Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony lied numerous times in order to get his first job as a police officer, then passed a lie-detector test despite saying that his answers were true, according to newly released records. Coral Springs police made Tony complete a questionnaire and undergo a voice stress test when he applied for a job […]
SUNDAY 1:10 P.M. UPDATE: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office detectives made a second arrest Sunday, after a suspect fired at them, as well as deputies and a civilian earlier in the weekend in Belle Glade. The second suspect, 23-year-old Jatavious Odoms, was the driver of the vehicle involved in Saturday’s shooting. He was arrested on four […]
By Stephen Diener Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get more 2020ish, this week happened. A week that began with the inexplicable murder of George Floyd and ended with riots and looting throughout numerous major cities in America. It has been a trying to time for the nation to say the least. And during trying […]
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross believes the nation’s economy will rebound fairly quickly, after the job losses that took place during recent coronavirus closures. In an interview with West Palm Beach television station WPEC, Secretary Ross said he thinks the recovery will take place faster than the one that followed the 2008-2009 global financial […]
An executive order suspending residential evictions in Florida for non-payment of rent expires Tuesday, June 2 at 12:01 a.m. Gov. DeSantis, who signed the moratorium on April 2, had extended the deadline from May 15. As for another extension, “I haven’t decided yet. Pretty soon, we’ve got a bunch of different things that are expiring,” […]
Deputies are investigating a weekend shooting that ended with a car driving into a West Palm Beach home. Shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday, multiple cars were heading northbound on Haverhill Rd. from Purdy Ln., when an altercation occurred among the occupants of the cars, resulting in shots being fired. One driver was struck by the […]
A low-pressure system in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is showing signs of weakening, now with just a 20 percent chance of developing into a subtropical depression within the the next 24 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 3 p.m. Saturday, the system was moving slowly northward and was located about […]
You will soon be able to get a coronavirus test along with your groceries and building supplies. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Friday that COVID-19 testing sites are set to open in the parking lots of three Publix stores around our state, in addition to three Home Depot locations. One of the testing sites, which […]
UPDATE: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon docked with the ISS at 10:16 a.m. ET. The approach of the Crew Dragon proceeded smoothly and about 15 minutes ahead of schedule. The two astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, took over manual control, firing the thrusters to shift the spacecraft’s position, before turning control back to a computer for […]
A high school wrestling coach in Washington state has been fired after he made an insensitive post in regards to George Floyd’s fatal arrest by a Minneapolis police officer. Dave Hollenbeck, a first-year coach at Bethel High School in Spanaway uploaded a photo to Facebook of himself on the floor, smiling, with a knee to […]
