Monthly Archives: February 2025

Take Care of Your Heart Health This Winter

February 13, 2025 | by Dr. Nydia Nunez-Estrada

February is American Heart Month, meaning it is a great time to take steps to lessen your risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), illnesses affecting your heart and blood vessels. CVDs are not only the leading cause of death in the United States, but throughout the world, and according to the … Read More

The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, Part 2

February 13, 2025 | by Al Hunter

On the night of February 8, 1963, 51-year-old African-American hotel service worker Hattie Carroll was at work behind the bar as an extra employee for special functions and “ballroom events” at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore, Md. Hattie was active in local social work as a longtime member of the … Read More

Happy Valentine’s Day

February 13, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

My shallow dive into the origin of the celebration called “Valentine’s Day” produced no concrete and irrefutable origin for the February 14th event that many people in this country celebrate, though there were many theories. Still, we conscript Cupid into our service, asking him to “draw back (his) bow” and … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Feb. 14-20

February 13, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, February 19, 1925: The state fairground Exposition Building has ample room for the crowds expected to attend the state basketball finals next month without the crowding of aisles and passageways according to authorities. This determination was expressed following a statement issued yesterday to high school … Read More

This Week’s Issue: Feb. 7-13

February 6, 2025 | by Weekly View

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