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Florida parks initiative draws criticism, planned protests
FORT LAUDERDALE - The Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced plans to enhance state park facilities, sparking varied reactions and planned protests. Most weekends the LeMaitre family packs up their van and heads to a state park for hiking, kayaking and unwinding. "We homeschool so we're flexible," said mother Catalina LeMaitre. LeMaitre will join dozens of other demonstrators Tuesday at Oleta River State Park in North Miami Beach to protest the state's plan to expand facilities there and 8 other states. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection last week announced what it has dubbed a "Great Outdoors Initiative" aimed at expanding public access to state...
South Florida's extreme heat causing seasonal affective disorder, but help available
MIAMI - In South Florida, extreme heat is causing issues like seasonal affective disorder. This can affect your daily life, but help is available if needed.At Zoo Miami, grandparents Elzbieta Wnuk and her husband Stanislaw Wnuk played with their grandson and persevered through the heat."It's incredible and it's hard to endure out here," said Elzbieta. CBS News Miami's team of meteorologists confirmed that we are dealing with the hottest weather on record in South Florida. Experts warn that South Florida's extreme heat can lead to something more serious. It's called seasonal affective disorder. While many people think that's something those in the...
Central Florida Man Wins $1 Million Playing $5 Scratch-Off Game
A Central Florida man won a $1 million prize playing a $5 scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery. The Florida Lottery recently announced that 53-year-old Charles Kelly, Jr., of St. Petersburg, claimed a $1 million top prize from the $5 Gold Rush Doubler scratch-off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
Hotel Valencia developer pulls out of deal with the city to build in downtown Tallahassee
Plans won't be moving forward to bring the luxury Hotel Valencia to downtown Tallahassee. In 2021, the city entered into an $8 million deal with the developer, Valencia Development Corp., for the purchase of the Chevron and Johns parcels bounded by Madison, Duval and West Gaines streets and Martin Luther King...
Leon Schools superintendent's race heats up with questions, accusations about spending
Two days after Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna won the local Democratic primary, things are heating up for the upcoming general election that pits him against Chiles High School Principal Joe Burgess. In a Facebook post Thursday, Burgess shared an image of a graph, highlighting a rise in the salaries of...
NHC highlights area in Atlantic for development heading into peak of hurricane season
ORLANDO, Fla. – The NHC has highlighted an area the central portion of the tropical Atlantic where low pressure could form in a few days. After that time, the forecast calls for conditions over the waters to be generally favorable for some slow development of the system. The time...
TPD: Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run near intersection of Ocala and West Pensacola
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A woman is behind bars after being accused of hitting and killing a pedestrian with her vehicle earlier this month in northwest Tallahassee. Jordyn Riley, 23, turned herself in Monday and faces charges of negligent manslaughter, hit and run involving death, and leaving the scene of a crash with property damage in connection to the fatal hit-and-run that happened on Aug. 4, court records show.
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