Author: Carma Henry

     The Florida A&M University (FAMU) School of Nursing (SON) opened its new simulation lab for students to gain hands-on clinical experience in a new state-of-the-art facility.

This past Saturday, our friends at FPL made some college-bound students very, very happy.

Renowned Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump, aka Black American’s Attorney General, joined the electrifying 2023 Marching 100 Band Camp Final Performance at the Alfred Lawson Multipurpose Center in Tallahassee, FL

    Florida is poised during the coming school year to see an increase in students receiving state-backed vouchers that can be used for such things as private-school tuition, after the Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a massive expansion this spring. As of Friday, 240,291 vouchers had been awarded to students across the Florida Tax Credit and Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options voucher programs, compared to 173,416 vouchers awarded through the programs at the same time last year, according to Step Up for Students, a non-profit organization that helps administer voucher programs.

Trump confirmed on Tuesday that he had been served a “target letter” from the special counsel, Jack Smith, in connection with the ongoing criminal investigation into his attempts to cling to power after losing the 2020 election.

Ordained by Rev. Clay Evans on June 30, 1968, Jackson received his Master of Divinity degree from Chicago Theological Seminary in 2000. 

The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Florida dipped 6 cents during the past week as demand slowed after Fourth of July travel. The average price was $3.40 a gallon on Monday. But the AAA auto club anticipates higher oil costs could result in increased prices at the pump.

     Seniors living in the East and Southeast regions of the United States are most likely to have Alzheimer’s disease, according to new data shared at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference and published Monday in the organization’s journal.

     It was a packed house at ArtServe’s April 21, 2023 opening reception for its new exhibit about mental health.  In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, the reception featured a panel discussion of top local psychology professionals and a local artist.   

     FAMU’s official closure just ahead of the end of the Federal Public Health Emergency in May, which was enacted in 2020, of its covid-19 testing and vaccinations site marks the end of a three-year stretch of dedicated performance.  By April of 2020, tens of thousands of covid-19 testing sites were set up in makeshift triage facilities across the country.  The most significant of those in our area was the FAMU testing site which occupied the northeast side of Bragg Memorial Stadium.