DESANTIS ANNOUNCES EDUCATION, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PICKS
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Republican Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis announced Thursday he’s tapping a former House speaker who backed his primary opponent to be education commissioner …
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Cardi B, Pharrell, Kanye drew crowds during Art Basel Miami
PHOTO COURTESY OF OF HOLLYWOOD LIFE MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Royalty, Real Housewives and the fathers of two Kardashian babies were among the celebs that …
FMU’s Yarling wins $10K Knight Foundation award
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE KNIGHT FOUNDATION MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Nicole Yarling, assistant professor of Florida Memorial University’s Popular Music Program, was among the dozens …
Fashion show still talk of the town
PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIANNA LUBERISSE WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Facebook was still buzzing at midweek about the 7th Annual “It’s a Fashion Affair” hosted …
Music in the Park concert draws hundreds of attendees
PHOTO COURTESY ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ/MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MIAMI GARDENS – More than 400 residents packed the Betty T. Ferguson Amphitheater for Music in the Park on Dec. …
Pope urges charity when churches are sold, reused
Photo Credit: AP Photo/ Gregorio Borgia ROME – The Vatican and bishops from Europe and beyond have developed proposed guidelines for the sale or reuse …
BROWARD ‘Code Red’ to prevent churches coming to harm
LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. – In an effort to be prepared in the event that an armed gunman invades a local church, the First Baptist Church …
Africans played key, often unheralded, role in WorldWar I
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GREAT WAR PROJECT JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Amid the fanfare marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, little …
Silent movie shot in Tampa was supposed to combat racism
By PAUL GUZZO Tampa Bay Times TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Local residents appeared as extras in epic scenes set in ancient Egypt and the Biblical …
Arkansas’ capital city could elect black mayor for first time
PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Voters are casting ballots in an election that could result in Little Rock’s first popularly elected …