Fearn Plantation in Danville, Virginia was the last capital of the Confederacy. Thomas Fearn purchased the land in 1783 from William Wynn, both of whom were founders of Danville, Virginia. On the land is a historic cemetery where a tombstone still reads “Fearn’s Burying Ground.” A single chimney and artifacts of a slave house still […]

Sybil, J. and a bunch of the TJMS/Reach Media staff went to a screening of the new Lee Daniels’ film, “The Butler.”  It stars Forest Whitaker, David Oyelowo, Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard and lots of other supporting characters who you’d recognize portraying Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Reagan. Even though the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy-winner Chris Brown has suffered a seizure brought on by intense fatigue and extreme emotional stress, his publicist said Saturday. The “Look At Me Now” singer suffered a non-epileptic seizure early Friday morning while he was working in a Los Angeles studio, Nicole Perna said via email. Perna said Brown’s doctor […]

ATLANTA (AP) — R&B singer Usher will hold on to primary custody of his two young sons. A judge in Atlanta on Friday dismissed an emergency request by Usher’s ex-wife seeking temporary custody of their two children. Tameka Foster Raymond requested the hearing a day after the former couple’s 5-year-old son got caught in a […]

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AP) — Dwayne Jones was relentlessly teased in high school for being effeminate until he dropped out. His father not only kicked him out of the house at the age of 14 but also helped jeering neighbors push the youngster from the rough Jamaican slum where he grew up. By age 16, […]

OAK BLUFFS, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama is teeing off his Martha’s Vineyard vacation with his favorite pastime — golfing. Obama hit the Farm Neck Golf Club for his first outing of a weeklong stay on the exclusive Massachusetts island where he arrived Saturday afternoon. The course is open to the public and overlooks […]

JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) — A man suspected of killing two people at a home and then snatching a 2-year-old boy early Sunday is on the run and should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities said. A nationwide Amber Alert for toddler Isaih Perez was issued shortly after police were called at 5:20 a.m. to the […]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa’s city leaders are divided over whether to rename a popular downtown street named for a businessman who was in the Ku Klux Klan. But some residents worry a drawn-out fight could send the message that the city still embraces intolerance. Council members informally split 4-4 Thursday on whether to take […]

We’re coming off the heels of a New Moon in Leo, and Mercury was quick to follow when it ingressed the sign of the Lion…