Florida Sentinel Bulletin

BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Although the program has been around for several years, it is still a new concept for some students. It’s called the Star Academy and it allows students who are one or two years older than average 8th graders to “skip” a grade. The students who sign up for […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor On Wednesday, June 5th, the City of Tampa Neighborhood Enhancement Team will gather at the Al Barnes Park (corner of 18th Street and E. 21st Avenue to meet members of the community. The purpose of the meeting is two-fold. Sal Ruggiero, Manager of the Neighborhood Enhancement Department, said […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor A federal judge sentenced a 25-year-old Tampa woman to serve time in federal prison. She was charged with misprision of a felony in a case where two police officers were killed. On Monday, U. S. district Judge James Moody, Jr., sentenced Ms. Cortnee Brantley to one year and […]

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A Hillsborough County man who failed to update his information as a sex offender is being held on a $1.2 million bond. He was arrested after a 12-year-old girl told her mother that he had molested her more than a dozen times. Tampa Police arrested 48-year-old Edison Leonard Balcom last Thursday and charged him with […]

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We Can’t Shake ‘Em BY CLARENCE BARR, II I have a problem. Not a major one. But it feels significant enough that it warrants addressing. I decided to come forward in hopes that anyone who may be dealing with the same issue would feel compelled to admit that they’re as fed up as I am. […]

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A 14-year-old boy was reportedly playing rough with a friend in Miami Beach when police approached the teens and ordered them to stop. When cops asked Tremaine McMillian to point out his mother, they say the boy reacted in a way that justified being choked and slammed to the ground. McMillan […]

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CLEVELAND, OH — A brawl that started over spilled punch at a kindergarten graduation ceremony Friday resulted in the arrest of eight people, authorities said. Police were called when one participant pulled out a pipe and another a hammer. Two teenage girls apparently started hitting each other at Michael R. White Elementary School, and their […]

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NEW YORK – Getting out of jail shouldn’t be a problem if you’re a drug kingpin. In one particular case, a correction officer at Rikers Correctional Facility offered to help an inmate break out in exchange for $100,ooo in coke. Last Thursday, the now former CO was found guilty of charges including drug possession, conspiracy […]

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A new Cheerios commercial featuring an interracial couple and their child was forced to shut off its comments section on YouTube due to a large number of racist comments. Before the comments section was closed, comments included referenced “Nazis,” “troglodytes” and “racial genocide.” In the commercial, a young biracial girl approaches her white mother saying, “Mom, […]

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