Florida Sentinel Bulletin

BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor The Highland Pines Cougars is a newly formed football team in the Unity Football Program. It is so new, in fact, that the team does not have any insurance to cover thefts and other losses yet. Orlando Gudes, Executive Director of the Unity Football Conference, said the team […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Recently, a Tampa attorney won a Civil Rights lawsuit against a law enforcement agency. The District Court ruled earlier this month that the officers violated his clients Fourth Amendment right. Attorney J. Jacques Darius said the circumstances that led to the lawsuit took place in Palm Beach County. […]

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Tampa Police detectives have identified the fourth suspect involved in the violent robbery of Johnny Aparicio on May 13, 2012. Aparicio was assaulted and robbed in the area of Renellie Drive and Iowa Avenue, close to MacDill Air Force Base where he is stationed. Geroshe Lewis, Lerome Howard, and Jared Richardson were arrested for their […]

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The Florida Highway Patrol reported that on Monday night at 11:30 p. m., a Seffner man was killed when he was hit by a truck. Darryl Ellis, 46, was trying to cross Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard near Lakewood Drive when he was hit by a pickup truck driven by Johnny Clark, 20. Troopers said […]

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BY TAMECA JOHNSON Freelance Writer This Memorial Day we remember the service and sacrifice made by veterans across the country. The family of one local veteran will not only spend this weekend reflecting on all their loved one gave to our country, but the legacy he leaves for the African American community. The late Dr. […]

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On Thursday, among the agenda items the Tampa City Council discussed was imposing night club regulations. The need to impose the regulations is centered around what one Council member said was a pattern of problems at Club Manilla on 7th Avenue. Councilman Frank Reddick established the fact that the club does have security personnel inside […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Recently, an article printed in a newspaper analyzed the data pertaining to a list of potential ineligible voters. The analysis reportedly revealed that the majority of the names on the list were African Americans and Democrats. Supervisors of Elections purged a combined 7,000 names from the voter rolls […]

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday said the United States has a “moral imperative” to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition in Africa despite shrinking national budgets around the world. Pres. Obama announced $3 billion in private sector pledges to help boost agriculture and food production in Africa. He said the U.S. and […]

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At first, it might seem like your typical case of modern parental discipline: A Texas mom has prohibited her 12-year-old daughter from using the photo-sharing site Instagram after she caught the girl posting a photo of herself holding an unopened bottle of vodka with a caption that read “I sure wish I could drink this.” […]

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