Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Zeta Rho Omega Chapter, has not missed a beat since the inception and devastation by the COVID 19 Virus. The chapter has continued to operate virtually in this new age that we are in with regards to our International Programs and Sisterly Relations activities.

     A.P.” Powell, the founder and CEO of HeroZona, calls the recently established free drive-thru testing site “COVID City.” Funding for the site came via the CARES Act established earlier this year. “We saw high demand, so we acted,” said Powell. “While the [South Mountain] site was established because of the increase in local cases, others from outside the area are also welcome.”

The information below includes the cities in Broward County and Miami-Dade County for cases of Florida residents based on zip code of person tested. Numbers are from results received by the Florida Department of Health from the state public health laboratory (BPHL) as well as commercial and hospital labs.

     The deadly Fourth of July weekend in Chicago’s Black neighborhoods had residents questioning the city’s failed strategy of putting 1,200 additional officers on the street.