Jul 8, 2021
At approximately 7:47AM this morning, the Mansfield Division of Police responded to 261 East Arch Street after a female called and advised she had just left this residence after a gun was fired. The female caller advised she had a verbal argument with her son, Charles Gandy (B/M/52 years-old), which had led to Mr. Gandy firing a gun outside the home. No one was struck by the bullet. She further stated that her son had mental health issues and may be suffering from PTSD as he had been acting strangely over the past few days. Officers responded to the residence and attempted to contact Mr. Gandy who refused to open the locked door. Officers set up a perimeter around the residence for safety and began to attempt to coax Mr. Gandy from the home using a PA system as well as through phone contact. Several of Mr. Gandy’s relatives were contacted and they, too, made efforts to coax Mr. Gandy from the home to no avail. This went on for several hours, during which time, Mr. Ga
Jul 8, 2021
At approximately 7:47AM this morning, the Mansfield Division of Police responded to 261 East Arch Street after a female called and advised she had just left this residence after a gun was fired. The female caller advised she had a verbal argument with her son, Charles Gandy (B/M/52 years-old), which had led to Mr. Gandy firing a gun outside the home. No one was struck by the bullet. She further stated that her son had mental health issues and may be suffering from PTSD as he had been acting strangely over the past few days. Officers responded to the residence and attempted to contact Mr. Gandy who refused to open the locked door. Officers set up a perimeter around the residence for safety and began to attempt to coax Mr. Gandy from the home using a PA system as well as through phone contact. Several of Mr. Gandy’s relatives were contacted and they, too, made efforts to coax Mr. Gandy from the home to no avail. This went on for several hours, during which time, Mr. Ga
Sarah Connell Sanders: How to trick kids into eating bok choy and other leafy greens
Sarah Connell Sanders
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I’ve been a teacher for more than a decade, eight years at the middle school level, and three of the longest years of my life in elementary. Big kids make jokes and let their curiosities soar. Little kids throw up and cry a lot.
It wasn’t all bodily fluids all the time. My principal was a profound mentor for me while I muddled my way through teaching technology to third-, fourth- and fifth-graders.
“They’re so little,” I would tell her.
‘When They Integrated, the Black Community Disintegrated’: Brothers Open Museum In Central Florida to Share Stories Left Out of History Books
Charles Luster, 79, and his brother Harvey Lester, 73, have dedicated the past 30 years of their lives to collecting Black history, stories you won’t find in most history books. The brothers opened the first and only African American Heritage Museum in Polk County, Florida, in 1993. They say knowing our history is more important today than it’s ever been.
“Young people need to know about our history [and] go back as far as they possibly can; even back to Africa to learn the DNA of what we are and who we are and not what ‘they say we are,’” stated Charles. “We came to America empty-handed, not empty-headed.”
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Only about 30% of Vietnam veterans are still around to tell their story. Dr. Harvey Lester is one of the lucky ones.
He sat down with Spectrum News to share how his experience helped shape the way he saw his community.
What You Need To Know
Dr. Harvey Lester served in Vietnam
He and his brother opened Polk County’s first and only African American Heritage museum
They run a nonprofit that has trained more than 3,000 students for success
“I appreciate everything the Army did for me; a young boy coming from Bartow – I was able to get my doctorates through the military.”