Nick Carris Selected as GEICO Alumni of the Month

Story Links Nova Southeastern Athletics would like to recognize former baseball player Nick Carris as its March 2019 GEICO Alumni of the Month. An accomplished performer on and off the field, Carris concluded his pitching career at NSU in 2008, earning Daktronics/D2CCA Second Team All-South Region honors with the program’s third-best career Earned Run Average (2.93) in a school record 75 career relief appearances. His record was 13-8 on the career, registering a program third-best 13... Read More

Pilot was on first solo banner flight during fatal crash

Commercial pilot Derek Damion Morgan was on his first solo flight of a banner tow plane when he crashed into a 19-story condominium at Fort Lauderdale beach, a newly released federal report says. Morgan, 28, of Lake Tapps, Wash., state died March 1 during the plane’s collision with the eastern facade of the Berkley South Condominium. Miraculously, the plane did not catch fire. Though a resident was inside a condo when the plane crashed into it and about 20 construction workers were on a... Read More

Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam, readying presidential campaign, sets date for ‘historic announcement’

Wayne Messam has set a date to announce his decision about running for president. He’s told supporters he’ll make a “historic announcement” on March 30. An adviser said Monday that Messam “plans to make news that will impact the race for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.” Messam won re-election on Tuesday to a second term as mayor of Miramar. The next day he announced formation of a presidential campaign exploratory committee, and said he’d... Read More

Detention deputy sexually molested girl for five years, investigators say

A Broward County detention deputy is accused of sexually abusing a young girl over a five-year period. Verol Cowans, 58, repeatedly molested the child starting when she was 7, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report. He has been suspended without pay. “The sexual battery charges Cowans is facing are very disturbing, and I demand lawful, honorable conduct from all BSO employees,” Sheriff Gregory Tony said in a statement. “Any employee found guilty of a criminal... Read More

Detention deputy accused of sexually battering a child

A Broward County detention deputy is facing accusations that he sexually battered a child under the age of 12. Verol Cowans, 58, was arrested by deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office while at work Friday at a Broward jail — the Joseph V. Conte Facility, 1351 NW 27th Ave., Pompano Beach — the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced Monday. After being booked into Broward’s Main Jail on a no bond hold, Cowans was taken Sunday to the Palm Beach County Jail where he was... Read More

Five Churches that Shouldn’t Reproduce

There is legitimate reason to caution against a universal plea toward blind reproduction. There is a growing awakening to the need of a multiplying church movement within North America, as the best—and likely only—means to bring the gospel within proximity to those who desperately long for good news. As an advocate of this for many years, both as a church planter and as a pastor of a multiplying church, I am in complete agreement with this idea. I cannot envision a future where... Read More

How Should Christians Respond to Christchurch Mosque Massacre?

Eleven evangelical experts weigh in as death toll of New Zealand Muslims hits 50. Last Friday, Muslim worshipers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, suffered a terrorist attack at the hands of an avowed white supremacist. 50 people were killed, with another 50 injured. Prior to the attack, the citizen of Australia posted a lengthy manifesto to social media, filled with anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim themes. He then proceeded to livestream the shooting. Some victims originally hailed... Read More

Famed Florida Highwaymen painters coming to Pompano Beach

Famed Highwaymen painters will exhibit and sell their vibrant works of an unspoiled Florida on March 22-23 in Pompano Beach. The self-taught African-American painters from Fort Pierce will set up, paint and sell their unique landscapes — from moonlit beaches, Everglades sunsets and the signature royal poinciana — at a new venue at the Pompano Beach Women’s Club at 314 NE Second St. Meet the artists and get first pick of original works at a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. March 22 and at... Read More

A New Set of Spotlights on Elisabeth Elliot

What we learn about her life and work from two releases of previously unpublished writings. Years ago, I needed to write a brief biography of Elisabeth Elliot as part of a larger project. I searched for book-length biographies that I could draw on for information about her life and came to the startling realization that, despite Elliot’s status as one of the most widely-known American Christians of the 20th century, there were none available. To complete my project, I had to turn to... Read More