Author: Carma Henry

     Among the 200 employers registered to recruit at the Fall 2022 Career and Internship Expo were global medical technology corporations such as Medtronic, retailers such as Target, cosmetic giant, Estee Lauder, financial institutions such as Credit Suisse, and federal, state, county and municipal government agencies seeking to hire students at a time when many vacancies are going unfilled. 

      Retired NBA superstar, Dwayne Wade, will go to battle for his children. 

Since 1942, sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy’s Construction Force have been building and fighting around the world. Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Calderon, a Hialeah Gardens, Florida native, is one of those sailors.

      Research has found that 70 million people in the United States have criminal records. Of that number, 63 percent are no longer in jail, on probation, or on parole, yet roughly 27 percent of these ex-offenders remain unemployed due to their criminal records. This disproportionate statistic to the overall unemployment rate confirms the realization that the challenge of finding work for the formally incarcerated can be a daunting task.

     “In the summer of 1982, three nurses – Bernice Edwards, Susie Forehand, and Mercerdese Clark along with approximately 60 other nurses – met with the intent of organizing a Black Professional Nurses group as no such group existed in Orlando. Following two interest meetings, the group organized as Black Nurses Association with Mercerdese Clark serving as the chapter’s first president,” says Bernice Edwards.

     This past Friday September 23rd, The Lauderhill Performing Arts Center (LPAC) took on a whole new approach to Friday night date night. Welcoming a local Lauderhill event created by Tanisha “Tj” Hope of “Tj Hope Presents” and Hosted by hometown Comedian Chris Priester called Eargasm; as they celebrated 5 years of Erotic Poetry, Arts and Comedy, LPAC was in for a night unlike anything they’ve ever had at their performing arts facility. Comedian Chris Priester even brought in his 51st birthday celebration as part of the evening’s festivities. Bringing his very own curated lineup of comedians to light up the stage in between poetic performances.

     This past Monday September 26, The Miami Heat hosted Media Day at the FTX Arena where they invited over 20 local Media outlets to come out and speak with The Team Roster about their hopes for the upcoming season, give a chance for the players to connect with mass audiences across diverse platforms, as well as create content for both the league and athlete fans. The day was filled with non-stop action and one of our very own Gazette writers Press Room questions has even gone viral concerning Jimmy Butler new locs hair-do that has the internet in a frenzy. 

     More than a year after a Florida law began allowing college athletes to make endorsement money, some athletics officials say a key piece of the law needs a second look to preserve schools’ recruiting advantages.

      Lawyers representing around 30 immigrants recently flown to Martha’s Vineyard from Texas asked the Massachusetts attorney general and the federal government in letters Saturday to open criminal investigations into what they described as a “political stunt.”

The 17-year-old child trafficking victim, who murdered her rapist and tormentor, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and willful injury for stabbing to death Zachary Brooks, 37, who authorities admitted raped her multiple times in 2020 when she was 15.