Florida Emancipation Day Block Party, Saturday, May 23, 2026 from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m., at Ali Cultural Arts Center, 353 NW 1st Street, Pompano Beach, FL 33060. Free and open to the public
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This begins a series of articles that provide actionable tools to integrate conversations about legacy, estate planning, and asset protection into your everyday life with your family, across the generations, in a way that makes it easy. You’ll do so with confidence. And your family will thank you. They’ll feel heard, included, and empowered. No longer will legacy be a shunned, unspoken, abandoned topic until a crisis. Your family won’t be one that falls prey to the turmoil that comes from avoidance.
On April 26, 2026, it was all that jazz at the Great Gatsby 1920s themed 57th annual Debutante Cotillion of the Frances J. Bright Woman’s Club. Held at the Woodfield Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida, 12th grade debutantes were presented to society at the black-tie ball where FPL was a Gold sponsor. The students were uplifted by words of encouragement from the evening’s guest speaker State Attorney Alexcia Cox.
On April 25, 2026, friends and family gathered in celebration of the 60th wedding anniversary of Floyd and Jewell Johnson who were joined in matrimony, April 18, 1966. The Johnsons were high school sweethearts in Richmond, Virginia and made their way to Florida after Mr. Johnson’s military service and education in California.
One of the biggest sources of stress for teens is school. Tests, grades, and pressure to succeed can feel overwhelming, especially when it seems like your future depends on every assignment. On top of that, many teens deal with expectations from parents or even from themselves to be perfect. That pressure can make it hard to relax or feel satisfied with what you’ve done.
The wildman lives: Elliott Wilcox, graduated from the University of Florida College of Engineering.
Yolanda Robinson, Founder of Strong Parents Strong Voices, a nonprofit organization supporting families of children with autism and disabilities through advocacy, education, and community outreach.
A window allows me to look outward at people, circumstances, systems, and situations. A mirror invites me to look inward at my tone, my posture, my motives, my habits, and my heart. Both are necessary. But wisdom, I am discovering, begins with knowing which one I am standing in front of.
What was expected to be a routine political gathering Monday night quickly transformed into a passionate and emotionally charged public reckoning over the future of Florida’s Congressional District 20 a historically Black congressional seat now standing at the center of a statewide political storm.
Florida’s largest teachers union is suing the Florida Department of Education (FDOE), accusing officials within Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration of failing to uphold their constitutional duty to give students a consistent, high-quality public education.