After canker catastrophe, scientists want to bring back Florida’s zest for citrus

The second prong of the offensive is a new tree. In 2010, Fred Gmitter, Jr., a professor of citrus breeding and genetics, used Honeybell tangelos and a Spanish Clementine to create a Sugar Belle tree that grows a variety of oranges. He calls it a mandarin hybrid. It looks like a tangelo but taste like something new. “It has a unique aroma, a lot of fragrance, it’s sweet and has a good punch,” he said. ... Read More

A theater with deep roots in the Grove’s Black community will ‘finally get its voice again’

Coconut Grove’s Ace Theater, once the heart of South Florida’s Black community that hosted movies, graduations, proms and traveling stage shows but which has been shuttered for decades, is on … Click to Continue » ... Read More

17 Haiti Missionaries Kidnapped by Gang After Visiting Orphanage

(UPDATED) Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries said it is working with the US embassy and praying the gang members responsible would come to repentance. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings was accused by police Sunday of abducting 17 missionaries from a US-based organization. Five children were believed to be among those kidnapped, including a 2-year-old. The 400 Mawozo gang kidnapped the group in Ganthier, a community that... Read More

I Wasn’t ‘Tough’ Enough for My Street-Fighting Family. God Showed Me I Didn’t Have to Be.

How a quiet, bookish kid came to faith while living among rageaholics. Some days are like a hot iron, searing their events into your memory. This was one of them­—sun shining, birds chirping, and me playing on the front porch of our cracker-box rental house in North Denver. To my five-year-old self, it was a perfect afternoon. No gunshots, no gang-filled cars creeping by looking for trouble as they often did in our neighborhood, where my family was no stranger to violence. (We were... Read More

Jay-Z group files complaint against Miami-Dade Animal Services, alleging it ignored abuser

Jay-Z’s Team ROC social justice group has filed a complaint in Miami-Dade Circuit Court against the county’s Animal Services Department, alleging it has failed to take action against a resident … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Silver Alert for a missing South Florida senior citizen last seen in his Mercedes

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Silver Alert for Miramar resident Joseph Williams on Sunday afternoon. According to FDLE and Miramar police, Williams rolled away from his home … Click to Continue » ... Read More