Month: December 2019

Editorials

Why Are Elected Officials Silent When It Comes To Protecting Your Vote?

December 19, 2019 Carma Henry 0

What should be of concern to all of us is the lack of interest and hands-off approach County Commissioners have shown in ensuring upcoming elections are secure and their results have integrity. Their approach to these issues is especially troubling, considering the wide-scale hacking attempts discovered during and after the 2016 election (including at least two counties and key vendor located in Florida) and warnings from intelligence and security agencies, of continued cyber-attacks. […]

Feature

South Florida Needs to Prioritize HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care

December 19, 2019 Carma Henry 0

      According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are about 38,000 new cases of HIV and AIDS each year in the United States, and South Florida regularly ranks among the highest rates of new HIV and AIDS cases. The CDC also estimates there are about 154,000 people living with HIV and AIDS who don’t know they have it. Additionally, approximately 37% of patients who do know they have HIV or AIDS aren’t getting adequate treatment to control it. […]

Local Sports

Booker T. Washington Senior High School’s Football Team Talk Home a WIN

December 19, 2019 Carma Henry 0

The Booker T. Washington Tornadoes stormed home to a hero’s welcome Thursday afternoon. BTW rallied to score 15 points and force a key second-half turnover in the final 5:25 to beat Jacksonville’s Bolles Bulldogs 25-21 in the Class 4A state championship in Daytona Beach Wednesday night. “I think that’s been the story of our season: we’ve been the comeback kings or the never give up group,” associate head coach Ben Hanks said. The victory gave BTW its sixth state championship. […]

Local News

December 19, 2019 Carma Henry 0

This week, I attended the Growing the Voices of Our Future interest meeting to see if I would want to do it again for another year. […]