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McKinley Financial Services, Inc., (www.mckinleyinsurance.com) one of Florida’s oldest minority-owned full-service insurance agencies, has been sold, the company announced today. Carmen Miller, an 18-year veteran of the company which does business as McKinley Insurance Services, has purchased the business and now assumes the position of chief executive officer. Miller had been the chief operating officer of McKinley for the past five years. Purchase price and other terms of the sale were not made public.

On Tuesday, Feb. 12, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) hosted a celebration of the new FPL Miami-Dade Solar Energy Center, the largest solar power installation ever to be built in South Florida. Members of the community joined Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez and FPL CEO Eric Silagy for the historic occasion.

Jazz at Lincoln Center today announced that Dillard Center for the Arts (DCA) is among 15 finalists who will compete in the 24th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival – the nation’s premier jazz education event – in New York City this May 9-11, 2019. The competition unites students from coast to coast, from diverse backgrounds to find harmony together while playing some of the most complex music ever written.

Winners, winners everywhere. You’re invited to play too, because we need everyone to know that Conservation Pays. Between now and April 30, you can Play Conservation Pays and win cash and prizes.

For the Love of It

Recently, Cheerios Cereal teamed up with Walmart to host a friendly Pop-a-shot competition at the store (3200 NW 79th S.t, Miami, Fla., 33147) to raise awareness and funds for the Overtown Youth Center.

You may remember R & B singer Joe Simon’s hit “Power of Love” in 1973.   The title of that song has true meaning to Dr. Malcolm and Mrs. Emma Black.

Rebuild Florida is a long-term recovery effort to repair and rebuild thousands of homes of Florida families that were significantly damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Irma.