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Ask a doctor: Have fun in the sun, but protect yourself from heat illness
ORLANDO, Fla. – Summer in Central Florida is quite literally fun in the sun! But with all the activities that require braving the heat, it also means awareness about preventing heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Tuesday on Breakfast With Bridgett, Dr. Chirag Panchal, a family practitioner with Orlando Health,...
State House Candidate Nick Primrose gets Endorsement from Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida First Coast.
Florida State House District 18 Republican candidate Nick Primrose just received the endorsement of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida (ABC) First Coast Chapter. “The First Coast Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors Florida is fully backing Nick Primrose for House District 18,” Chapter President and CEO of ABC...
Governor DeSantis vetoes bill preserving resident status for the purposes of in-state tuition for individuals who are sentenced to jail or prison
In his veto letter, DeSantis wrote, "We should not reward criminal activity by providing inmates with the same benefits as law-abiding citizens." The post Governor DeSantis vetoes bill preserving resident status for the purposes of in-state tuition for individuals who are sentenced to jail or prison appeared first on Alachua Chronicle.
Districts are closing traditional public schools as charters, etc., lure students
Quality Journalism for Critical Times Broward County Public Schools has voted to close a minimum of five of its campuses amid declining enrollment, a trend in counties across Florida amid increasing taxpayer-funded enrollment in private and charter schools. The board on June 18 told Superintendent Howard Hepburn to begin the closure process in light of an internal report finding that […] The post Districts are closing traditional public schools as charters, etc., lure students appeared first on Florida Phoenix.
Woman killed, 2 injured in Brevard County rollover crash on I-95
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A 22-year-old South Florida woman was killed and two others injured, including an infant, in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Brevard County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash happened around 12:45 p.m. on Interstate 95 at mile marker 202 in...
Man charged for leaving scene of an accident with death
COCOA — A 63-year-old Cocoa man has been charged in relation to an incident in which he is alleged to have left the scene of a fatal crash, according to the Cocoa Police Department. Kenneth McGhee turned himself into police on Friday. He was booked into the Brevard County...
Titusville Living Shoreline Project underway
The Brevard County Natural Resources Management Department has announced the beginning of the Titusville Causeway Multi-Trophic Restoration and Living Shoreline Resiliency Action Project in a release from the Department and Sea & Shoreline Aquatic Restoration on May 29. The project, per the release, is “the first project in the state...
New bridges will help keep NASA’s rocket parts rolling in Florida
NASA is replacing two bascule bridges that cross the Indian River Lagoon between Titusville, Florida, and the nearby Kennedy Space Center. Known as the NASA Causeway bridges, the original concrete structures date to 1964 and are being replaced by two high-level, fixed-span concrete crossings that will provide more than 65 feet of vertical clearance above the Indian River Lagoon, obviating the need for movable structures. The $126 million project is led by a partnership between NASA, the Florida Department of Transportation, and Space Florida, a state government entity that promotes aerospace activity in the region.
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