“While I was reviewing photo that was submitted with the petition, I noticed that Jacob’s hair does not meet the requirements for marching at graduation,” says the school employee, who identified herself as Karen Northrop. “As a reminder for the graduates participating in the ceremony, we ask the gentlemen to have hair tapered and may […]
A Florida Burger King worker was arrested after police said she shot at a customer last week. According to NBC Miami, the incident took place at 4727 Northwest 167th St. in Miami Gardens. Shateasha Monique Hicks, 30 was arrested and faces a charge for discharging a firearm in public. She was being held on a $1,000 […]
A Florida jury has awarded a Black man $4.4 million after finding he was wrongfully terminated in 2016 from his job as city manager of Hallandale Beach, Fla. City officials claimed he improperly used city money for travel during his previous job as deputy city manager, while the former city official said he’d got permission […]
(BPRW) FLORIDA MIDWIFE JENNIE JOSEPH NAMED TO TIME’S INAUGURAL WOMEN OF THE YEAR LIST List Recognizes Extraordinary Leaders Fighting for a More Equal World (Black PR Wire) Winter Haven, FL – TIME© named Jennie Joseph, an internationally renowned midwife who practices in Central Florida, to its first-ever TIME© Women of the Year List, recognizing 12 […]
(BPRW) FLORIDA MIDWIFE JENNIE JOSEPH NAMED TO TIME’S INAUGURAL WOMEN OF THE YEAR LIST List Recognizes Extraordinary Leaders Fighting for a More Equal World (Black PR Wire) Winter Haven, FL – TIME© named Jennie Joseph, an internationally renowned midwife who practices in Central Florida, to its first-ever TIME© Women of the Year List, recognizing 12 […]
(BPRW) Coke Florida and United Golfers Association Close Black History Month With Historic Inaugural Jim Thorpe Golf Invitational (Black PR Wire) TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) and the United Golfers Association (UGA) closed Black History Month 2022 by making history with the inaugural Jim Thorpe Invitational Golf Tournament (JTI) at the […]
(BPRW) Coke Florida and United Golfers Association Close Black History Month With Historic Inaugural Jim Thorpe Golf Invitational (Black PR Wire) TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) and the United Golfers Association (UGA) closed Black History Month 2022 by making history with the inaugural Jim Thorpe Invitational Golf Tournament (JTI) at the […]
A Florida mother is demanding answers after finding out her 11-year-old son was handcuffed and put in the back of a police car in February. According to MSN, Apopka Police responded to a robbery 911 call related to a stolen bicycle. Jamir Bradford was identified as the person who stole the bike, however, his family claims […]
Florida authorities are investigating a day care center where a mother discovered her 2-year-old daughter alone and locked inside after employees left for the day according to NBC News. Stephanie Martinez got to the KinderCare Learning Center north of Miami at 6:28 p.m. last Wednesday and saw the child through a window on the front […]
MIAMI — An appeals court ordered a new trial on Wednesday for a former Florida police officer who was sentenced to probation for shooting at a severely autistic man and wounding the man’s caretaker. A three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled that a South Florida circuit judge was wrong to prevent […]