Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Early Sunday, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue units responded to 4919 84th Street in Progress Village for a house fire. At the time of the fire, Hillard Wilkerson and his wife were inside sleeping. The couple said their smoke alarm alerted them to the fire, and they left the residence, calling 9-1-1. Firefighters at the scene […]

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Last Thursday, a grand jury indicted Antonius Williams for the premeditated first-degree murder and robbery of Alvin Christopher Johnson on October 5, 2005. Since the date of the incident, investigators have kept the case active, and over the past two years, authorities have worked to resolve the case. On October 5, 2005, Johnson reportedly talked […]

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Modern day heroine Antoinette Tuff (pictured), the fearless woman who calmed an armed 20-year-old gunman inside the main office of her Atlanta-area elementary school, received a call from President Barack Pres. Obama on Thursday evening thanking her for her courage. Pres. Obama referred to Tuff as courageous and told her how she probably saved a […]

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As the enrollment date of the Affordable Care Act is set to open Oct. 1, African-Americans, both insured and uninsured, will be positively impacted by the sweeping changes of the law. In an effort to educate the public, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has made several efforts to simplify the finer points […]

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PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia woman has turned up alive nearly 14 days after her family held a funeral and burial. Sharolyn Jackson, 50, showed up at a mental health facility last Friday. Services were held Aug. 3 after the Philadelphia medical examiner signed a death certificate for Jackson. A spokesman for the Philadelphia Health Department […]

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MARIETTA, Ga.  — An 18-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a baby in a stroller during a robbery attempt in coastal Georgia twice counted down from five and threatened the baby before the deadly shot, his teenage co-defendant testified Thursday. Dominique Lang took the stand at the murder trial of De’Marquise Elkins, who is accused […]

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She was born just more than two months ago, but it wasn’t until Friday morning that the world finally got its first look at North West. Proud papa Kanye West visited Kris Jenner’s self-titled talk show for its season finale and shared his thoughts about life with Kim Kardashian — and a photo of his […]

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He recently avoided hit-and-run charges that could have spelled serious troubled for him, but Chris Brown isn’t celebrating. Last week, the singer reached a “civil compromise” deal with the victim of a May 21 car accident. Subsequently, he had his previously revoked probation — which he was sentenced to in 2009, following his assault on […]

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Moesha star Marcus T. Paulk, who played precocious baby brother Myles on the hit ’90s sitcom, has been arrested after allegedly kicking a woman violently in the stomach. The woman, identified as Paulk’s girlfriend, ‘Dirty Pop’ singer Andi Roxx, said that he became angry in Beverly Hill’s nightclub Confidential when she wasn’t “paying him enough […]

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