Obituaries
JAY FUNERAL HOME Alice Watkins, 96, self-employed, died August 27. Service will be held 11am Friday, September 3, at Second Baptist Church. Frederic Farmer, 58, …
JAY FUNERAL HOME Alice Watkins, 96, self-employed, died August 27. Service will be held 11am Friday, September 3, at Second Baptist Church. Frederic Farmer, 58, …
San Juan, Puerto Rico (AP) – Jamaican singer and record producer “Lee Scratch” Perry, considered one of reggae’s founding fathers, died on Sunday. He was …
Nashville, Tenn. (AP) – Ernest “Rip” Patton, a member of the Nashville Freedom Riders and civil rights leader, has died, the Freedom Rides Museum announced. …
Miami (AP) – A Florida judge on Thursday rejected a self-defense claim by a white man accused of pulling a gun and yelling racial slurs …
Dallas, Texas – Friendship-West Baptist Church is taking things to the next level in the conclusion of its yearlong commemoration of the Greenwood neighborhood of …
Lake Worth, Fla. – Patricia V. Richie, Palm Beach State College’s former longtime dean of Business, Trades and Public Safety programs, passed away unexpectedly Aug. …
OPA-LOCKA, Fla. – In an effort to expand MiamiDade County’s tree canopy by leveraging local resources, Neat Streets Miami has awarded the City of Opa-locka …
West Palm Beach, Fla. – It’s been 58 years since the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream" speech …
West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP) – Sugar growers in Florida are suing the U.S, Army Corps of Engineers over proposed reservoir water levels they say …
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) – A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday. The …