Senator Stewart calls for Adam Putnam to resign following background check failure

June 19, 2018

Demands background checks be re-run by FDLE to protect Floridians’ safety Special to the Outlook State Senator Linda Stewart (D-Orlando) last Friday called on Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam to immediately resign following the disclosure that his agency failed to conduct national background checks, allowing possibly dangerous individuals to obtain concealed

May is Children’s Mental Health Month

May is Children’s Mental Health Month

June 5, 2018

  By Kaylor Miles Special to the Outlook Frederick Douglass said, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”   As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified School Counselor, children’s mental health is of particular importance to me. I have observed throughout my career many

CRA wants more details from Frenchtown Partners

CRA wants more details from Frenchtown Partners

June 5, 2018

  By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Despite showing indications that they support an ambitious plan for building a mixed-use project at the entrance of Frenchtown, members of the Community Redevelopment Agency told developers there are still too many unanswered questions to move ahead.   “We are excited about

Bill Cosby to remain on house arrest

Bill Cosby to remain on house arrest

May 7, 2018

    By Stacy Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor NORRISTOWN, Pa.—Bill Cosby will remain on house arrest until he’s sentenced this summer following his conviction on three counts of aggravated indecent sexual assault.   Judge Steven T. O’Neill ordered Cosby to get written permission from adult probation officials, if he wants

Conference brings causes of trauma to light

April 11, 2018

By Christina Hunter Outlook writer Sean Wyman didn’t understand why he turned to drinking. He just knew that he felt a sense of reprieve from the buzz while he was trying to cope with a divorce. On top of that, he was living with being sexually abused before he was

Linda Brown, plaintiff in Landmark School desegregation case, has died

Linda Brown, plaintiff in Landmark School desegregation case, has died

April 11, 2018

  By Frederick H. Lowe Trice Edney Newswire Linda Brown, the named plaintiff in the 1954 landmark civil rights case “Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka”  in which the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the nation’s public schools to desegregate, has died. Ms. Brown died Sunday, March 25, in Topeka,

Fighting for her community

Fighting for her community

March 20, 2018

Edwards relentless in efforts to improve quality of life in Bond By Daria Laycock Outlook writer There is nothing in Talethia Edwards’ community that she ever finds too difficult to do.   When she realized that there was a low literacy rate among students in the school that her children

Old locking system is an issue in local school safety

March 13, 2018

By Christina Hunter Outlook Writer A conversation that Leon County School Board member Maggie Lewis-Butler had with a Rickards High School student about safety around the campus shed light on one of the biggest concerns – lockdown at some of the older buildings — when it comes to protecting students.

S***hole countries not a priority

S***hole countries not a priority

February 6, 2018

By Julianne Malveaux Trice Edney News Wire Our 45th president has traipsed over to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, planning to rub elbows with world leaders, repair some relationships, and possibly shred even more. He had hardly landed before he started threatening to cut off aid to the

U.S. Rep Al Lawson invites Jacksonville community development director as guest to president’s State of the Union Address

February 6, 2018

Special to the Outlook WASHINGTON DC — U.S. Rep. Al Lawson (FL-05) today announced that Northwest Jacksonville Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) Executive Director Paul Tutwiler will be his guest for the State of the Union address, scheduled for Tuesday, January 30 in Washington DC. The NJCDC offers services to 25,000