OUTDOORS WITH JULIA YARBOUGH: Preserving a legacy
With the inauguration of Barack Obama as our nation’s first African-American president, citizens of the United States have expressed a real and lasting desire to …
Radio Review: “Nephew Tommy” shakes up the airwaves
The first time I became acquainted with the man who calls himself Nephew Tommy, I was riding the Metro bus to work.
AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA with ELGIN JONES 2-6-09
STICKY SITUATION Jacqueline Tufts, 47, was suspended from her $70,000-a-year job as the executive director of the affordable housing organization, New Visions Community Development Corp., …
Liberty City forum tackles violence
MIAMI – In what can only be described as “keeping it real,” ex-felons, mothers of murdered sons, rapper Luther “Luke” Campbell and others joined clergy, …
NAACP celebrates 100 years of service
Shirley Johnson has the NAACP in her blood. The woman who joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as a youth is …
“President Barack Obama Avenue”
OPA-LOCKA – A city with Arabian-themed street names such as Ali Baba Avenue, Sabur Lane and Sultan Avenue soon will have a street that bears …
Trial opens in Florida widow’s tobacco lawsuit
FORT LAUDERDALE (AP) _ The first of about 8,000 lawsuits blaming the health problems and deaths of Florida smokers on tobacco companies went to trial …
Jacksonville adults having a little childhood fun
The Florida Times-Union JACKSONVILLE (AP) _ In the entire history of pick-up lines, Bill Thompson has come up with one that's quite possibly never been …
Serena Williams is No. 1 women’s tennis player
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) _ Serena Williams returned to No. 1 in the world rankings for the third time in her career following her Australian Open …
Black photographers’ work featured at Smithsonian
WASHINGTON (AP) — George Scurlock Jr. remembers his grandfather – always clad in a suit and tie – meticulously posing subjects and setting lights to …