After a 17-year-old lost his life in a Des Moines shooting over the weekend, Creative Visions, a local nonprofit, is asking ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ako Abdul-Samad was still in shock. Slumped in his chair, the former Iowa representative and Creative Visions founder was reeling ...
EVEN WHEN WE COULD SEE STRONG STORMS COMING UP. ALL RIGHT JASON, THANK YOU. FOUR PEOPLE DIED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS FROM GUN VIOLENCE IN DES MOINES. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTOUT WITH DES ...
Iowa's longest-serving Black lawmaker is retiring after this legislative session.A retirement reception to celebrate the career of Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad will be from 5-8 p.m. Sunday at the DMACC Urban ...
Longtime state Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad will retire from the Iowa Legislature at the end of the year, he announced Thursday. Abdul-Samad, 72, made the announcement at a Black History Month event at the ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa State Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad, D-Des Moines, is retiring from the Iowa legislature this year. The 72-year-old longtime lawmaker who currently represents District 34 said it's time ...
Former Iowa legislator Ako Abdul-Samad narrowly escaped death when his car caught fire at a Windsor Heights Hy-Vee. Abdul-Samad escaped the vehicle moments before it became engulfed in flames. The ...