Hardly a constituency or demographic in Florida has escaped the legislative onslaught of Gov. Ron DeSantis and his Republican supermajority in the statehouse.
Jacksonville church reflects on difficult year during pandemic
Several members of Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church experienced symptoms of COVID-19, possibly months before Florida reported its first cases
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville church on Sunday remembered a difficult year among its congregation during the coronavirus pandemic.
The congregation at Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church gathered Sunday a year after numerous church members experienced symptoms of COVID-19, possibly months before Florida reported its first cases.
“It was about as sick as I’ve ever been. I was infected here at the church. There were a number of us that had been infected early on February, first week of March,” said Minister of Music and Worship Tommy Shapard. “So we’re also taking time to recognize that, as well, this morning.”
Former Jacksonville sheriff, EWC president to receive OneJax lifetime achievement honor
Glover was sheriff from 1993 to 2003 the first African American elected in Florida since the Reconstruction era . Author: Florida Times-Union, Beth Reese Cravey Published: 8:50 AM EST February 16, 2021 Updated: 8:56 AM EST February 16, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla Nathaniel Nat Glover, former Jacksonville sheriff and president of Edward Waters College, will receive the top honor at the 2021 OneJax Humanitarian Awards.
At an April 15 virtual ceremony, Glover will receive the Gold Medallion for Lifetime Achievement from OneJax, a nonprofit interfaith organization that promotes racial, religious and cultural tolerance in Northeast Florida.
Glover was sheriff from 1993 to 2003 the first African American elected in Florida since the Reconstruction era and president of historically black EWC from 2010 to 2018. In addition to his profession