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A bill to remove the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of South Carolina’s state capitol is now on to the state House after passage in the Senate. The bill passed a third reading. The vote was 36 to 3. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley says she will enact the bill immediately once it passes the legislature. […]

The fallout continues for Bill Cosby as newly released court documents show him admitting he bought drugs to give women for sex. In 2005, Cosby answered “yes” when asked if he intended to use Quaaludes for young women to have sex with him. The testimony stems from a case involving a former Temple University employee that […]

The county health agency joins forces today with a local organization known for fighting in the trenches for social and economic equality to provide free health services to the Indianapolis community to stem a rising epidemic. The Marion County Public Health Department’s Substance Use Outreach Services Program and the Indianapolis Urban League are hosting free […]

Kim’s Stormy Thursday News & Sports Headlines The man convicted and sentenced to death for his role in the deadly Boston Marathon Bombing heads to Indiana for his punishment; the Richmond Hill explosion trial resumes today as we wait for a judge to decide on a mistrial; vehicles plow into retailers including department store at […]

Angie’s List is accusing Amazon Local of stealing proprietary information. The federal lawsuit alleges Amazon Local executives and employees have signed up as members of Angie’s to download provider profiles and other information. The lawsuit says the Amazon.com subsidiary is using the information to set up a competing service to Angie’s. ###(@1067WTLC)### kimwellsmedia 062315 Follow […]

President Barack Obama will eulogize Rev. Clementa Pinckney during the pastor and South Carolina state senator’s funeral on Friday. Pinckney was assassinated during bible study inside historic black church “Mother” Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal in Charleston last week. Pinckney was among the nine people shot to death at the church last Wednesday in what is being called […]

The national president of the NAACP wants South Carolina lawmakers to take down the Confederate flag flying outside the State Capitol building. On Sunday morning television program, CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Cornell William Brooks said the flag is more recognizable as a symbol of white supremacists than for any historical reasons. The shooter who killed […]

Indiana Black Expo has joined forces with other community partners and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard to launch the 360 Coalition to address and reduce the crime and poverty that plagues our city. Radio One-Indianapolis’ Kim Wells has the story. Click the media player below to hear more on this new initiative. ###(@kwellscomm)### kimwellsmedia 061115 @1067WTLC    

The American Red Cross is holding its first-ever national “Giving Day” today. The 24-hour fundraising effort supports the work that the organization does throughout the year in communities every day, not just when there’s a disaster to respond to. Here’s how you can help. Go to RedCross.Org or call 1-800-Red-Cross to make a donation. The […]

No one stopped to help then, but you can help now. A fund has been set up for the family of a man who was fatally struck by several cars on the northwest side of Indianapolis last month. That hit and run victim was later identified as Michael Tyson. Tyson was hit by as many as […]

A new policy at Indianapolis Public Schools will now allow staff to intervene in fights. The district was criticized earlier this month when a teacher was caught on camera failing to break up a brawl at Northwest Community High School on the city’s north west side. The teacher could be heard telling the students to […]

The deadline for the children of Martin Luther King, Jr. to settle a family feud over their father’s bible and Nobel Peace Prize has arrived today. King’s sons Dexter and Martin the Third want to sell the items against the wishes of their sister, Bernice. A Georgia judge gave them until today, May 27, 2015, […]