The trial of the killer of yet another black teenager in Florida has again awakened a national conversation about race and the criminal justice system. Following a verbal altercation over
After months of campaigning, voters spoke Tuesday, choosing City Council incumbents over their challengers. Mayor Allen Joines handily won a fourth term. Complete, unofficial results show he received nearly 88.5
Local residents took to the streets en masse Tuesday to protest a Florida jury’s finding in the murder of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin. Protests and vigils have cropped up nationwide
Residents point to significant local black history events over the last 100 years The city’s four-day Centennial Celebration, which began today (Thursday, May 9) has been cause for much reflection,