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Memorial Primary Care Opens City of Hollywood’s Employee Health Center
August 21, 2024 – It will now be easier for those connected to the City of Hollywood’s self-insurance program to access medical services, thanks to a unique alliance with Memorial Healthcare System that provides a dedicated primary care office exclusively for their use. The “City of Hollywood Employee...
Owner of closed Polk law firm asks Supreme Court to halt disciplinary cases against him
The owner of a law firm that catered to elderly clients wants the Florida Supreme Court to halt disciplinary action against him over his admitted misuse of company funds. Family Elder Law, based in Lake Wales, shuttered its offices there and in Lakeland and Sebring last month with no warning to clients. The...
Paisano Kosher Grill offers Argentine meats at an Israeli-style picnic site
A hot, smoky outdoor feast awaits meat lovers on a farm not far from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. Deep inside L’Chaim Farm — a kosher special event site in Dania Beach that’s also home to horses, chickens and scattered apartments — a kosher Argentine food truck has opened, surrounded by picnic tables and a fire pit. A fired-up grill roasts thick beef cuts on an angled grate ...
Memorial Healthcare System’s (Hollywood, FL) Frank V. Sacco Passes Away
August 23, 2024 – Frank V. Sacco, FACHE, a visionary healthcare leader and the former president and CEO of Memorial Healthcare System (MHS), has died. He was 77 years old. Mr. Sacco led Memorial for 29 years and oversaw the Hollywood-based organization’s growth from a single hospital to one of the largest public healthcare systems in South Florida. His relentless focus on safety, quality, and the highest quality patient-centered care was the foundation on which the modern-day Memorial was built. Those values and the internal culture he cultivated and instilled remain in place to this day, nearly a decade after his retirement.
DeSantis, CFO call for investigation into high spending under ex-UF president Ben Sasse
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A month after the University of Florida’s president abruptly resigned, state officials are now calling for an investigation into allegations of exorbitant spending. Nearly $17 million were spent in 17 months under former UF president Ben Sasse. This has prompted Governor Ron Desantis’ office to investigate the spending. Less than two […]
Florida high school football scores: Recap Week 1 of 2024 season
Football Friday is back! And the Florida high school football season is already off to a stellar start. Teams from Miami to Tampa, Orlando to Pensacola and Jacksonville to Naples got their 2024 seasons underway. Some, such as IMG Academy and Miami Northwestern, had their Week 1 games on Thursday night. Others still...
Florida Supreme Court refuses to block execution for inmate convicted of killing student
The Florida Supreme Court on Friday unanimously rejected an appeal by a Death Row inmate convicted of killing a Florida State University student three decades ago, likely setting in motion last-minute federal court appeals before a scheduled execution next week.
Amazon to Build Nearly $20M Expansion at Space Coast Satellite Facility
Amazon plans on expanding its footprint on the Space Coast with another $19.5 million facility in its efforts to launch thousands of internet-providing satellites for Project Kuiper, the company’s competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink. To date, only two test satellites from Project Kuiper have flown when they took to...
Study: Florida Has One of the Highest ‘Quit Rates’ in the Nation
New research has revealed the states with the highest “quit rates”, and Florida finished among the top 10 highest rates. The study, which was conducted by Omega Law , analyzed the latest available data on quitting levels from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to see which states had the highest quit rates on average between October 2023 and January 2024. The final frontier state of Alaska was number 1, with an average rate of 3.5% from the months studied. Montana and Wyoming tied for second on the list, with a 4-month average quit rate of 3.18%. The were followed in third place by West Virginia, where the average quit rate is 2.98%.
Parkland Crime Update: Home Under Construction Damaged By Vandals
This is a summary of crimes and other Parkland incidents through August 19, 2024, compiled through our joint effort with the Broward Sheriff’s Office to share updates with residents. Information was reported on 08/15/2024. It was a phone report about a possible phone scam, as the caller received a...
Amazon driver put baby back in stroller after hitting him, mom and fleeing in Aventura: Police
A woman suffered a brain bleed after she and her baby were struck by a delivery driver who allegedly put the infant back in the stroller before leaving the scene in Aventura, according to an arrest report. Sarah Naybeth Parra Ovalles, 45, was arrested and charged with two counts of...
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