Florida Sentinel Bulletin

BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Earlier this week, Governor Rick Scott announced plans to resume his purge of the Florida voter role. Last year, a purge led to several errors and lawsuits by advocates of minorities who were targeted as non-citizens. The last list began with 182,000 purged names, but withered to 2,600. […]

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BY LEON B. CREWS Sentinel Staff Writer The Tampa Housing Authority is not only discussing the future of the 44-acre North Boulevard Homes Complex, but how their plans for that property will fit into the broader plan to redevelop portions of West Tampa and the Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park. T.H.A. Chief Operating Officer, Leroy […]

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The jury selection process began on Monday in the trial of a young man accused of killing a baby four years ago. The state is seeking the death penalty in the trial that is expected to last about three weeks. About 3:15 a.m., on the morning of May 5, 2009, Ms. Jasmine Bedwell contacted the […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Members of the Florida A & M University Band will return to the field after a 19-month suspension. The suspension was part of the fallout associated with the death of Robert Champion, a drum major who died as a result of hazing. Last Saturday, several freshmen, along with […]

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ORLANDO — A dozen wartime years are winding down, but the job of caring for veterans new and old is only just beginning, President Barack Obama told thousands of veterans in Orlando on Saturday. “So long as I’m the United States’ president, I will make it my mission to make sure that America is right […]

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MARIMAR, FL – While most 17-year-olds are contemplating which college they plan on attending next fall, James Martin is thinking about where he wants to attend graduate school. Martin, of Marimar, Fla., just received his bachelor’s degree in molecular biology from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) during a ceremony Tuesday. The baby-faced teen was by far […]

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BALTIMORE – Tavon White, the leader of the Black Guerrilla Family who impregnated four guards inside of the Baltimore City Detention Center, pleaded guilty to federal racketeering conspiracy charges. White, nicknamed “Bulldog,” admitted to smuggling drugs and phones inside of the jail. During a “slow month,” he claimed he earned more than $15,000 with the […]

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DETROIT, MI – Two Detroit women were found naked, beaten, burned, possibly sexually assaulted and left for dead within 24 hours of each other and police believe the cases are connected. A woman walking on Detroit’s west side discovered the first victim, wedged beneath a couch in a field, moaning in pain. Less than 24 […]

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The Worse Is Yet To Come   BY CLARENCE BARR, II   Like most people, I imagine, there are times when I watch the news and observe things going on that make me wonder where we’re headed as a society? Times when I sit in stunned silence and think to myself, “there’s no way this […]

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