South Plantation High Evacuated Over Bomb Threat UPDATE

Update: Authorities have given the all-clear after no bomb was found on campus. Students have been allowed back into the school. Original post: South Plantation High School has been evacuated over a bomb threat Monday morning. Students have been gathered outside the school as a bomb squad and bomb-sniffing dogs…

Craft Beer Makers Need to Spend More Money!

Florida’s attempt to kill craft brewing almost succeeded because of… gasp… campaign money, a Montana think tank has found. During the past five years, the biggest supporters of Senate Bill 1714, which would have required small beer makers to — in effect — pay twice for their own beer, invested…

Indiana Pacers Strike First Blood in Game 1 Over the Heat

Well, that was rough. The Miami Heat dropped Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals to the Indiana Pacers 107-96 in a game in which Miami never even led. It was a swift and rough kick right to the pills from the get-go and featured one of the most frustrating…

Darden to sell Red Lobster for $2.1 Billion to California-Based Group

Darden Restaurants, the Florida-based company that owns Longhorn Steakhouse, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52, among others, has announced the sale of one of their bigger chains, Red Lobster. Darden announced on Friday that they’ve agreed to sell the restaurant and related real estate assets to San Francisco-based Golden…

Hands Across the Sand 2014: Global Shout-Out for Clean Energy

An annual green event that started in Florida in 2010 now spans the globe, uniting people of many lands in a cry for energy sanity and environmental preservation. See also: – Rick Scott Says “I’m Not a Scientist” as He Continues to Ignore Climate Change Issue Hands Across the Sand…

No Roof Left Behind To Give Free Roof to Broward Homeowner

Food and shelter are basic human essentials that are often taken for granted. But not everyone is fortunate enough to afford a safe place. In hurricane-prone South Florida, the area is fraught with roof damage. And the cost of repairs leave some living in shoddy conditions — with a leaky…

Video of Jameis Winston Stealing Crab Legs Released

Last month, FSU star quarterback and Heisman winner Jameis Winston was accused of stealing crab legs from a Tallahassee Publix. Surveillance video of the theft was released Thursday. And, from what one can glean from the video, turns out Winston is not entirely a savvy thief. See also: Jameis Winston…

Aaron Hernandez Indicted for Double Homicide

Former New England Patriot and Florida Gator Aaron Hernandez has been indicted on murder charges for the 2012 deaths of Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado. A search warrant filed in Connecticut in January placed Hernandez at the drive-by shooting in Boston, but on Thursday, prosecutors said Hernandez was the triggerman…

Gay Student Suing After FAU Failed to Recognize His Marriage UPDATE

Gildas Dousset, a student at FAU, has filed suit asking an appellate court to recognize his same-sex marriage after he says he was denied in-state tuition. The appeal, filed in the Fourth District Court of Appeals, argues that the state’s laws barring recognition of valid out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples…

Pinball Wizard: Atticus Palmer Aims for National Gold

Suburbs don’t get much tidier than Coral Springs. The boxy patch of West Broward is made up of neighborhoods of modest ranch homes planted evenly on shady, manicured lawns. It’s Mayberry 2.0, a David Lynch movie before shit goes bad. Behind the front door of one such modest suburban house…

Bryan Kummerlen Named New West Palm Beach Police Chief

West Palm Beach has a new police chief. On Wednesday morning, Mayor Jeri Muoio named Assistant Police Chief Bryan Kummerlen as the city’s next police chief, pending city commissioners’ ratification later this month. Kummerlen, a 26-year veteran on the force, had been serving as West Palm Beach Police interim chief…