Janelle Irwin TaylorApril 4, 2020
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Gov. Ron DeSantis rendered the county's more restrictive order moot.
Tag: ChurchesTALLAHASSEE, FLA. 3/4/25-Gov. Ron DeSantis, right, shares a laugh with Rep. Lawrence McClure, R-Dover, as he enters the House Chamber to give the State of the State address on the opening day of the 2025 Legislative Session, Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee.
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Janelle Irwin TaylorApril 4, 2020Janelle Irwin TaylorApril 2, 2020
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The county will now merely recommend social distancing for worshippers.
Associated PressMarch 22, 2020
10min303
Some churches are unlikely to survive.
Scott PowersJune 6, 2018
9min960
If you’re a candidate who believes that bump stocks should not have been banned, that Florida residents should be able to open-carry firearms, and that local officials who mess with gun laws should be banned from public office for life, then you, too, might be in line for a National Rifle Association endorsement. But first, […]
Scott PowersJune 15, 2016
5min487
Orlando-area clergy, politicians, and leaders of the LGBT community came together Wednesday afternoon at the Orange County Administration Building to preach scripture, love and unity as the city prepares for its 49 Pulse funerals. In what some called a nationally unprecedented showing, dozens of Central Florida clergy representing faiths including the Roman Catholic Church, mainline […]
Associated PressDecember 6, 2015
10min260
Prayers said and the closing hymn sung, tea-drinking churchgoers fill Marble City Grill for Sunday lunch. But hard on their heels comes the afternoon crowd: craft beer-drinking, NFL-watching football fans. Such a scene would have been impossible just months ago because Sunday alcohol sales were long illegal in Sylacauga, hometown of both the actor who […]
Guest AuthorJune 26, 20156min329
Is anyone else in a state of amazement over the turn of public discourse after the horrific murders in the halls of innocence in Charleston? How quickly did we move from the unsettling image of such unexpected violence in a church to long rambling posts and talking-head rants about a symbol of the human commerce […]