Nearly 123,000 new students have received private-school vouchers after state lawmakers this year passed a major expansion of voucher programs, while a group that administers the programs says they will not bring an âexodusâ from public schools as critics have predicted.
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LifeNet4Families, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending homelessness, hunger, and poverty, has announced the honorees for its Casino Royale Annual Gala 2023 fundraiser set to take place at 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 7, at The Venue (2345 Wilton Drive, Fort Lauderdale). Burnadette Norris-Weeks, Esq. of Austin Pamies Norris Weeks Powell, PLLC, Kathleen Cannon, president and CEO of United Way of Broward County and Robert Taylor, president and CEO of BBI have been named as Leaders of Distinction while Publix Supermarket Charities, Inc. and Downtown Photo will be celebrated as 2023 Community Service Honorees for their contributions to serving and stabilizing the impoverished as well as promoting health and well-being in South Florida. WPLG Local 10âs Emmy-award Winning Anchor Calvin Hughes will host the engaging and elegant night of excitement and purpose.
    Black Achievers Program celebrates the contributions of inspiring members of South Floridaâs Black community. The program was first established in 1992 as the African American Achievers Awards and was the vision of automotive legend Jim Moran. Over the years, more than 160 individuals have been recognized for positively impacting the world around them, and over $700,000 has been donated to nonprofit organizations on the honoreesâ behalf.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Melissa Rivera, a native of Sunrise, Florida, is one of more than 5,000 sailors serving aboard the self-contained mobile airport, USS Theodore Roosevelt.
   Summer is over and the original Old Town Untapped is back and chock full of treats for art lovers! Pompano Beach Arts is proud to kick-off the season with the beloved first-Friday event, this month features jam band Funkinâ Grateful, rocking an original tribute to the Grateful Dead. Enjoy the opening of the new exhibit at BaCA, Roots of an Identity by the Latin American Arts Pavilion, and meet Octoberâs Artist of the Month, Michele Del Campo.
We continue to live through a public health tragedy. If there is any hope to be drawn from so much hardship and loss, itâs that COVID-19…
A Colorado police officer who gained national attention for placing a handcuffed suspect into a police vehicle that was subsequently struck by a train has been sentenced to 30 months of probation and ordered to complete 100 hours of community service. The incident occurred when the officer, whose name is not disclosed in the provided information, arrested a suspect, and placed them in the back of a police car.
    What better way to celebrate Childhood Cancer Awareness Month than ringing the bell at an end-of-chemo-party?
Floridaâs progressive clergy took back the microphone from Governor Ron DeSantis, and hateful forces that attack Black, Brown, LGBTQ+ communities. Led by the Repairers of the Breach, the Florida Council of Churches, the League of Womenâs Voters, the National Action Network, the Florida African Methodist Episcopal Churches, and others, marched on September 16 a short distance from Bethel Baptist Church to Jacksonville City Hall. It was a hot partly cloudy Saturday. A day earlier, these religious leaders delivered to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis a letter demanding he cease and desist from spewing racist rhetoric that creates an environment of racial hatred and violent attacks upon Black, Brown, and marginalized communities.