TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Landus Anderson is one top high school players in the Florida Panhandle. He’s averaged more than 19 points and eight rebounds a game for the Florida High Seminoles, and hopes to play in college. And not only are the numbers impressive, the slender, 6-4, 170-pound junior gets it done without the use of […]
Two teenage girls have been forced to leave Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Fla after a 15-minute rant of their’s mocking and belittling African Americans appeared online. The girls made the video in response to criticism one of them received after posting something about Black people and Food Stamps. The two girls used the N-Word […]
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding smartly from an earlier defeat and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. Despite the one-sided setback, the former House speaker vowed to press on. SEE ALSO: Obama Defends Drone strikes Romney, talking unity like a nominee, […]
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A suddenly scrambled Republican presidential contest now shifts to Florida, a day after Newt Gingrich stopped Mitt Romney’s sprint to the GOP nomination by scoring a convincing victory in South Carolina. SEE ALSO: Homeless Man Accused Of Skinning, Eating Cat The air of inevitability that surrounded Romney’s candidacy just days ago […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pitching a plan for boosting U.S. tourism near Orlando, just as Republican presidential candidates prepare to blanket Florida with an anti-Obama message ahead of the state’s Jan. 31 primary. Thursday’s trip is the latest attempt by the White House and Obama campaign to steal a share of the […]
A 28-year-old Florida woman who was desperately in need of a kidney transplant found a donor on Craigslist. SEE ALSO: Can You Guess Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Year?
LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) — Florida A&M University had a “culture of hazing” that led to the recent death of a marching band member, an attorney for the student’s family said Monday. See also: Attorney says suit planned in FAMU band death See also: Caribbean Culture Has Infused Miami For Over 100 Years Attorney Christopher Chestnut said […]
The Florida Department of Transportation recently posted a very graphic safety video of pedestrians being hit by cars.
PANAMA CITY, Fla — LB Williams, a 50-year-old Black man, is being charged with burning a cross in his own driveway in an attempt to save his marriage. Williams, who is married to a white woman allegedly burned the cross in his driveway and left a note saying “better not leave that [N-word].” See Also: […]
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Police claim that 10-year-old Miesha Bryant attacked and threatened her teacher in Orange County, Florida after the teacher confiscated her Halloween candy. Despite her young age, Miesha has been charged with felony battery and given a mugshot. Read More at WFTV See also: Glenn Beck: Rick Santorum ‘Is The Next George Washington’ […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A 19th-century cemetery, believed to hold the remains of slaves, has been uncovered at a former cotton plantation in Florida, archaeologists announced Thursday.
ORLANDO, Florida — A federal judge temporarily blocked Florida’s new law that requires government assistance applicants to pass a drug test before receiving the benefits on Monday, saying it may violate the Constitution’s ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. Also read: When I Studied Abroad: Morocco Also read: Best Places to Travel Alone: Australia Also […]
