Author: Carma Henry

Holy Cross Health is one of a select group of U.S. hospitals to be recognized in the Healthcare Associated Infections-Hospital database for reporting zero hospital-onset Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections. The database relies on publicly reported data collected through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) National Healthcare Safety Network from July 2024 through June 2025.

A Good Sheperd’s Funeral Home & Cremation Service Central

Mary Brown Funeral service was held August 22nd at
Linda Louise Wilson-Exantus Funeral service was held August 22nd at McWhite’s Funeral Home.
David Hodor Funeral service was held August 21st at New Mount Olive Baptist Church.
Kenneth Zether King Funeral service was held August 22nd McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel.
Evelyn D. Young Funeral service was held August 22nd at First Baptist Church Piney Grove.
Antron X. Jackson Funeral service was held August 15th at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel.

Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home

       Because when you begin to see your scars as trophies, you shift from surviving your story to owning it. And in that ownership, there is power.

 Going back to school always comes with a mix of emotions, nerves, excitement, and curiosity about what the new year will bring. Will it be a good year? Will I make new friends, reconnect with old ones? But this year feels different, because I’m officially in 12th grade,  my senior year! So far, it’s been a fun and exciting experience, and I’m looking forward to everything this year has in store. Being a senior comes with a different kind of feeling.

       Greggory “Gregg” Willie-Dylan Allen, who entered eternal rest on August 8, was far more than a devoted son, father, and community anchor; he was an inventive mind whose work helped reshape modern digital security. While many knew him simply for his calm dignity, pleasant smile, and helpfulness in the neighborhood, Allen spent over three decades working at the leading edge of American technological innovation.

     I’ve been doing quite a bit of traveling lately, and this thought came to me shortly after takeoff. There’s always that moment of excitement, the plane lifts, you ascend into higher heights, and your focus shifts to the destination. But even in that excitement, there’s a quiet awareness… you’re still going to have to land. And you don’t always know if that landing will be smooth, a little bumpy, or, in the worst case, unsettling.

       Florida’s primary election poses interesting questions for Black voters and representation. Election Night brought about the opportunity to help elect the state’s first Black governor, first Black US Senator and the choice of a white Jewish woman to represent a congressional district historically held by a Black member of Congress.

   Students of history should remember one fundamental lesson: no nation, regardless of its wealth, military strength, or perceived invincibility, is too powerful to collapse. The Russian and Ottoman empires disappeared. The Soviet Union dissolved. Britain’s vast empire receded.