State warns of ‘suspicious’ seed packages
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Florida’s agriculture secretary is raising concerns about packages of seeds bearing Chinese characters and the name China Post that people are...
COVID-19 cripples fall HBCU sports
BY ANDREAS BUTLER
FLORIDA COURIER
The coronavirus pandemic continues to cause havoc on sports, particularly college football and fall sports.
The four major Historically Black Colleges and...
University of Miami to host COVID-19 clinical trial
BY CHRISTINE SEXTON
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE – Underscoring the importance of Florida in the upcoming election, Vice
President Mike Pence visited the University of Miami...
Hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots cast
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Nearly 700,000 ballots had been cast as of Monday for the Aug. 18 primary elections from more than 3.8 million vote-by-mail...
Hundreds of thousands in state late in paying electric bills
BY JIM TURNER
NEW SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE – Nearly 600,000 electric customers in Florida are behind in monthly payments since the coronavirus pandemic began hammering...
SICKNESS AND DEATH BEHIND LOCKED DOORS
As Florida state prison inmate deaths soar, families feel dread.
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
MIAMI – The Florida Department of Health on Wednesday said a dozen...
Disney updates face masks policy
BY KATHLEEN CHRISTIANSEN
ORLANDO SENTINEL/TNS
Walt Disney World has updated its face mask policy: Guests can no longer eat and drink while perusing the parks, strolling...
USF launches research initiative to address racism
SPECIAL TO THE FLORIDA COURIER
University of South Florida faculty members will embark on a year-long series of research projects exploring the perpetuation of systemic...
Gillum addresses depression, alcoholism
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum emerged Monday from self-imposed political exile with a social media post addressing depression and alcoholism after...
Publisher’s mother dies after long illness
BY FLORIDA COURIER STAFF
Josephine Thomas Griffin, the founding first lady of Unity Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Naples, died on July 12 at her...
