza, Oil Price Information Services’ global head of…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Soar Boards) Newsline: Illinois State University of Normal. IL. Illinois State University has joined the growing list of Illinois schools to ban hoverboards in student housing facilities; a few weeks ago, University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign & Bradley University had posted this same issue. According to cinewsnow.com and the university, the…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Rory Finneren) Tourism officials say that The 2015 Illinois High School Football Championships brought an economic boost of about $800,000 to the DeKalb, IL area. According to The Associated Press & The DeKalb Daily Chronicle, the weekend of November 27th and 28th, provided an economic boost for the area, drawing more…… MORE
