Florida Sentinel Bulletin

BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor U. S. Rep. Kathy Castor has been a strong supporter of the University of South Florida’s Upward Bound for several years. Since 2007, during the Bush Administration placed the program in danger of ending, she has fought to save it. U. S. Rep. Castor was recently instrumental in […]

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If that light is too bright, just cover your eyes, But keep in mind if you do that, you’ll miss this week’s Spotlight feature, Alicia. This lovely lady says her hobbies are shopping, swimming, dancing, and working out. In the future, she plans on expanding her successful business, Jazzy Jewels. Alicia says her favorite stars […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Last Wednesday morning the actions of an aggressive driver led to an accident on Interstate I-4. Two people, who were the parents of 13 children, died. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident took place shortly after 6 a.m., on Interstate 4, at Alexander Street. Michael and […]

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The David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts’ Next Generation Ballet (NGB) will present Swan Lake on Saturday, May 12 in Ferguson Hall. Next Generation Ballet’s award-winning dancers will be joined in Swan Lake by several guest artists. One of the performers will be Katarina Smith, who recently performed before a sold-out audience […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor A 26-year-old Tampa native was killed Sunday evening. The westbound lanes where the accident occurred on the Memorial Causeway Bridge was closed for several hours. According to the Clearwater Police Department, the accident happened around 7:25 p.m. police said James Everestt Williams, III, was riding his 2006 Suzuki […]

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BY LEON B. CREWS Sentinel Staff Writer Demetrius Jenkins, owner of CP Danner Construction, said in spite of the up and down nature of the real estate industry, since he started his company 8 years ago, business has really grown. Jenkins attended King High School and Hillsborough Community College, where he played basketball. He also […]

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COLUMBUS, Ohio—Plunging into his campaign for a new term, President Barack Obama tore into Mitt Romney on Saturday as a willing and eager “rubber stamp” for conservative Republicans in Congress and an agenda to cut taxes for the rich, reduce spending on education and Medicare and enhance power that big banks and insurers hold over […]

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  –  Florida’s improving unemployment rate may be good news for most people, but it will have a negative effect on many of the estimated 836,000 workers who remain jobless. That’s because Florida no longer qualifies for federal extended benefits because of its lower jobless rate, which is likely to reduce state benefits as […]

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Desmond Hatchett, 29, has almost two dozen children by 11 different women, unfortunately his minimum wage job doesn’t allow him to take care of them all. His 21 children range in age from newborn to 11 and Hatchett holds court as the biggest deadbeat at the Knox County Juvenile Child Support Court in Tennessee. The […]

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