Florida Sentinel Bulletin

BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor For nearly twenty years, a Tampa woman served as an advocate for families residing in a public housing complex. She died on Monday following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Loujean “Ms. Jean” Williams, 68, became an employee of the City of Tampa Police Department March 23, 1970, and assigned […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor On Tuesday, the Florida Supreme Court declined to review the case of former Tampa Police Captain Marion Lewis. City attorneys had requested the court hear the case. The decision not to hear the case means that the earlier ruling by the Court of Appeals in favor of Lewis […]

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The National Save the Family Now Movement, Inc. a coalition of pastors, publishers and community leaders along with the Florida Association of Black Owned Media (FABOM) will host “A National Save the Family Now! March & Rally” Saturday, November 19, 2011, in historic Eatonville, Florida. The purpose of the march is to celebrate family and […]

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On October 12th at 3:12 p. m., the owner of Sam’s Food Mart, 4215 15th Street, came into the store and found his clerk and sister-in-law, Marilyn Tejada, 53, on the floor with a gunshot wound to her upper body. She was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. On October 13th, she was […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Dr. Paulette Walker moved to Tampa 22 years ago and mad a life for herself and her family. Recently, she retired from the University of South Florida. She describes those 20 years as being “All in all, a good journey.” In February 1990, Mr. and Mrs. James (Dr. […]

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He gained fame in the late 1970s as one of the area’s top disc jockeys, and that fame carried on into the 1990s. Roosevelt Moore, Jr., known on the radio waves as J. Moore, passed away Sunday at his Progress Village home. He was 60. Moore was the oldest of 10 children, and grew up […]

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A 30-year-old Tampa man is facing up to 40 years in prison on drug charges. A jury found him guilty last Friday. According to the U. S. Attorney Middle District of Florida Office, Maurice Lavon Johnson was found guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. The trial […]

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MIAMI — Rapper Rick Ross was reportedly hospitalized in Alabama on Friday night after suffering a medical incident aboard a Memphis, Tenn. plane, the second time in six hours that a plane carrying the performer had to be diverted because of concerns about his health. Ross was scheduled to appear at a University of Memphis […]

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LOS ANGELES – Stand-up concert film Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain continued its extraordinary box-office run this weekend, passing $7 million in revenue since its September 9 release. The R-rated film, from Codeblack, a distributor of content targeting mostly African-American audiences, debuted explosively on September 9, grossing more than $1.9 million for its opening weekend […]

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