Florida Southern Athletes Keep Piling Up Awards

The Ledger - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Former Moccasins softball player Megan Brown was inducted to the Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame on Monday and current Moccasins men's golfer Tim Crouch and swimmer Alli Crenshaw were named the recipients of the Hal Smeltzly Award as Florida Southern's Outstanding Male and Female Student-Athletes.Brown is now one of seven former Moccasins in the SSC Softball Hall of Fame. She ...

Couple Files Legal Action Against Shuckers

NBC 6 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

On Tuesday, Ellemberger was still in a neck brace and had her hand bandaged. Her husband Reynaldo Reyes says he hurt his head. The couple says the night of fun with their son, which turned into horror when the deck collapsed ...

Dont write off Alex Sink running for Florida governor just yet

Tampa Bay Times - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

TAMPA -- Alex Sink barely lost the 2010 governor's race to Rick Scott, and as she weighs whether to take him on again there is no shortage of armchair shrinks speculating about her thinking: o The sudden death in December of her husband, former gubernatorial candidate Bill McBride, was too big a blow for her to run another grueling campaign without him. o Sink wants to run because she ...

Police visit home of Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez

San Diego Union-Tribune - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2012 file photo, New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez (81) holds his helmet as he steps onto the field before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass. State and local police spent hours at the home of Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile ...

George Zimmerman trial Juror says civil rights were violated

News 13 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Jeff Counelis was dismissed from the jury pool in the George Zimmerman trial last Wednesday, reportedly because of a post he made on Facebook earlier this ...

Ireland Nugents new legs get finishing touches

News 13 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

ORLANDO -- A lot of work went into making 2-year-old amputee Ireland Nugent's new legs. After days of fittings and measurements, prosthetists spend Tuesday put the finishing touches on the limbs, which are custom fit to size and style. What's a girl to do with so many fashion fabrics to choose from? Ireland didn't pick just one pattern, Minnie Mouse is on her right leg, Dora ...

Chickens could come home to roost in Orange County

News 13 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Chickens living in a backyard. Orange County is considering a new ordinance to make it happen in unincorporated parts of the ...

Police Sheriffs detective left gun in movie theater restroom

News 13 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

A 9-year-old boy found a loaded handgun inside an Ybor City movie theater bathroom on Sunday. Police say it belongs to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's detective, who was off-duty at the ...

Suze Orman Gay couples in Florida face unfair tax penalties

Miami Herald - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Celebrity finance advisor Suze Orman says regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on gay marriage, same-sex couples in Florida need to keep fighting to secure the same protection for their assets as those enjoyed by married heterosexual couples. “We have to gather our forces in this state and do what has to be done to make sure marriage equality is accepted in the great state of ...

12 school administrators get new assignments

The Gainsville Sun - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Usually, the superintendent makes one or two administrative appointments over the summer. During Tuesday's meeting of the Alachua County School Board, Superintendent Dan Boyd made 12 appointments.All the positions will be filled by people within the county."I have not had to go outside the school district to fill vacancies, and I don't intend to do so," Boyd said.The district ...

New one-stop resource center could help 1000 Orlando families a day

Orlando Sentinel - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

A long-awaited, one-stop service site for the working poor and struggling families will be announced this week by the Community Food & Outreach Center. Dubbed "Compassion Central," the project would expand the center's campus on West Michigan Street to 54,000 square feet. There, as many as 30 fellow nonprofits would join in providing food, clothing, medical care, counseling, ...

Fort Lauderdale hires new city attorney

Sun-Sentinel - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

FORT LAUDERDALE— Commissioners hired Cynthia Everett as the new city attorney on Tuesday, approving a contract with a starting salary of $193,000.Commissioner Dean Trantalis opposed the agreement because of Everett's July 1 start date, saying Everett will be gone a significant amount of time in July and August to wrap up previous commitments, all while being paid by the city. He ...

Dead zones predicted for Gulf Chesapeake Bay

The Miami Herald - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measurement. In the Chesapeake Bay, scientists expect a smaller-than-average area where there's too little oxygen to support fish, shellfish and other aquatic life.The hypoxic zone in the Gulf ...

Shout Out on 6 Do You Agree With Sen. Rubios Plan To Add an English Requirement to His Immigration Bill

NBC 6 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Do you agree with Sen. Rubio's plan to add an English requirement to his immigration bill? To vote, call or text 305-600-5161 or vote on NBC 6 South ...

Telenovela takes over Fort Lauderdales historic River House

Sun-Sentinel - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

FORT LAUDERDALE— Stars will be out at the former River House restaurant on the city's New River for the next five months. Their faces will be very familiar to telenovela fans. Gaby Espino, Aaron Diaz and Carlos Ponce will be filming the new series "Santa Diabla" - "Holy Devil" – at the historic site. The Spanish-language series, being produced ...

Man arrested in shooting that injured Riviera Beach girl 2

Sun-Sentinel - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Riviera Beach police Tuesday arrested one of two men suspected of being involved in a shooting that left a 2-year-old girl in critical condition. U.S. Marshals arrested Richard Thomas Jr., 28, of West Palm Beach, after he surrendered at ...

Investigators find SUV that killed Loxahatchee mom in hit-and-run

Sun-Sentinel - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Investigators have found a damaged SUV they say was involved in a hit-and-run that killed a Loxahatchee mom on Sunday. The crash happened around 7 p.m. as Katherine A. Rigby, 40, rode her bike west near the shoulder of Tangerine Boulevard just before 120th Avenue N ...

Lake Worth man accused of chasing man woman and child

Sun-Sentinel - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Isaias Perez-Lopez, 24, of Lake Worth, is accused of punching a man and then chasing the man, another woman and a child with a machete on ...

Chief Keefs legal woes mount with Florida warrant

Chicago Tribune - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

As if things aren’t bad enough for rapper Chief Keef, an arrest warrant is waiting for him in Florida.While Keith Cozart, better known as Chief Keef, was in Florida celebrating his 17th birthday on Aug. 18, he was living it up as he tooled around Miami Beach where he was arrested when cops found marijuana in his pocket while he sat in what police said was a stolen red convertible ...

Miami Beach must pay attorneys’ fees in Urban Beach Week shooting

The Miami Herald - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The city of Miami Beach was ordered Tuesday to pay legal costs for violating a court order requiring it to turn over documents, photographs and recordings in connection to a fatal police-involved shooting on Memorial Day 2011.Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Victoria Sigler stopped short of sanctioning the city’s attorneys, but raised her voice and thoroughly scolded them for using excuses ...

Elections office may bypass Big Lots site after all

The Gainsville Sun - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Supervisor of Elections Pam Carpenter has asked for more office space since the mid-2000s, and the Alachua County Commission decided Tuesday that she'll have to wait a while ...

Dania Beach commission maps out plan for replacing Pat Flury

Sun-Sentinel - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

DANIA BEACH — Longtime Commissioner Pat Flury's abrupt resignation has left the city in search of a qualified resident to fill her seat.Under the charter, commissioners have until Aug. 10 to appoint a ...