Florida Sentinel Bulletin

BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor On Saturday, March 31st, chartered buses from throughout the country will converge on Sanford, Florida. The purpose of the visit is the Florida State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People March and Rally. Ms. Adora Obi Nweze (pictured), Florida State NAACP President, in […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor For the past three years, Mrs. Andrea Lee-Mingo (pictured) has battled health issues. But, unlike some illnesses, doctors are unsure of how to treat her. Mrs. Lee-Mingo and Ms. Zakia Teagle are best friends, and until three years ago, were average young women, who were relatively healthy, and […]

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On Tuesday at 4:20 p. m., Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies were called to 1915 Erin Brooke Drive in Valrico. Deputies learned that one of the homeowners, Linda Partin and her son, Samuel Partin, Jr., arrived at the house and discovered what they thought was evidence the house had been burglarized. They immediately left the house […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Recently, Mayor Bob Buckhorn introduced major changes that will impact women and minority businesses. The initiatives introduced are in three components. The changes came about after the City adopted the Equal Business Opportunity Ordinance No. 2008-09. The five industry categories outlined in the ordinance are construction, construction-related services, […]

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WASHINGTON  — Michelle Obama is harvesting vegetables and plants at the White House with children from across the country for the first time. The first lady was helped by school children from New York, Pennsylvania and North Carolina in planting potatoes, spinach, broccoli, carrots, radishes and onions at her fourth annual spring planting. Children from […]

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Curtis Scott, 25, and Gary Jackson, 26, were charged with impersonating  police officers on the night that 18-year-old Ervin Jefferson was killed outside of his home in Dekalb County, GA. The private security guards allegedly detained women at the scene of the shooting by telling them that they were officers. According to reports they were […]

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SANFORD, Fla. — The parents of a slain Florida teenager are blaming police for leaking information about their son being suspended for marijuana and details about the fight he had with the shooter that portrayed the teen as the aggressor. Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, and family attorneys said Monday that it was part of […]

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New Orleans police officer, Jason Giroir, 35, has been suspended indefinitely without pay for making disparaging remarks about 17-year-old Trayvon Martin online. In response to a comment posted Sunday on WWL-TV.com on a story about Trayvon, who was unarmed when he was gunned down by George Zimmerman, 28, Giroir said that the 17-year-old deserved to […]

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A 4-year-old girl was shot in the ankle Saturday by a hidden gun that was wedged under a mattress as she jumped up and down on a it at her home. According to police, the illegal gun belonged to Jarquise Upton (pictured), who is the boyfriend of the child’s mother.

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