Two people have been arrested and one more remains at large after angry parents beat up a Palm Beach County bus driver last week. Shacaurra Burns, 25, and Ryan Beckford, 33, as well as a third person are accused of assaulting West Palm Beach elementary school bus driver Joseph Beauzile,…
Between Passover, Easter, and 4/20, it’s been a mad rush of holidays in the past week. First people were getting cabin fever in their parents’ houses, subsisting off of matzo and trying to think if the adage about never forgetting how to ride a bike applied to driving a car…
Happy Earth Day, Florida! We’re all gonna die! Yes, today is the day we’re supposed to be conserving, planting trees, turning off the lights, and collecting all that recycling. But the reality is, things are not looking as green as they should in the Sunshine State. Florida is a land…
Critics of oil company plans to drill in the Everglades saw some of their worst fears realized late last week when the Florida Department of Environmental Protection revealed it had sanctioned Texas-based Dan A. Hughes Co. for unauthorized fracking in Collier County in an area surrounded by the Corkscrew Swamp…
It looks like Gov. Rick Scott’s crusade to randomly drug-test Florida’s state workers has finally come to an end after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his request for a review of a lower court ruling that the policy was unconstitutional. Scott’s quest to have state workers urinate into a cup…
It looks like Pembroke Pines is joining the likes of Palm Beach and Boca Raton in offering domestic partner benefits for its gay employees. After an independent firm’s cost/benefits numbers were heard, the city’s five commissioners unanimously agreed to extend the same benefits to employees in domestic partnerships as those…
Update: The Delray Beach Police Department has given the all-clear. Students have been let back into the school, and authorities are investigating the threat. According to the Delray Beach PD, a search of the school with help from Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office bomb-sniffing dogs turned up no threat, and students…
She was 46 to his 82. Perhaps that’s why Michelle Nicholas was so appealing to John Deam. After eloping in the Keys, the wealthy older gentleman bought his beau a 2006 Lexus and a $13,000 Rolex. That probably endeared him a little more to her. Nicholas and Deam might have…
Face it: The glam days of air travel are dead and buried. Now, it’s $50 for that carry-on, $6.75 for water from the cart — plus tax — though attitude from overworked flight attendants is gratis. According to a lawsuit filed in South Florida, one air carrier went overkill with…
In the summer of 2011, Boynton Beach cop David Britto — a former Marine and 2010 Officer of the Year — was arrested on charges of possession and conspiring to traffic methamphetamine. Authorities suspected him of running a drug ring with several other men. But Britto famously cut off an…
Last week, the Broward County School Board, led by Dr. Rosalind Osgood, announced that it wants to enforce a dress code for parents. “We have dads showing up in sagging pants,” she said, according to the Sun Sentinel. “It’s hard for me to tell a child not to show up…
Do you remember the first time you got high? Who were you with? How did it feel? Were you nervous? Excited? Did you suddenly realize just how weird fingernails are? Most of the 47 percent of Americans who have smoked weed probably have a lot to say about their first…
Kimanie King, the 18-year-old senior at Piper High School who was arrested for stabbing another student on Thursday, appeared at his first court hearing Friday morning. King is facing attempted murder and possession of a weapon on school grounds charges. During the hearing, William Barry Paul, King’s attorney, said that…
It’s been four years since the BP Deep Water Horizon disaster where an oil rig explosion in the Gulf killed 11 workers and triggered the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. This brought upon $1.3 billion in criminal fines, and manslaughter charges on the oil company, as well as multiple…
4/20 is upon us, and that means two things: Jesus and marijuana. Because while thousands and thousands of the devout and faithful step into Churches to celebrate Easter and Jesus, thousands more will sink into bean bag chairs to celebrate cartoons and Cheez-Its. But getting high is like buying a…
Uber, the app that connects people with cab and limo drivers at the tap of a button, has seen its fight to extend its business in Florida seriously watered down in the past week. The company, which at the moment operates only in Jacksonville, is upping its efforts to get…
Well, America, the holiday is upon us: 4/20, the day they invented marijuana. Or something like that. Anyway, as you probably know, a lot of people are going to be reaching for the bong on Sunday. If you’re planning to be among them, remember to choose your drug buddies carefully…
With 4/20 coming this weekend, chances are some of your friends are going to be all, “Woo hoo! 4/20, bro! Let’s smoke!” And that’s fine, bro. But keep in mind that, while 4/20 is officially pot day, it doesn’t mean it’s legal to smoke it for one day. As it…
Stephen McCulloch wants his job back. A prominent master of the arcane art of dolphin rescue, for more than a decade, he was a leader and key force at the Marine Mammal Program at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI). On February 14, he was fired. See also: – Dolphin…
Last week, it sorta kinda maybe really looked like troubled bar 101 Cantina in Boca Raton had shut down. Days later, the signage for 101 Cantina was removed, and now a sign on the door confirms the college bar’s demise. A new eatery called the Filling Station is scheduled to…
Hollywood commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday for the construction of a $240 million luxury tower that will put the Hollywood Beach skyline on the map. The tower, which is planned to be called Hyde Beach Resort, will be a massive 40-story condo with 367 condo and condo-hotel style units where…
A lock down at Piper High in Sunrise has been lifted after a student was allegedly stabbed by another student during a fight. According to Broward School Superintendent Robert Runcie, the student was transported to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale with non-life-threatening injuries. Sunrise Police say the suspect…
