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  Submitted by  Ryan Duffy      CLEWISTON, FL – This fall, thousands of Glades-area students will be heading back to school with new uniforms, backpacks, and school…

Back To School Drive 

     “Enough is enough” says Reverend R. B. Holmes, Jr., Pastor of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church of Tallahassee, Florida and Chairman of the Tallahassee Chapter of the National Action Network. Reverend Holmes convened leaders in the state to take actions against these racist policies. “The Florida Department of Education’s so-called Black history curriculum is a sham, a shame and a disgrace to all Black Americans and authentic historians…”  he said. Reverend Dr. Carl Johnson, President of the Florida General Baptist Convention, Inc. and Pastor of the 93rd Street Baptist Church of Miami, Florida says “We are appalled, upset and extremely disgusted in this Governor’s consistent attack on Black culture, heritage and history”.  Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump says “This irresponsible and disgraceful, so-called Black history curriculum is an insult to our ancestors and all who believe in teaching true history! This curriculum is about ideology and indoctrination!”

      Ol Pete has been gliding through a maze of trails looking for dirt and it would seem that summertime would be a slow time for the tunnels. But Ol Pete is learning that there are plenty things that go bump in the night, especially when those doing the bumping think everyone else is sleeping.

Carlee Russell, a resident of Alabama, made headlines when she disappeared following a 911 call regarding a child. The circumstances surrounding her disappearance raised concerns about her safety and the potential involvement of foul play.

The Moore family history began in Philadelphia, Mississippi and spread to Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Mound Bayou was once referred to as a model of “thrift and self-government,” by Booker T. Washington. 

She was born July 29, 1926, in Belle Glade Florida. At 97, you can still find her every Sunday at Saint John 1st Missionary Baptist Church in Belle Glade Florida getting her praise on!

— Miami Dolphins players Bradley Chubb and Braxton Berrios joined over 900 YMCA of South Florida summer campers from Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties as they enjoyed the Junior Dolphins Summer Camp Tour presented by Gatorade at the Y in Weston.  

The state wants a federal judge to put on hold a ruling aimed at keeping children with complex medical conditions out of nursing homes, saying a shortage of nurses would make it “impossible” to comply with a key part of the decision.

     Florida A&M University suspended all football-related activities after a rap music video featuring some of the team’s players was recorded without permission in a football locker room.