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Posted on 25 November 2020.
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African American Woman Named Interim Fire Chief
Posted on 25 November 2020.
CHIEF BARBARA TRIPP Interim Tampa Fire Chief BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Last week, Mayor Jane Castor suspended the Tampa Fire Chief and two other high ranking employees. The suspensions centered around an internal investigation. She named Rescue Division Chief Barbara Tripp as the Interim Fire Chief. She will serve...
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Tampa Native And 20-Year L. A. Dodger Exec Vance Lovelace Is Feeling Pure Joy After World Series Win
Posted on 25 November 2020.
VANCE LOVELACE BY MONIQUE STAMPS Sentinel Feature Writer Many young kids grow up playing organized sports. Some do it to escape, others… because they love it and are good at it. However, very few make it to the professional level. Fewer than that play professionally, and later have a career after. Tampa native...
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City Hires Director Of Workforce Partnerships & Special Projects
Posted on 25 November 2020.
BRENDA McKENZIE Director of Workforce Partnerships And Special Projects Last Friday, Mayor Jane Castor hired Ms. Brenda “Bren” McKenzie as Director of Workforce Partnerships and Special Projects. In addition to implementing special projects directed by the Administration, she will provide essential support of Mayor Jane Castor’s Transforming Tampa’s Tomorrow initiative to address the City’s...
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Fire Chief, 2 Others Suspended Amid Investigation
Posted on 25 November 2020.
NICK LOCICERO, Tampa Fire Chief on Administrative Leave SUSAN TAMME Division Chief of Training on Administrative Leave JOHN MURALT Training Officer Placed on Administrative Leave BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Last week, Mayor Jane Castor announced that three employees of Tampa Fire Rescue have been placed on Administrative leave, pending...
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Rapper Accused Of Double Murder In North Tampa
Posted on 25 November 2020.
BILLY BENNETT ADAMS, III The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 23-year-old man and charged him with the double murder that took place last Thursday night. The murders took place at a shed in North Tampa that had been converted into a music studio. Police believe the shooting was linked to a gang-related...
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Father And Son Who Brutally Murdered Ahmaud Arbery Denied Bail
Posted on 25 November 2020.
Travis and Gregory McMichael, the father-son duo charged for the brutal murder of Ahmaud Arbery, were denied bail and must remain behind bars, a judge ruled on Friday (Nov. 13). Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, urged the judge to keep Travis, 34, and Gregory, 64, in custody. “These men are proud of what they’ve done,” she...
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Marijuana Dispensary Owner Details What Black People Face When They Enter The Business
Posted on 25 November 2020.
As marijuana laws in America continue to relax, the historical and current impact on Blacks is being looked at and the new BET documentary Smoke: Marijuana + Black America analyzes the phenomenon from several perspectives. One of them is from the perspective of those who choose to enter the burgeoning cannabis business. In a Zoom chat with...
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HBO’s ’40 Years a Prisoner’ Doc Follows Son’s Effort to Free Parents Imprisoned after MOVE Bombing
Posted on 25 November 2020.
Mike Africa Jr. in the HBO documentary “40 Years a Prisoner” On the morning of August 8, 1978, the Philadelphia Police Department, at the direction of hardline Mayor Frank Rizzo, engaged in a confrontation with the radical Black organization MOVE and fired thousands of rounds of ammunition into the West Philadelphia home of the social justice...
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