Florida Sentinel Bulletin

BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor   Tony Stinyard grew up in Tampa, but he spent a lot of time in Dade City and Zephyrhills. As a young adult, he found himself drawn to movies with settings in the 1930s. Stinyard didn’t know at the time that his love of movies from that era, […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor On Thursday, a federal judge sentenced the last of ten individuals to federal prison for distribution of drugs. A task force consisting of members of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, culminated an eleven-month investigation with the arrests of 54 […]

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UPDATE: The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim as 40-year-old Tonya L. Daniels.  Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office detectives are conducting a death investigation at 1407 East 127th Avenue. According to the report, on Friday at 4 a. m., a man called 9-1-1 to report he had just gotten home from work and found […]

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It’s not as cold as you think it is, especially when this week’s Beauty Unlimited feature, Samantha, can warm you up. This young lady has all of the assets necessary to make herself successful, and at the same time, be humble to those who helped her along the way. Samantha enjoys posing for the camera […]

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BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor A youthful Tampa minister stood in his pulpit (vacant of all chairs, podium, etc.) and shared with the community the outline that God had given him in an effort to save the youth in the Tampa Bay area. Antonio Hawkins, 29, Senior Pastor of Exciting Faith Alive at Mt. Silla […]

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BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor Two of the coaches in next Friday’s UNCF All Star Basketball Game were stars in the same game when they were high school seniors. Both of the coaches played for the West squad. Natanya LaShon Miller played in the game for Jefferson High School in 1992. She was the MVP […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Four inner-city schools with the “high poverty” moniker will add another level of nutrition for its students. The four schools will begin to provide free dinner, as well as breakfast and lunch for those who qualify. Last week, Hillsborough County School Board members approved the program as part […]

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On Monday evening, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies were called to an apartment at 7017 San Ramon Place. When they arrived, they found Dametrius Edwards, 43, dead from a gunshot wound to the upper body. According to reports, Edwards was found in his bedroom by his mother, Cynthia Felton, who became concerned when she was unable […]

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As the May 4 fight date steadily inches closer, the fathers of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Robert Guerrero have started their own quarrel in the press, badmouthing one another and threatening physical violence against each other. After Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KOs) said how sweet it will be to beat Mayweather, Jr. (43-0, 26 KOs) with […]

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