Florida Sentinel Bulletin

This week, we feature a new Spotlight feature, Wynetta, or “Black Diamond,” depending on who you are. This young lady is aspiring to be a great model, ad already has done basic modeling, runway, and commercials. She was cast as “Tampa’s Next Best Model,” and picked up valuable experience along the way. After taking on […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Derrick Gaines has been a member of the Hillsborough County School District for more than 20 years. He most recently served as the Assistant Principal of Administration at Middleton High School. Earlier this month, Gaines learned that he earned a promotion to principal and was assigned to Van […]

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Since the inception of the Men’s Health Forum, first introduced by the late Robert (Bob) Samuels (pictured), more than 10,000 men have received health screenings. The forum began as the African-American Men’s Health Forum in 2000 in an effort to reduce the gap in health outcomes for Black males and others in the community. Samuels […]

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The federal government unsealed an indictment last week, charging two Tampa people with income tax fraud. Both were taken into custody at the same time. According to information released, Jermell C. Hickman and Ebonie Hampton are facing 1 count of conspiracy, 4 counts of wire fraud, 12 counts of filing false claims, 10 counts of […]

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Tampa Police are investigating a shooting Friday night in the Highland Pines community that left one teenager dead and another wounded. According to reports, officers responded to the area of 21st Avenue and Hudson Street at 9:30 p. m. after a 9-1-1 call reported a disturbance/fight with gunshots being heard in the background. When officers […]

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A nationwide re-employment solutions company, has teamed up to offer an industry-first program that gives unemployed mortgage borrowers job search assistance, including one-on-one dedicated coaching, weekly webinars and online job search software, fully paid for by Fifth Third Bank. The two companies piloted the program throughout 2012 with unemployed Fifth Third customers who were in […]

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CHICAGO  — The prospect of prison looms over former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife after they agreed to plead guilty to charges in an alleged scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items — including furs, a gold watch, a football signed by U.S. presidents and even a hat once […]

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.  — Authorities say fugitive former cop Christopher Dorner died of a single gunshot wound to the head as authorities were pumping tear gas into a mountain cabin during a deadly gun battle with sheriff’s deputies. San Bernardino County sheriff’s Capt. Sheriff John McMahon told reporters Friday that it appears the wound was […]

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MINNEAPOLIS —A man charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight is out of a job, his former employer said Sunday. Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, of Hayden, Idaho, is no longer an employee of AGC Aerospace and Defense, Composites Group, Daniel Keeney of DPK Public Relations confirmed Sunday night. Hundley was charged last week […]

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