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WVEL Hoilday Watch: Valentine’s Day Fun Facts Inside The Numbers

WVEL Hoilday Watch: Valentine’s Day Fun Facts Inside The Numbers

(Photo By Flickr User maf04)     The personal-finance website WalletHub.com, released its report on entertaining stats about the holiday in its Valentine’s Day Fun Facts Inside The Numbers infographic. Valentine’s Day Fun Facts Inside The Numbers: •$18.2 Billion: Total Valentine’s Day spending projected for 2017. •$4.3 Billion: Will be spent by the 18.7% of…MORE

WVEL Entertainment Scope: 59th Annual Grammy Winners

WVEL Entertainment Scope: 59th Annual Grammy Winners

(Photo By Flickr User katie appleyard)       The 2017 Grammy Awards featured performances by Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Adele, and more. David Bowie posthumously won 5 Grammys while Chance the Rapper and Adele also won big. (Winners in bold) 59th Annual Grammy Award Winners: Album of the year: WINNER: 25, Adele Lemonade, Beyoncé Purpose, Justin…MORE

WVEL Entertainment Scope: 48th NAACP Image Awards Winners

WVEL Entertainment Scope: 48th NAACP Image Awards Winners

(Photo By Flickr User NASA HQ PHOTO)       The 48th Annual NAACP Image Awards (members of the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) gathered on this last past weekend to celebrate some of the biggest names in music, film, and television. Beyoncé  dominated the music categories with five wins, and Moonlight…MORE

WVEL Black History Scope: February 13th

WVEL Black History Scope: February 13th

(Photo By Flickr User Wally Gobetz)   Say family, are you ready for another trek in African-American History? Let’s take a look and see what happened on this date starting, right now,   Black History scope: February 13th: 1635-America’s first public school, the Boston Latin School, opened in Boston, MA on this day. Black students were excluded…MORE

WVEL News/History Scope: About Black History

WVEL News/History Scope: About Black History

(Photo By Flickr User Enokson)   Black History Month is considered one of the nation’s oldest organized history celebrations, and has been recognized by U.S. presidents for decades through proclamations and celebrations. Here is some information about the history of Black History Month. HOW DID IT START? It was Carter G. Woodson, a founder of…MORE

WVEL Black History Scope Weekend: February 11th And 12th

WVEL Black History Scope Weekend: February 11th And 12th

(Photo By Flickr User Thomas Hawk) Welcome again, family to another trek to see what’s happening in African-American History!   Black History Scope For February 11th: 1644-First Black legal protest in America pressed by eleven Blacks who petitioned for freedom in New Netherlands (New York). Council of New Netherlands freed the eleven petitioners because they…MORE

WVEL Black History Scope: February 10th

WVEL Black History Scope: February 10th

(Photo By Flickr User Lawren)   “What we’re gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time………” Alright family, are you ready to take a journey back together and see what happened on this day in Black History? Make sure that you’re buckled up, ready, here we go!!!! 1787- Georgia’s House of…MORE

WVEL Black History Scope: February 9th

WVEL Black History Scope: February 9th

Photo By Flickr User Wally Gobetz)   African-American History Month is still going strong! If you want to see who made history and how African-Americans are making it happen, click on right here to get your details and information right now……….…   Black History Scope: February 9th: 1906 -Death of Paul Laurence Dunbar (33), Dayton, OH…MORE

WVEL Black History Scope:  February 8th

WVEL Black History Scope: February 8th

(Photo By Flickr User Pam Broviak)     As the month of February continues, we here at Central Illinois’ Christian Voice, are helping to celebrate Black History Month. Check out on what’s happening with African-Americans….…   Black History Scope Today for February 8th: 1986: Oprah Winfrey becomes the first African-American woman to host a nationally syndicated talk…MORE

WVEL Travel Watch: The Top 20 Places For Celebrating Valentine’s Day

WVEL Travel Watch: The Top 20 Places For Celebrating Valentine’s Day

(Photo By Flickr User Roger)   With Valentine’s Day just around the corner and America’s sweethearts planning to spend an average of $136.57 each on the occasion, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2017’s Best Places for Valentine’s Day along with entertaining stats about the holiday in its Valentine’s Day Fun Facts…MORE

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