Author: Carma Henry

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Enrollment grew to 1,751,109 children nationwide, an increase of more than 111,000 from the previous year. Ten states saw enrollment growth exceeding 20%

     The Florida Memorial men’s basketball team is now in the market for a head coach following reports that current position holder Delano Thomas is stepping down from the role.

       According to Zach McKinnell of The Bluebloods, Montes, a finalist for the Walter Payton award in 2023, has reversed course on his commitment to Florida A&M. He will instead stay at Kent State.

      Chet Lemon, a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star and member of the 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers, died Thursday at the age of 70.

      The xAI supercomputer under construction in Memphis has blown into a full scale civic war of words after it was discovered that the company had violated a temporary permit from the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) to install 15 portable methane gas turbines to power the site, but had actually put in 35 of the machines without permission.

 Florida’s sheriffs asked for legislative clarification of a “clunky” 2024 school-safety law. Lawmakers responded, sending classroom door-locking revisions through both chambers.

     The Trump administration sent Hayden an email informing her that her position will be terminated effective immediately following DEI concerns.

     The outstanding community leaders honored during the Fun Lunch for their contributions to Leadership Broward and the community were Kareen Boutros with The Broward Workshop; Gail Bulfin with the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance; Gregg Goldstein with EM Consulting Group; Paul Minoff with CACTIC Commercial; Mary Lou Ruderman with Ruderman & Company CPA; Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh with the Urban League of Broward County; and Jennifer Whittington with Franklin Templeton Investments.

-Alumni, faculty, students, celebrities, faith organizations, and a popular blog site are rallying against what they call a “hostile takeover” of the nation’s top Historically Black University, Florida A&M. Adding Marva Johnson as a finalist in the presidential selection process was challenged by selection committee members but was never addressed. Johnson is the favorite of Governor Ron DeSantis. Dubbed “MAGA Marva,” the blog site Rattle Nation wrote several articles slamming her lack of university administrative experience or necessary academic credentials to manage 14 colleges and schools.

Inette Campbell  Funeral service will be held May 10th tat Worldwide Christian Center. Daisy Bell Green  Funeral service was held May 7th at Brown’s Temple. Bernard…