Sistrunk festival expands from city to county
FORT LAUDERDALE — On the last day of Black History Month – Feb. 28 – the historic Sistrunk Festival will return to the streets of …
AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA with ELGIN JONES 1-21-09
WELCOME, MR. PRESIDENT And so it’s done. President Barack H. Obama is America’s new leader, and what a welcome and refreshing spectacle his inauguration was. …
Community Calendar Jan. 21 – 31
Wednesday, Jan. 21 Maya Azucena: Junkyard Jewel: Tonight at 8 p.m. in the Improv Comedy Club, 3390 Mary St. in Coconut Grove, Maya Azucena, will …
MOVIE REVIEW: Not easily broken
It has always been a quiet trend for commentators and community leaders to address the inner workings of relationships and the bonds between men and …
Obama inauguration draws record numbers
WASHINGTON (AP) _ More than 1 million people crammed onto the National Mall and along the Pennsylvania Avenue inauguration parade route Tuesday to witness the …
Obama is first black U.S. president
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and forever changed the course of American history. On Tuesday, President Barack Obama …
South Floridians in D.C. begin celebrating Obama’s inauguration
WASHINGTON, D.C. _ On the eve of President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration as the nation’s 44th president, South Floridians were kicking off the celebration early in …
No-drama Obama says he choked up over King speech
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Often seen as a cool, calculating concealer of emotions, Barack Obama says he choked up while practicing a campaign speech about Martin …
Obama rides rails to capital, as onlookers cheer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ President-elect Barack Obama, tracing the train route Abraham Lincoln took nearly a century and a half earlier, undertook the final leg of …
Preparing the Road
In college, God imparted invaluable knowledge to me. One lesson I learned is that preparing roads is hot, dirty, back-breaking work. For several summers, I …