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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
A Broward Sheriff’s deputy was critically injured Wednesday morning when his car veered off I-95 and crashed into a tree. Deputy Daniel Rivera, 32, was taken to Broward Health North by Pompano Beach Fire Rescue, where he underwent surgery for life-threatening injuries. Rivera is said to be in very critical…
The tragic events of September 11, 2011, happened 12 years ago this morning, but the memories and pain remain fresh in many Americans’ minds. Particularly, on the minds of Marriott Hotel chains, which chose to commemorate the memory of those fallen by giving away free coffee! And muffins! YAY! But…
Updating a 47-year old anti-discrimination policy, the Boca Raton City Council voted 4-1 to extend the full range of domestic partnership benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, to its municipal employees. The benefits also include a continuation of insurance coverage, funeral leave, domestic violence leave, family sick leave and…
Dr. Shiping Bao, the recently fired Volusia County associate medical examiner who testified in the George Zimmerman trial, is suing for ethnic discrimination and wrongful termination, according to his attorney. Bao is also claiming that prosecutors, medical examiners, and the Sanford Police Department were all biased against Trayvon Martin and…
Former U.S. Rep. and Fort Lauderdale Mayor E. Clay Shaw, has died at age 74 after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. Shaw was born in Miami in 1939 and, for 26 years, represented Broward County and parts of Palm Beach County…
A North African python, which also goes by the menacing name “rock python,” killed a West Kendall family’s 60-pound Siberian Husky. Florida already has a pretty bad snake problem, what with the invasive Burmese python causing havoc in the Everglades. Now comes this new species of python breeding in the…
Looks like the “George Zimmerman threatening his wife with a gun” saga is not yet over, even though his bro Robert has said this to be the case on the Twitter. Apparently, George smashed an iPad that had supposedly captured video of Monday’s dispute between he and wife Shellie. Lake…
Prosecutors in the Gerard Lopes Belmonte trial did not mention that he allegedly raped his adopted mother, Natalie Belmonte, before killing her, even though just last week, they claimed that DNA tests revealed that Lopes’ semen was found in her body. The prosecution certainly want jurors to know this, since…
