February is Black History Month and is no longer serving its intended purpose. It has turned into a mundane, meaningless and commercialized farce. Some folks pay only perfunctory lip service to the month. The celebration was started in 1926 by Carter G ...

Taylor Miller, Hauser, 24.5, 7. Amanda Moore, Seymour, 23.7, 8. Maura Muensterman, Evansville Mater Dei, 23.3, 9. Akilah Sims, FW Snider, 23.3, 10. Dakota Weatherford, Hamilton Heights, 23.1. 1. Stephanie Barmes, Suburban Christian, 324 ...

Snider forward Akilah Sims and her two fellow senior teammates could not have scripted Senior Night any better. Despite all the accolades over the past four seasons, including a pair of sectional crowns and a regional title, the trio of ...

Her journey's purpose was to film for a nonprofit organization. The Akilah Institute for Women in Kigali is a nonprofit college that prepares women for careers in hospitality. Many of these students lost parents in the genocide that wiped out ...

FOX 26 legal analyst Chris Tritico is here to answer your questions. In today's segment, he addresses several questions: FROM AKILAH: "I have an open child support enforcement case. I've been to court 4 times and the judge will not enforce the ...

District 3 girls: Allyson Bunch, Columbus East. Dec. 12-17 -- District 1 boys: Clay Yeo, Triton. District 1 girls: Akilah Sims, Fort Wayne Snider. District 2 boys: Stephen Toyra, Faith Christian. District 2 girls: Rachael Gregory, North Central.

On her Huffington Post blog, Akilah Bolden-Monifa called it a “farce” and argued that advertisers and book publishers have commercialized the celebration to boost sales of everything from books to liquor. “Black History Month has become a ready-made ...

Akilah Sims added 14 and Kari Barnes 10. BISHOP DWENGER 45, LEO 44: Host Dwenger handed Leo only its third loss of the season behind Eleni Shea’s 15 points and 12 from Olivia Fawcett. Keanna Gary led the Lions with 17 points and 14 rebounds.

Billy Baker can be reached at billybaker@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @billybaker. Akilah Johnson can be reached at ajohnson@globe.com.

Escambia—Nikki Stromas 4, Alexis Jones 3, Lynea Roby 2, Kim Bethea 2. PHS (21-2)—Kaylin Matos 7, Acey Powell 8, Kyla Muhammad 7, Akilah Muhammad 1, Shamina Hunter 13, Pershawna Williams 5, Kayla Thompson 8, Racine Frank 4, Bianca Brown 14 ...