Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Album sales are down all across the board, but thanks to streaming music platforms like Pandora musicians are about to cash out. According to the streaming music site’s blog site, top earners like Wiz Khalifa and Coldplay are awaiting $1,000,000 payouts at the end of the year. The sites two top earners, Drake and Lil […]

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EL PASO, TX — Deceased actor Sherman Hemsley’s longtime friend can proceed with his burial and running his estate, a Texas judge ruled Friday over the objections of his half-brother from Philadelphia. Hemsley, who played George Jefferson on the TV sitcom “The Jeffersons,” died July 24 of lung cancer. His body has been in refrigerated […]

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Let’s send a shout out to this week’s Beauty Unlimited feature, the lovely Helena, who returns by popular demand as our feature. This lovely lady is an Aquarian,, stands 5’5”, and is very serious about her future, direction, and place in life. She’s also no-nonsense when it comes to people not trying to elevate themselves […]

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BY LEON B. CREWS Sentinel Staff Writer   When West Tampa Community Group facilitator, Dwight Bolden, and West Tampa Black Business Association President, Bennie Small, read the West Tampa Chamber of Commerce’s plans for the redevelopment of West Tampa, they had plenty of questions. “One glaring omission was any mention of the role African Americans […]

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With Floyd “Floyd Joy” Rivers being among only a handful of disc jockeys who’ve been performing for more than four decades, it should come as no surprise that he has achieved legendary status. Two months ago, the area’s most celebrated DJ suffered a mild stroke that also aggravated other health problems, and required him to […]

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As part of an ongoing investigation in the Clair Mel area, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office teamed up with other agencies to address criminal activity. Residential burglaries, commercial and personal robberies, and grand thefts reportedly occur frequently in that community. On November 9th at 7 a. m., detectives began a roundup that resulted in more […]

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According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a man was killed early Sunday morning in an accident on Interstate 4. The report indicates Tavares Sherman, 33, was stopped in stalled traffic on I-4 near the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. exit. Troopers reported that Edward Sovis, 36, failed to stop and ran his vehicle into the […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor On Tuesday, November 6th, voters re-elected the 44th President of the United States. For the second time in history, Barack Obama has been chosen as the President of the United States. Marvin Knight said, “I just thank God for keeping His armor over the people and the United […]

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On Sunday, November 11, 2012, members of Allen Temple A. M. E. Church, Tampa, will hold a “Welcome Service” for their pastor, Rev. Dr. David Green, Sr., and his family. It will take place at the church, 2101 Lowe St., beginning at 4 p. m. The dynamic Rev. Dr. Marvin C. Zanders, Jr., pastor of […]

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