Like most dedicated achievers, Richard Watkins and Yunina Barbour-Payne are more concerned about the work they do than any accolades they might receive as a result.

But last night, they were celebrated as two of the local African-American community's best and brightest stars at the Chestnut Street Family YMCA's 29th Annual Black Achievers Awards Celebration.

The event, held at the Kentucky International Convention Center, celebrates academic and volunteer achievements of African Americans from   more »

On a single Sunday morning in January, the local chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity collected $1,500 in donations to benefit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

The group's collection was part of the fraternity's nationwide ``Sunday of Hope'' campaign, which aims to raise $500,000 for the research hospital within five years. The Sunday of Hope campaign will run annually in January.

For 2006-07, the national fraternity raised $100,000, according to Trumaine Thomas, event marketing representative for St. Jude Region 11, which includes Michigan and Ohio.   more »