Many years ago. when I wrote my chapter on Abraham Lincoln’s time on Capitol Hill in the late 1840s, I mentioned Mrs. Sprigg, his landlady, in only one short paragraph. I simply did not know more about her, including what her first name was. To my credit, at least I spelled her last name right […]
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We’re more than halfway through January–– how did that happen? What’s going on? Looks like we may be getting a second snow day tomorrow. NBC-4 is keeping track of school closures here, but you know we’ll be keeping an eye on it thanks to the unfortunately fashy Twitter/X. Our first snow a day shy of […]
On what looks to be a quiet Martin Luther King day, a repeat from last year that I feel deserves wider reading. A few years ago, I looked at a few incidents of the life of Michael Shiner, who was born enslaved in Southern Maryland and brought to D.C. Here he was forced to work at the […]
Arrests and other crime information in the area, directly from MPD. If you have a tip, you can always call 202-727-9099. You can also send info anonymously to the TEXT TIP LINE by texting 50411. Crime Solvers of Washington, DC currently offers a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indictment […]