CANTON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus held a luncheon in Canton on Saturday to discuss new laws and priorities for African American voters. Speakers and key attendees included four senators and four representatives from the central and delta Mississippi area. They looked back on many bills that are now law. Among the [.]
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Big Bend holds Gala for seniors
After a year s worth of uncertainty, the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Big Bend wanted to do something special for the graduating class of 2021.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â After a year s worth of uncertainty, the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Big Bend wanted to do something special for the graduating class of 2021. To have this special night before our commencement is really a meaningful thing. It s kind of a goodbye to the club in a sense, said Curtista Brown from the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Big Bend.
Octavia Boyd sits in her backyard, wiping tears and scrolling through pictures and videos from her mother’s happiest times.
There’s one of 68-year-old Rose Davis from not long ago, sliding across her carpeted living room floor dancing to R&B. In another, she’s showing off a fashionable Sunday church hat. And in a throwback, Davis is dressed in a white starched uniform decades ago, carrying a medicine tray at one of several Central Texas hospitals and nursing homes where she spent her 40-plus year nursing career.
“She was a beautiful person,” Boyd said, “always laughing, always telling jokes.”
After 43 years, the Orange Blossom Classic (OBC) will return to South Florida on Labor Day Weekend. The resurgence of the postseason clash between two Historically Black Colleges will feature Florida A&M University (FAMU) and Jackson State University (JSU).
Arrested was 20-year-old Terrance Panting. One report said Panting was attempting to take a shotgun from a teenager who was attempting to kill himself, but that but he was charged because he had his finger on the trigger. (Seems odd). [
Dustin Lane Rape, age 35, was fatally shot in Monroe, North Carolina, April 5, 2021.
Justin Lamar Richardson, age 28, is facing a charge of first-degree murder reports say. Police believe the shooting was the result of an argument.
The suspect was photographed casually eating a sandwich in a mugshot from a previous incident
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Cody Walker, age 14, was robbed and murdered in Milton, Florida.