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Wildfire in southwest Florida grows over 8,500 acres; interstate has reopened
Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – Forestry officials are still battling a dangerous and fast-moving brush fire in southwestern Florida that has grown even larger Friday to 8,600 acres.Only 10% of the fire was contained as of Friday at 3 p.m., officials said.The portion of Interstate 75 (Alligator Alley) that was closed has reopened. Heavy smoke continues to impact the area, though, and drivers are urged to use caution.Multiple residences in Collier County have been reported as destroyed or damaged. Agencies from Broward and Miami-Dade counties are...…Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – Forestry officials are still battling a dangerous and fast-moving brush fire in southwestern Florida that has grown even larger Friday to 8,600 acres.Only 10% of the fire was contained as of Friday at 3 p.m., officials said.The portion of Interstate 75 (Alligator Alley) that was closed has reopened. Heavy smoke continues to impact the area, though, and drivers are urged to use caution.Multiple residences in Collier County have been reported as destroyed or damaged. Agencies from Broward and Miami-Dade counties are...WW…
Ex-Florida Sen. Frank Artiles walks out of jail facing felony campaign finance charges
BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Frank Artiles walked out of Miami-Dade County jail late Thursday night after posting a $5,000 bond. The former Florida state senator is accused of masterminding and funding a sham candidate to manipulate voters last November.Artiles is facing charges of felony campaign finance crimes. He turned himself in and was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Thursday — a day after. Shill candidate Alex Rodriguez was also booked on Thursday morning.Their charges (all third-degree felonies)...…BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Frank Artiles walked out of Miami-Dade County jail late Thursday night after posting a $5,000 bond. The former Florida state senator is accused of masterminding and funding a sham candidate to manipulate voters last November.Artiles is facing charges of felony campaign finance crimes. He turned himself in and was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Thursday — a day after. Shill candidate Alex Rodriguez was also booked on Thursday morning.Their charges (all third-degree felonies)...WW…
Florida juggles hurricane, coronavirus pandemic, recession, bitter politics
Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Restaurants with intricate outdoor setups to help customers social distance during the coronavirus pandemic are having to store it all. At the Taco Spot, a restaurant steps away from the beach in Hollywood, employees started to prepare as soon as customers went home.The clock is ticking as Category 1 Hurricane Isaias moves closer to South Florida and is set to impact coastal areas on Saturday afternoon. Despite the need during the resurgence of COVID-19 cases, coronavirus test sites closed.Port Everglades is closed to...…Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Restaurants with intricate outdoor setups to help customers social distance during the coronavirus pandemic are having to store it all. At the Taco Spot, a restaurant steps away from the beach in Hollywood, employees started to prepare as soon as customers went home.The clock is ticking as Category 1 Hurricane Isaias moves closer to South Florida and is set to impact coastal areas on Saturday afternoon. Despite the need during the resurgence of COVID-19 cases, coronavirus test sites closed.Port Everglades is closed to...WW…
Man who shot at rangers at Everglades National Park apprehended
WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOMESTEAD, Fla. – An active shooter response was initiated at Everglades National Park on Sunday after a suspect fired shots at law enforcement rangers along the main park road on State Road 9336.It all began earlier in the day when two park rangers responded to a domestic violence investigation at Mahogany Hammock. When rangers arrived, the suspect took of in a vehicle and headed south toward Flamingo.At 5:52 p.m., rangers located an empty vehicle on the main park road, just south of Paurotis Pond. According to officials at ENP,...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOMESTEAD, Fla. – An active shooter response was initiated at Everglades National Park on Sunday after a suspect fired shots at law enforcement rangers along the main park road on State Road 9336.It all began earlier in the day when two park rangers responded to a domestic violence investigation at Mahogany Hammock. When rangers arrived, the suspect took of in a vehicle and headed south toward Flamingo.At 5:52 p.m., rangers located an empty vehicle on the main park road, just south of Paurotis Pond. According to officials at ENP,...WW…
Man offers $5K reward to recover stolen monkey stuffed animals
LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI – Vitas Changsao invited a couple of women he had just met to his apartment in Miami’s Brickell. They drugged him and stole his luxury watches and two priceless brown monkey stuffed animals.He said one of the stuffed animals had been in his family for more than two decades and the other was a gift from his ex-girlfriend. His Rolex and Audemars Piguet are both worth about $125,000.“Maybe I should have been more cautious,” Changsao said about the burglary on Saturday night at the SLS Brickell Miami.Changsao said the women first...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI – Vitas Changsao invited a couple of women he had just met to his apartment in Miami’s Brickell. They drugged him and stole his luxury watches and two priceless brown monkey stuffed animals.He said one of the stuffed animals had been in his family for more than two decades and the other was a gift from his ex-girlfriend. His Rolex and Audemars Piguet are both worth about $125,000.“Maybe I should have been more cautious,” Changsao said about the burglary on Saturday night at the SLS Brickell Miami.Changsao said the women first...WW…
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