Lake Mary Police Chief Steve Bracknell received emails from a citizen saying George Zimmerman was a “ticking time bomb” and another “Sandy Hook” waiting to happen. And, as it is, Bracknell said he agreed with the emailer. Of course, now that the news is out, Bracknell is backtracking on that…
A Palm Beach County elementary school was put on lockdown this morning because apparently there was a bobcat on the loose in the area. And what with this being Florida, where sharks swim in shallow waters, and alligators appear in public park soccer fields, and bears take naps on people’s…
The Miami Dolphins went into Indianapolis and defeated the Colts 24-20 on Sunday. The Fins have started the season 2-0, and on the road, no less. This is something they haven’t done since 2010, when they started that season by winning at Buffalo and then Minnesota. Sure, they inevitably ended…
“Jacob,” the woman asks the giggling brown-haired boy sitting at a grand piano that’s big enough, by the looks of it, to eat him whole. “What song are you practicing?” “Sonita,” Jacob Valezquez tells his mother, Tina, who begins to chuckle with him. But no one laughs after Jacob begins…
Celebrity tweets can be an incoherent mess, or they can be 140 characters of dull insipid nothingness. This is especially true for pro athletes, most of whom hold their personalities in check and never venture outside their comfort zones to show their human side. Most pro athlete tweets are horrible…
The hit Showtime series Dexter is totally addicting, and it’s extra fun to watch here in South Florida, because a lot of scenes are shot here. Any local will have fun picking out sites like the 17th Street Causeway in Fort Lauderdale, or the waters of Biscayne Bay. It’s easy…
Wedding bells, tearful vows, big-ass diamonds, white doves, Beyoncé, etc: It was a big weekend for King James in San Diego, where he tied the knot with longtime gal pal and the mother of his two kids, Savannah Brinson. All the gossip sites online are going code red with happy…
Miami Marlins rookie phenom, pitcher Jose Fernandez, is awesome. He’s arguably the most dominant pitcher of the season, is a Cuban immigrant, is gregarious, humble, young and, best of all, a total badass. Whether he’s mowing down opposing batters with his filthy stuff, or hitting homeruns off the hated Braves…
On a sunny morning in 2011, Ellsworth Knowles Jr. was pedaling his bike through Fort Lauderdale, steering for the Midway Food Market at NW 11th and NW 1st Street. Before the outspoken African-American commercial painter hit his destination, plainclothes cops in an unmarked car rolled up, he says. They wanted…
A Tampa woman wants to get medical marijuana to save her 2-year-old daughter’s life. Although she’s still getting her cancer-stricken daughter conventional treatment, such as radiation therapy, Moriah Barnhart says that’s not enough. And she wants options other than just chemotherapy. Medical marijuana, Barnhart says, would work better than chemotherapy,…
Moms can be, like, totally embarrassing sometimes. They kiss you in front of your school friends. Or they decide to clean your face in front of the classmate you have a crush on. Or they pick you up from school totally hammered. You know, mom stuff…
Report of a possible suicide in West Palm Beach has emerged as a woman apparently jumped to her death from a parking garage. Police were called to downtown West Palm by several witnesses who saw the woman leap off the garage around 8:30 this morning. The Palm Beach Post reports…
Killer pythons, Herpes Monkeys, kittens with rabies. What else ya got, Florida? Dengue-fever-carrying mosquitoes, you say? Fantastic! As we wrote about last month, the Florida Department of Health confirmed three cases of dengue fever contracted in Florida. And now, it’s apparently spreading, with the number ballooning to 15 in a…
A new study ranking greenhouse gas emissions from power plants on a state-by-state basis places Florida number three nationally. Within Florida, the study finds FPL’s West County Energy Center, in Palm Beach County, the state’s third most polluting. See also: – Tree-huggers Mobilize to Stop FPL From Building Everglades Power…
Jurors did not hear of Gerard Lopes Belmonte’s alleged rape of his stepmother, Natalie Belmonte, during the first day of trial. The prosecution is arguing that this led to Lopes’ murdering Belmonte to cover up the sex crime. But that changed Thursday, when Natalie’s sister, Michaela Teixeira, took the stand,…
Remember: Don’t pet the wild monkeys. One of the more bizarre natural phenomena here in Florida — besides huge pythons, dangerous mosquitoes, biblical floods, and bone-crushing diseases — is the state’s population of rhesus monkeys. It’s a mystery how the animals actually got here, but according to state officials, there…
A reporter from the Forum Publishing Group — part of the Sun Sentinel — was caught on camera having a “meltdown” during a meeting of the West Boca Forum Council. According to bizpacreview.com, and the YouTube video below, chiropractor-slash-political adviser Andre Fladell was lamenting the modern-day press during the meeting…
Casey Anthony will finally have to answer questions about the disappearance of slain daughter Caylee, and she won’t be allowed to plead the Fifth either. This, according to attorney Matt Morgan, who is representing Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez, who is suing Anthony for having her reputation ruined. Fernandez-Gonzalez is claiming that at…
It looks like the Patte Atkins-Grad recall election won’t be necessary after all, because “Positively Patte” handed in her resignation to City Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Of course, that comes with a catch. Namely, that Atkins-Grad wants to be reimbursed her $8,000 in legal fees. Or else, no dice on…
As we have documented over and over again, Gov. Rick Scott is hellbent on purging Florida voters because of Rick Scotty reasons. And now, he’s all set to take his crusade on the road when he conducts public roundtable discussions with 67 supervisors of elections, including in Fort Lauderdale…
Bobby Wingate of Jacksonville is a menace to society! This guy had the gall, nay… the BALLS to walk on the wrong side of the street! But one brave Jacksonville police officer had the heroism in him to put a stop to this atrocity and showed Wingate that that kind…
Broward County has decided to stop its ambulance service on the one stretch of highway in South Florida with the least amount of lighting, where people statistically travel way past the speed limit, and where alligators, panthers, and snakes reside just off to the side of the road. Alligator Alley…
