Health

COVID-19 Information & Updates

     Questions related to COVID-19 should be directed to the Florida Department of Health’s dedicated COVID-19 Call Center at 1-866-779-6121 or by emailing COVID-19@flhealth.gov. Broward residents concerned they may have been exposed to COVID-19 should call 954-412-7300 before traveling to any health care facility. […]

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NBA season suspended over coronavirus fears; But our sports blackout may be just beginning.

     This weekend was supposed to be one of American sports’ busiest with golf, tennis, the NBA, the NHL, MLS and dozens of spring collegiate sports leading up to the grand drama and madness that is the NCAA basketball tournament. Instead, March Madness is canceled and ESPN is already airing old games on a loop. It’s a dark time for sports fans, who have become accustomed to having sports available every single day of the year. It is bizarre and disorienting for them to be gone. My son and I have taken to watching the computer play itself on the video game “MLB: The Show 20.” He hasn’t started putting wagers on the games yet but give him time. […]

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Trump’s Florida sanctuary becomes a gilded petri dish for a global disease

     At least three people who visited Mar-a-Lago in the past 10 days have tested positive for the deadly virus and were spotted in photographs with the president and other club members. A top Brazilian official, Ambassador to the U.S. Nestor Forster, who was seated with the president at a Saturday night dinner at the club, tested positive for COVID-19. So did Fabio Wajngarten, the press secretary to President Jair Bolsonaro who was spotted standing next to Trump in an Instagram post. An email to Trump supporters who attended a fundraiser at the club last Sunday suggests there was now also a mysterious third person who was at the club last weekend with the virus. […]

Local News

A Dimond Affair Gala

       On March 6, New Mount Olive Baptist Church had a Diamond Affair Gala for Pastor Marcus D. Davidson. The gala celebrated 10 years of pastoral leadership at New Mount Olive Baptist Church. The gala was filled with fun, laughter, and memories. […]