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Williams urged the audience to see the community's welfare as a personal obligation during the Mansfield NAACP's life membership banquet.

Citrus County Sheriff’s Office

MANSFIELD -- Pam Williams owned a funeral home in Mansfield for four decades, finally selling her family-owned business in 2021.

Saturdays festivities commemorated Juneteenth, which recognizes the day the last African American slaves in the United States were freed in Galveston, Texas.

Land bank to discuss historic Daisy Barker house at 1 p.m. Aug. 11

Jan 13, 2021 Leonard Dillon has been named the new president of the Mansfield Chapter of the NAACP. According to RichlandSource.com, the 72 year old Dillon moved to Mansfield from Louisiana close to 50 years ago and said the key to solving problems is people working together. Dillon will be sworn- in on Monday, Jan. 18th.He was elected to a two year term last fall.  

Jan 13, 2021 Leonard Dillon has been named the new president of the Mansfield Chapter of the NAACP. According to RichlandSource.com, the 72 year old Dillon moved to Mansfield from Louisiana close to 50 years ago and said the key to solving problems is people working together. Dillon will be sworn- in on Monday, Jan. 18th.He was elected to a two year term last fall.  

Albert Griffiths Albert Griffiths, frontman of the reggae band The Gladiators, died on Tuesday evening in Aberdeen, St Elizabeth. He was 74 years old. His son Anthony confirmed Griffiths death to  Loop News. He had been diagnosed with Parkinsons disease over 10 years ago and stopped touring with The Gladiators since. Cabel Stephenson, who managed the Gladiators between 1994 to 2004, said: "The Gladiators was one of the first groups in reggae to enter the international global space and Albert ...