Orlando Veteran Told He’d Never Walk Again Stuns Doctors Five Weeks Later
Michael Weed suffered a sudden fall that left him unable to move his arms or legs, a collapse so severe that doctors warned he might never walk again. Five weeks later, he walked out of a physical therapy facility on his own two feet. The fall sent Weed into emergency...
234 Apartments Proposed on Former Jacksonville Landfill Site Near Old Bethune School
A developer is asking Jacksonville planners to approve 234 apartments on the site of the closed Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, a northwest Jacksonville property with a buried history as a city dump for toxic incinerator ash. The proposal from Jabez Apartments and Homes LLC calls for 234 apartments at 4330 Pearce St.
Boca Raton Nursing Home Ordered to Pay $2.55M Over Blood Thinner Death
An arbitrator has found The Encore at Boca Raton Rehabilitation and Nursing Center negligent in the 2023 death of 80-year-old resident Patricia Batashoff, awarding her family $3 million. The case centered on a basic but critical failure, according to the family's attorneys: the facility never gave Batashoff a blood thinner her own hospital records said she needed to keep taking.
The Oaks Boca Raton, And Other Communities, Lock Down For Halloween
POLICE STANDING BY. FENCING UP. UNINVITED TRICK-OR-TREATERS MAY BE ARRESTED. BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The Oaks at Boca Raton — near U.S. 441 and Clint Moore Road — looks like a military compound Saturday evening as the community prepares for Halloween. PBSO Deputies are on location, temporary fencing is in place, and lots of cones have been set up in an effort to keep unwanted trick-or-treaters out of the community. The story is similar across th
Health officials add mosquito prevention to Halloween safety checklist as dengue cases continue to...
TAMPA, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County is urging families to add mosquito bite prevention to their Halloween safety plans as locally acquired dengue cases continue to climb across Florida. According to state surveillance efforts, 485 locally acquired dengue cases have been reported in Florida...
Milton residents concerned for alligator spotted with mouth tapped and hook in snout
MILTON, Fla. (WKRG) — An alligator spotted with its mouth taped shut and a hook stuck in its snout has residents living off of Mulatto Bayou in Santa Rosa County sad and scared for its safety. This alligator became a staple of their community. “We stumbled upon a little baby alligator a few years back […]
‘Look at the child’: Jacksonville nurse adopts 13-year-old with cerebral palsy on Halloween
Twenty-nine children were officially adopted into forever families today during Family Support Services’ annual “Home for Halloween” adoption event in Jacksonville.
Matlacha store owner says artist vandalized mural after being fired
MATLACHA, Fla. — A Matlacha business owner says an artist she hired painted over a mural at her store after she ended their working relationship over a missed deadline. Penny Orren, owner of Trashy Treasures on Pine Island Road, said the artist covered the unfinished mural with white paint and wrote “NO PAY” on the building’s exterior.
Melbourne Beach Restaurant Was Days From Closing — Then Regulars Flooded In
Ocean 302 remained open a month after its bar manager asked the community for help, following a difficult slow season that had left owner Charlie Zubi about a week from closing the Melbourne Beach restaurant. Zubi, who has owned Ocean 302 for almost 11 years, said the restaurant was struggling...
Inmate who left ‘Escape ain’t a sin’ note on cell wall sentenced to 11...
A 40-year-old man who sparked a massive manhunt after escaping from the Sumter County Detention Center and later tried to dig his way out of a solitary confinement cell has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison. Judge Charles L.W. Helm accepted a plea this past week from Joseph...
