On Friday, we reported on a JetBlue flight bound for Fort Lauderdale that was forced to divert to Jacksonville because of an unruly passenger. And it appears that the passenger, who was reportedly drunk, was headed to a rehab center. “I want to make sure everybody on the plane knows…

The Florida Legislature has been busy writing up bills willy-nilly these past few weeks, all in an effort to make the Sunshine State not so ridiculous in the eyes of the rest of the nation. And while there are some important things to discuss — like the legalization of weed,…

A student at Miramar High School apparently brought an AR-15 machine gun and two fully loaded ammo clips as he drove into school on Monday, cops say. The student never took the weapon into the school, and it’s unclear how officials found out the student had a high-powered rifle in…

Mark Robert Hillstrom, a Palm Beach resident with a history of arrests and mental illness, pleaded guilty to making death threats to Broward State Attorney Mike Satz in a posting on the JAABlog last November. Hillstrom, 59, was arrested in December after an unidentified person spotted the threatening comment on…

Trayvon Martin’s family gathered together with hundreds of others in the state Capitol on Monday to urge legislators to either repeal or change Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Martin’s family was joined by family members of Marissa Alexander, who is facing 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot…

George Zimmerman squeezed out the rest of what remains in his 15 minutes of relevancy over the weekend when he showed up to a Florida gun show to pose for pictures and sign autographs. Zimmerman and his dog were special guests at the New Orlando Gun Show at the Arms…

The recent proposal out of California to ban orca whale shows, particularly at SeaWorld San Diego, is the only such legislation being discussed anywhere in the country. But depending on where the legislation goes, Florida’s SeaWorld and even the Miami Seaquarium could be affected as well. California Assembly Member Richard…

A Gainesville skydiver crashed into an airplane over the weekend and walked away with only minor bruises and injuries. He also says he’ll be going back up for more jumps as soon as he can. And here you are being afraid of a spider in your toilet. According to the…

Ebony Wilkerson, the pregnant mother who drove a minivan filled with her children into the ocean earlier this week, has been booked into jail with attempted murder and child abuse charges. On Wednesday, Wilkerson drove her minivan into the Silver Beach surf, which is in Daytona Beach. According to two…

As expansion of hunting at wildlife refuges around the nation has gone underway, it looks like Palm Beach County’s Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge has approved an alligator hunt as well. Alligators thought they would be safe after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was inundated with over 1,300 from around…

Remember that racist in Boca who brazenly flew a Ku Klux Klan flag, along with a Confederate flag outside his home and was all, nobody is gonna make me take down this flag because white people need to stop marrying black people! and was invoking his God-given right as an…

Apparently we’re under a tornado watch. And by we’re, we mean THE WHOLE FRIGGIN’ STATE. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for roughly 20 or so counties in Florida, including Broward and Palm Beach. Said watch is scheduled to be in effect until 7 tonight. So be…

Here’s a story both quite Florida and quite repulsive. On Wednesday morning, a Florida man apparently decided What the hell, I’m just going to go ahead and bang my dog on my front yard. So, in broad morning daylight, for all to see, the man dropped his trousers and began…

The internet was abuzz earlier today with the news about a woman who was in a van that had been submerged into the ocean. The headline was pretty grabby — woman in a van has to be rescued from the water. But an update to the story revealed a darker…