WASHINGTON (JCHayward.com) – Washington Regional Transplant Community (WRTC), the local Donate Life organization spreading awareness for organ, eye and tissue donation in the DC metro area, brought the community and hospital partners, organ and tissue transplant recipients, donor family members and living kidney donors together for a “Linking Hands for Life” event Saturday morning in front Read more »
It’s a shock. It’s something you don’t want to hear. When the doctor told me I have Breast Cancer, I said, well, you and I will get through this. This is just a bump in the road. I’ve had such a blessed life. I’ve done things and been to places I would have never dreamed, because Read more »
WASHINGTON (WUSA) – JC Hayward kicked off her South American vacation on the luxury Crystal Symphony crusie ship. This ship offers the finest available accommodations, cutting-edge amenities, gourmet dining from the world’s most celebrated culinary artists and an elegant array of programs and activities. Her first stop was Buenos Aires, Argentina, the second-largest metropolitan area in South Read more »
Recognized as the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and Music Company, two lucky winners received a chance to see the Shen Yun performance at the Kennedy Center with JC Hayward and Russ Ptacek. Before they left, they wined and dined at the fabulous Bar 901 in Chinatown, a contemporary American cuisine restaurant with an Asian influence.
WASHINGTON (WUSA) — A member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II joined us on our noon show on Friday. They were the first ever group of African American aviators in the U.S. to fight facism in Europe, while fighting racism at home. LEARN MORE: Tuskegee Airmen Lieutenant Colonel Bob Friend is the Read more »
WASHINGTON (WUSA) — JC Hayward celebrated her 40th year anniversary as an on-air talent/reporter/anchor at WUSA9 on Tuesday. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and other DC dignitaries surprised JC during 9News Now at Noon, with a tribute fit for a queen. “I’m honored and so happy that Read more »
A High Tea Celebration was held for Toni Ford’s 70th Birthday. Ford is the founder of Double Nickels, a nonprofit theater company started in 2006 as a way of encouraging seniors to stay actively involved with their communities. Ford and Double Nickels have partnered with organizations such as the Washington National Opera, local college drama Read more »
Music legend, Chubby Checker, visited the 9News Now Studios to do an interview with our very own JC Hayward Tuesday. WASHINGTON (WUSA) — Dick Clark once said, “The three most important things that ever happened in the music industry are Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Chubby Checker.” Well, we were fortunate to have one of them live Read more »
This occasion was a special salute African American Veterans. It was attended by various reprentatives of the military, including Tuskegee Airmen, the Rangers, the 555th Parachute Association and the Montford Marines. JC Hayward was honored to be the mistress of ceremonies!
“The Answer,” hosted by our JC Hayward, in conjunction with the Community Bridge Foundation, Children’s Hospital and CityLuxe Caterers, gave a wonderful young soul the opportunity to keep her head up, in the face on her great challenge, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (Nodular Sclerosis), Stage III. Crossland High School Senior, Diamond Brooks, suffers from the very serious Read more »
JC Hayward stands out as a gem in the shining crown of broadcast journalism in Washington, DC. As the DC market's first female anchor, she celebrates 39 years as an anchor at WUSA9 and was recently inducted into the National Association of Broadcast Journalists' Hall of Fame.
