Florida Sentinel Bulletin

On Thursday evening, shortly after 8 p.m., a Tampa teenager died after being struck by a pickup truck. The truck was driven by 31-year-old Cornelius Williams, of Seffner. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident occurred on U. S. Highway 301 near Bloomingdale Avenue. Police said 14-year-old Morris Taylor, Jr., and Elijah Anderson, Jr., […]

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Last Thursday, the Tampa City Council decided to postpone next week’s vote on a proposed citywide panhandling ban after a last minute challenge to proposed restrictions. This week, Council members were supposed to consider two proposed options aimed at reducing the number of beggars on the city’s streets. One proposal would repeal the city’s existing […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor  On Valentine’s Day, (February 14) 2007, Ms. Lori Harrison married Miguel Angel Ruiz. Three days later, she was stabbed several times and her attacker turned the knife on her 10-year-old son when he attempted to intervene. When police arrived, Ms. Harrison told them the stabbing resulted from an […]

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On Tuesday, a Hillsborough County judge revoked the bond of a murder suspect after being shown a photograph taken in a nightclub hours before a double murder. The suspect was charged with killing another teenager at a graduation party last May. The photograph was taken at Club Underground on the night of June 4, 2011. […]

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On Tuesday, local and state elected officials, along with several clergy and community activists were among more than 500 people who crowded into the 34th Street Church of God to hear Civil Activist Jesse Jackson speak. Rev. Jackson, Founder of Rainbow/Push Coalition, was in town as the guest speaker for the Coalition on Voter Empowerment […]

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During its Summer Commencement on Friday, August 5, 2011, Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University will bestow and Honorary Doctorate Degree in Humane Letters upon one of Florida’s and the nation’s most noted Civil Rights attorneys. Attorney Warren Hope Dawson is a native of Mulberry and a product of Polk County Schools. He is only the […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Wednesday, Hillsborough County Commissioners voted 4-3 to close the after school programs at County Parks. The move leaves 64 employees without jobs and the parents of 1,800 children scrambling to find a safe environment for their children. Commissioners Les Miller, Jr., Ken Hagan, and Victor Crist voted to […]

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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — ESPN analyst and former NBA player Jalen Rose was sentenced to 20 days in jail Wednesday for a drunken-driving crash along a snowy suburban Detroit road. Rose, a college star at the University of Michigan, actually was sentenced to 92 days in custody, but District Court Judge Kimberly Small suspended all […]

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PHILADELPHIA — Michael Vick’s endorsement deal with a sports nutrition company lasted less than one month because of a similar contract with a competitor. Earlier this month, Vick signed a five-year agreement with Fuse Science, Inc., to promote its line of sports nutrition products. But Double Eagle Holdings Ltd., which owns Fuse Science, terminated the […]

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