The Florida Legislature will have quite the workload when its 60-day session begins on Tuesday. Goals will include passing a budget expected to top $90 billion dollars; lowering the cost of health care; preventing blue-green algae; and increasing teacher pay. Our state’s lawmakers will also consider measures that include banning iguana breeding, protecting nude sunbathers, […]
A South Florida bar owner shot a woman this weekend, after she attacked him with a knife. According to Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Tracy Figone, the incident occurred around 10 p.m. Friday at the Glitch Bar, located at 905 Northeast Fifth Street in Flagler Village. The woman was taken to a hospital, where she was […]
If you are in North Central Florida this weekend and are hearing loud booms, not to worry. The U.S. Naval Air Station in Jacksonville explains the sounds are related to training exercises the Navy is conducting in the Ocala National Forest. Navy training schedules indicate that live and inert bombing is taking place at the Pinecastle […]
Immigration authorities revealed Saturday that four people have been arrested in connection with the 12 immigrants who came ashore and were detained on Friday in Palm Beach. Nestor Yglesias, the South Florida spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), says the arrests could be related to smuggling from the Bahamas, although the four suspects will […]
A South Florida mother and daughter who claimed to be psychics and used eggs containing snake embryos in order to convince customers they were cursed, are now headed to prison for fraud. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra sentenced 74-year-old Annie Marie Vwanawick to 42 months behind bars. He also handed her daughter, 44-year-old April […]
President Trump attended a black-tie event at Mar-a-Lago Saturday night, before leaving town Sunday afternoon. The President spoke at the Palm Beach Policemen’s and Firemen’s Ball and then took pictures with guests, based on social media posts. The event is “widely considered one of the most fun and successful balls on the Palm Beach Social […]
Police arrested a North Carolina police officer who had been fired for harassing rape victims by accessing a police database to obtain information about the women and sending them sexual messages, reports say. 34-year-old Paul George Matrafailo was charged with illegally accessing government computers. Court documents say Matrafailo was a detective with the Fayetteville Police Department […]
A judge says that a confession made by 35-year-old Rafaelle Alessandra Carbalho Sousa will be allowed at trial. Sousa is accused of abandoning her newborn baby in a dumpster in suburban Boca Raton last year, a Palm Beach County judge says. Judge Kirk Volker ruled that the confession made will be allowed at trial. The Palm […]
A Michigan man purchased a couch from a thrift store, and what he found in the couch was quite unbelievable. Howard Kirby found $43,000 in the used sofa that was purchased from Humanity ReStore in Owosso, Michigan. According to reports, Kirby said a cushion from the couch felt “off” and when his daughter opened the […]
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived at Palm Beach International Airport Friday evening to spend the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago club on Palm Beach. President Trump is scheduled to attend a roundtable with Republican supporters at Mar-a-Lago, followed by a joint finance committee dinner on Friday night. The Town of Palm Beach advises […]
