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Dangerous dog days of summer
Many Floridians get to work in comfortably air-conditioned offices during the summer. But many also don’t — and they could be in danger. We’re talking about more than 630,000 construction workers, more than 100,000 of the nation’s million farm laborers, and likely a total of about 2 million people in the state working outside now, during the historically hottest spring […] The post Dangerous dog days of summer first appeared on Charlotte County Florida Weekly.
August Beach Cleanup Finds Beauty and the Beasts on the Dunes
Beauty on the Dunes: What are those beautiful funnel-shaped lavender flowers with bright green foliage spreading out from the dunes with their long runners? It is a Florida native vine (Ipomea pes-caprae) and part of the Morning Glory family. They attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies. Sometimes you’ll notice a runner reaching more than 20 feet from the dunes. On the dunes, they form a large mat of green foliage with its roots helping stabilize the dunes and preventing erosion.
US Champion from 1984 LLWS reflects on historic Florida runs
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — Florida has a rich history when it comes to deep runs in the Little League World Series. Florida teams have made eight appearances, but finally, Lake Mary claimed victory this past weekend. It’s been four decades since Jerrey Thurston’s Altamonte Springs team made it’s 1984...
Summer storm pattern to continue through weekend
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Flooding hits the Suncoast yet once again this summer. 2-5 inches of rain fell over parts of the west coast of Florida causing some street flooding again from Englewood to Palmetto. The sea breeze was hung up along the corridor of I-75 on Wednesday afternoon. We can expect to see storms again on Thursday but the rain shouldn’t be as widespread as we saw on Wednesday as some slightly drier air will slip in for a couple of days. We will still see a few scattered storms on both Thursday and Friday developing later in afternoon and early evening.
Moms for Liberty influence wanes in Florida school board elections
The big story: It wasn’t just Ron DeSantis who had a bad night for school board endorsements in the August primary. Moms for Liberty didn’t do well either. Some observers have begun pondering whether the Florida-based organization has reached its limit. “The public is sick of the chaos and disruption,” political scientist Maurice Cunningham said.
SF Midweek Review: College Colors Day, Labor Day Closing and More
August 28, 2024 – Stay updated on the week’s events and developments at Santa Fe College:. SF invites students and staff to wear the College’s colors on Aug. 29 in celebration of College Colors Day: The combination of Saints Blue and white embodies the spirit and identity of the college.
No. 19 Miami and Florida resume a once-heated rivalry with both coaches seeking a much-needed win
No. 19 Miami at Florida, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC) BetMGM College Football Odds: Miami by 2 1/2. Series record: Miami leads 29-27. In-state rivals Miami and Florida resume their once-heated series, with the loser sure to have its fanbase screaming for a coaching change. Miami’s Mario Cristobal is 12-13 in two seasons at his alma mater, including having lost four of five to close out 2023. Florida’s Billy Napier is 11-14 in Gainesville and has dropped 10 of 13 — including five straight — against Power Four opponents. Both could use a victory. The Gators have what many consider to be the toughest schedule in the country.
Florida’s schedule could put the nation’s longest scoring streak, which began in 1988, in jeopardy
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida owns the longest scoring streak in major college football, a shutout-free run that’s lasted more than three decades. The Gators have put points on the board in 448 consecutive games, 53 longer than any other team in NCAA history. They will try to extend the mark against in-state rival and 19th-ranked Miami on Saturday in the Swamp.
Florida executes man convicted of killing college student, raping victim’s sister in national forest
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection 30 years after he killed a college freshman and raped the victim’s older sister while the siblings were camping in a national forest. Unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes, Loran Cole will be put to death just after 6 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison. Cole and a friend befriended the two college students as they camped in the Ocala National Forest in 1994. They then jumped the victims and robbed them. The brother was beaten and had his throat slit. The sister was raped and tied to a tree. She later escaped and tracked down help.
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