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Hillsborough County commissioners approved a proposal to give $100,000 to the Allen Temple AME Church to start a juvenile mentoring program to reach at-risk youth.

After hours of public comment and debate, Hillsborough County school board members voted Tuesday to close Just Elementary School in Tampa at the end of the school year.

As our nation continues to grapple with the deeply disturbing videos of five Memphis Police officers engaged in a traffic stop that led to the death of Tyre Nichols, the Tampa Police Department hosted a community forum on Wednesday night, February 1, 2023, in the wake of Nichols' funeral, to encourage open dialogue between officers and the community they serve.

Allen Temple AME in Tampa, Florida, joined with groups across the state to urge members of the community to get out and vote.

Black churches play a key role in coronavirus prevention, vaccination After years of working to address health gaps, many congregations are already set up to address COVID-19.     Dr. Glenn B. Dames, Jr., is senior pastor of the Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tampa. The church has a health commission that works to address disparities. “We try to be proactive, not only reactive,” Dames said. [ SCOTT KEELER | Times ] Updated Jan. 23 Mind, body and soul. Those are the pillars of a “holistic ministry” as Bishop Adam J. Richardson calls it — one...