Miami-Dade Schools offering kids free breakfast and lunch during summer
Photo courtesy of iStock MIAMI – Miami-Dade County Public Schools is doing its part to address food insecurity as the district is offering free breakfast …
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Donalds inching closer to become first-ever Black Florida governor
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Gallon among five to win Miami-Dade Commission seats unopposed
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Miami Gardens to host citywide clean-up effort June 13
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Broward Health Celebrates Ribbon Cutting of New Freestanding Emergency Room in Lighthouse Point
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City of Miramar bans RVs residency following complaints
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High School student athletes must undergo heart screening
Photo courtesy of pngtree.com MIAMI – First time high school student-athletes will be required to to take an ECG heart screening before they can play …
Health and Wellness
What if …?
I have so often written about personal responsibility, you may think I must be an ultra- responsible individual. To the contrary, and I have a …
Kenosha Co. health officials investigate salmonella outbreak
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) _ Health officials in Kenosha County are investigating an outbreak of a food-borne illness. County health department spokesman Mark Melotick says more …
Business
The SBA must provide more loans to encourage black business growth
By John Dudley The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel and …
Welcome home baby boomers!
Part two of a two-part series By MEL And PEARL SHAW Special to South Florida Times Talented leadership is always in high demand. The question …
Honey Shine gets new chief
MIAMI — The past senior director of the Go Red for Women campaign for the American Heart Association and executive director for the Miami March …
Education
KSU researchers develop heat-tolerant wheat
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Two Kansas State University researchers are developing a type of wheat that will tolerate hotter temperatures. The issue is that wheat kernels shrivel …
Old error puts school district breakfast program at risk
CALDWELL, Idaho — An old clerical error has put a school district in southwest Idaho in a bind over its free breakfast program. In 2003, an …
College completion gap between rich, poor widens
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO LOS ANGELES — The gap in bachelor-degree attainment between the nation’s richest and poorest students by age 24 has doubled during the last …