LocalWoman charged with credit card fraudAdrianne Duvall, an employee of The Department of the Children and Family Services, was charged with credit card fraud that totaled more than $25,000.Duvall had used five of the agency’s credit card numbers to make purchases over the Internet. Duvall confessed and was charged with […]

The Florida House continued debate on a sweeping education bill Thursday, with the bill’s sponsor pleading with representatives to pass a substitute Senate bill and allow the chambers to work out details in conference. “The Governor said pretty much this morning that we’ve got to complete this bill,” said Rep. […]

As a result of discriminatory acts against blacks who attended the Black College Reunion ’99, Florida A&M University has $250,000 more to give away to its students for scholarships and internships. State Attorney General Bob Butterworth presented FAMU Interim President Henry Lewis III with a $250,000 check at a March […]

Almost 16 million Americans have it. It’s the seventh leading cause of death among Americans. And 2,200 new cases of it are diagnosed every day in the United States. It’s not cancer. It’s diabetes. Diabetes spreads among young people Diabetes, stereotyped as a disease that mostly affects elderly persons, is […]

State House approves tax reformThe House committee approved a tax reform supported by business interests.The House Fiscal Policy and Resource Committee led by Rep. Rob Wallace, R-Tampa, passed a bill creating a Sales Tax Exemption Study Commission. The committee is designed to study each tax exemption for the next three […]

The effort to restore voting rights to convicted felons has once again failed. After going before the Senate the last two years, the proposed bills still remain buried in committee.During last year’s legislative session, the Senate and House were rumored to be negotiating a proposal to restore voting rights to […]

Cars are just like bodies. When people take proper care of their cars, their cars will inevitably take care of them. “If you don’t drink and you don’t smoke, your body will keep up with you. The same is true for your car,” said Bob Sullivan, the owner of Bob’s […]

Black ConsciousnessBy Mark T. Moore Creative Soul Force – the elements of spirtuality that create cultural mechanisms that enable African-Americans to transform reality though Black culture. Resistant Soul force- The power to create those homes and constraints that enforces values that reinforce human oppression. Power to create, transform those homes […]

With the faces of slave mastersthat “gang-green” takesour lost seeds, andthose who can’t see thatits beauty is really pestilencestealing African identity.Causing jealousy,selfishness and greed.Shown in symptoms of materialism, whiledistorting truth by robbing wisdom.Bringing souls to its knees. Without nourishment even the soul becomes weakand fades away.Leaving bodies,walking corpseswith no purposebut […]

Adopt-A-Grandparent The FAMU Chapter of Adopt-A-Grandparent will be holding their last interest meeting of the semester at 7 p.m. on March 26 in Jackson Davis room 305. For more information, contact Rashonda Rosier at 385-0382 or Nicole Symmonds at 350-0320 or email them at Adopt_a_Grandparent@hotmail.com Helping Hands Mentoring Program If […]