All posts on August, 2013

MIAMI GARDENS – Library closures, treating the mentally ill and the state of the fire-rescue service took center stage Tuesday when Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez …

While a lot of attention is focused – and rightly so – on getting rid of Florida’s stand-your-ground law, this is only one aspect of …

FORT LAUDERDALE – The 98-year-old American Tennis Association (ATA) capped a 20-year search for a permanent home Aug.1, unveiling plans for a $6 million training …

PLANTATION — The fourth annual South Florida State of the Black Business Forum is set for Friday, Aug. 9, 1:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at …

NEW YORK – The Miami Heat will open their title defense against the Chicago Bulls on Oct. 29 in the expected return of Derrick Rose, …

NORTH MIAMI — When Andre “The Hawk” Dawson was a junior high school student growing up in South Miami, his guidance counselor handed him a …

Two decades after Jackie Robinson broke pro baseball’s color line the NFL still had no black quarterbacks, even as African Americans excelled at every other …

FORT LAUDERDALE — Author Lee M. Sapp will talk about her book, Pastor June and The Righteous, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10 at …

MIAMI — Hellen Rivas developed a knack for journalism at age 9 when her family hosted a local radio program. Since then, the 17-year-old student …

One of Miami’s most prominent and beloved matriarchs, Agenoria Spearman Paschal, celebrated her 90th birthday on July 28 at the Biscayne Bay Doubletree Hotel. Surrounded …