Florida Sentinel Bulletin

As everyone returns to the normal weekly grind after getting stuffed this past weekend, we decided to return to you Sophia, as this week’s Beauty Unlimited feature. If you missed her last week, here’s a quick update. This lovely young lady stands 5’7” tall, and says her occupation is modeling (runway/promotional and spokes model), actress, […]

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Last Tuesday, a man Tampa Police had been searching for in a DUI manslaughter case turned himself in. Tampa Police report on October 30, 2010, Yo Sandi Linaries-Ortiz, 23, was driving a truck on Hillsborough Avenue and Ingram Ferguson, 44, was driving a truck on Nebraska Avenue. Police said Ferguson ran the red light, and […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor For the past 9 years, Ms. RicheDean Hills-Ackbar has brightened the holidays for senior citizens. This year, she is seeking student volunteers, singers, and musicians to help with the holiday festivities. Ms. Hills-Ackbar said her son, Terry Cole, was part of her inspiration to create the organization, known […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor At the age of 17, Jonathan Melvis was sentenced to 30 years for stabbing of a man in 2005. However, last week, the charge was upgraded to murder after the man died. According to police, Vincent Thomas Baker died earlier this year. He had been on a ventilator […]

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Thanks to the graciousness of Mr. Wright’s Ebony Connection, we have this week’s Beauty Unlimited feature, Tia. This young lady definitely deserves to be honored, and she is not afraid to be outstanding and a leader. Tia enjoys being around positive people who has goals, and can manage to keep herself under control in any […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor A fatal traffic accident late Saturday night left one man dead and five others injured. The two-car collision took place at the intersection of El Portal Street and Wood Street, near Chamberlain High School. According to police, shortly after 9:30 p.m., a 1997 green Cadillac, driven by Ms. […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently ruled in favor of several Black employees. Four employees filed claims of harassment. Attorney J. Jacques A. Darius said, “On September 7, the EEOC found that Flatiron Tidewater Skanska (FTS) Construction Company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by subjecting […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Oscar Butler is a Tampa resident who was born and raised in East Tampa. Throughout his life, he has observed the area under various changes and has never been afraid to voice his opinion. When Butler read an article in last week’s Sentinel about two schools becoming same […]

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ZEPHYRHILLS – Last Friday, a man convicted of dealing crack cocaine was sentenced to life in federal prison. Pasco county deputies and D. E. A. agents found 191 grams of crack cocaine when they raided the home of Ronald “Shine” Jiles, Sr., 48, in May. The Sheriff’s Office used confidential informants to buy crack from […]

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