CDC’s cruise inspectors laid off as ship arrives in Florida with a norovirus outbreak
All full-time employees in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program were laid off this week, even as a cruise ship arrived in Miami with another norovirus outbreak among passengers and crew. The CDC employees whose jobs were cut were responsible for monitoring, tracking and assisting...
Pompano Beach Celebrates 13 Years of Unblemished Financial Audits, Demonstrates Exceptional Fiscal Responsibility
The City of Pompano Beach has made headlines again, not for controversy or scandal, but for maintaining a pristine record of fiscal responsibility. According to the City's official press release, an external auditor gave the City a clean audit opinion for the 13th consecutive year on its Annual Comprehensive...
Some Floridians Oppose A 3,000 Acre Development With 1,200 Homes “Wild Florida Is Being...
I doubt many Floridians reading this are surprised at learning of one more large development in Florida. There have been recent announcements about large developments that are on the horizon in Florida - from SilverLeaf, with its development over 11,000 acres, to Riversong in Manatee County, to Angeline in Pasco...
Florida’s ‘Gulf of America’ Changes Awaiting Governor’s Signature
The Florida Senate recently passed bills 28-9 that would change all state statutes as well as require state agencies, school boards, and charter schools to update geographic and instructional materials from the “Gulf of Mexico” to the "Gulf of America." The widespread changes now head to Gov. Ron...
A Closed Florida Winn Dixie Will Be Opening Soon As An Aldi. Reactions Are...
Some Floridians may be wondering if their local Winn Dixie will be converted to an Aldi. That's because Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of Winn-Dixie, sold around 400 Winn-Dixie stores in the fall of 2023. However, earlier this year, Southeastern Grocers bought back around 170 of those stores. So, there can...
Florida deputies stage ex-wife’s death to foil murder-for-hire plot
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A Broward County man has been arrested after allegedly trying to hire a hitman to murder his ex-wife, just weeks after he was released from prison. According to the Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO), in January, a confidential informant told detectives that Michael Pine...
WTH Moment of the Week: An alligator and a crocodile fighting on a sidewalk...
Our What the Heck Moment of the Week takes us down to South Florida, near the Everglades where a video went viral recently of a massive showdown...and epic battle...a fight between an alligator and a crocodile. That in and of itself is something to see. But it’s also where they were throwing claws and snapping jaws...
Woman accused of attacking elderly mother at Aventura hospital over financial dispute
AVENTURA, Fla. – A woman was arrested Thursday after police said she attacked her 81-year-old mother inside a room at HCA Florida Aventura Hospital back in February. It happened around 3:50 p.m. on Feb. 12. Aventura police said they responded to the hospital, located at 20900 Biscayne Blvd., after...
Police officers investigate how child was injured in Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – There was blood on the concrete near a stuffed animal after a child was injured on Friday in Hollywood. Dispatch received a report that the child fell from a third-floor apartment at Sunexus, at 2201 Polk St. There was an open window three stories up above...
Airplane Crashes In Boca Raton And Engulfs Entire Block In Smoke & Flames, Killing...
A small airplane crashed near the Boca Raton airport this Friday in yet another horrific aviation mishap. The aircraft is said to have gone down on Military Trail around 10:30 AM, sending debris into nearby roads and train tracks. Footage from the air, which can be seen here, shows first responders on the scene near...
