Posts in category Around South Florida

Dania Beach Captain Kevin Granville reads to students during the Broward Reads event at Collins Elementary in Dania Beach.

State  COLLEGE CONTROVERSIES Fresh off of the controversy over Bethune Cookman University honoring Gov. Rick Scott with the school’s highest recognition award, another controversy is …

State REVENUE IN WAITING In Oregon, $10.8 million worth of recreational marijuana was sold in just days – six days after the state legalized it. …

Palm Beach County CHILD SHOT An 8-year-old boy was shot during a drive-by shooting in Riviera Beach, but is expected to survive. It happened in …

Palm Beach County $1.2 MILLION GRANT Cynthia L. Wilson, a Ph.D. at Florida Atlantic University has received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department …

Palm Beach County CRAB CROSSINGS The annual land crab migration period in South Florida is underway and countless crabs are being crushed by cars as …

LA PLATA, Md. (AP) – Police in La Plata say a 20-year-old man has been charged after he tweeted about killing “all the white people” …

Palm Beach County COMMISSION QUESTIONS Staples and Office Depot announced they have reached compliance with the Federal Trade Commission’s request for details about the companies’ …

Palm Beach County FORMER CHIEF DIES Edward Elgin, former chief of the Riviera Beach Fire Department, is dead. He was 53. Elgin was killed when …

Palm Beach County ICON DEAD Jack Fleischer, the famed sports writer, announcer and political operative has died. Fleischer, a Palm Beach County resident, worked on …