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Eau Gallie Commodores 4-Star DL Brandon Brown Flips Commitment from Texas to LSU
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Eau Gallie Commodores defensive lineman Brandon Brown flipped his commitment from the University of Texas to LSU on Friday. Brown decided to flip his commitment after choosing Texas back in December. The 6-foot-2, 286-pound class of 2025 defensive lineman currently ranks as...
Florida’s Miki Sudo Wins 10th Hot Dog Contest, Setting Record
Miki Sudo, a Florida-forged professional competitive eater, won her tenth straight Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Thursday, in the women’s division of the July 4th classic. In doing so, she set an all-time record by downing 51 hot dogs in the competition. Sudo’s dominance in the...
Florida CFO Patronis Appoints Tom Gallagher to Florida Insurance Guaranty Association Board of DirectorsFlorida CFO Patronis
Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis announced the appointment of Tom Gallagher to the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (FIGA) Board of Directors. FIGA is a nonprofit corporation created by the Florida Legislature in 1970 and services pending claims by Florida policyholders of member insurance companies that become insolvent and are ordered liquidated.
DeSantis signs final group of bills to wrap up 2024 legislative session
(The Center Square) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed some of the last bills to wrap up the 2024 legislative session. House Bill 1347 allows consumer finance companies to increase annual interest rates, of which they can charge up to 36% on the first $10,000 of principal amounts; 30% on amounts that exceed $10,000 up to $20,000; and 24% on amounts between $20,000 and $30,000. DeSantis vetoed a bill...
Trump asks Judge Cannon to halt classified documents case over immunity decision
Former President Donald Trump urged a judge on Friday to pause most of the proceedings in his classified documents case in Florida, arguing that the Supreme Court‘s recent decision on presidential immunity must be factored into the case first. Trump’s attorneys said in a court filing that the high court’s ruling that presidents enjoy some […]
Florida Department of Environmental Protection provides update on Piney Point cleanup
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - More than 151,000 cubic yards of material has been removed from Piney Point’s NGS-South compartment to be dried out and packed up. The team has also closed off the NGS-North compartment. According to the Department of Environmental Protection, they are continuing regulations to ensure progress...
Port Canaveral Receives Green Marine Recertification
Port Canaveral has again achieved Green Marine re-certification, marking its eighth consecutive recognition for environmental excellence in port operations, according to a press release. The award was bestowed during the GreenTech2024 environmental conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. “Port Canaveral has long held a high standard of environmental responsibility with our...
Joe LeBlanc’s Florida District 22 All-Stars Little League Report – Wednesday, July 3
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The Florida District 22 All-Star Tournament for 2024 continued Wednesday night with the 10/11/12 Baseball Division at Merritt Island Little League’s Mitchell Ellington Park. On Field No. 2:. Indian River City LL (visitor) met Port St. John LL. For Indian River City, Aiden Koukos...
Outdoor workers react to federal government's heat protection proposal which Florida blocked
MIAMI -- In South Florida hundreds of workers are exposed to extreme heat, according to WeCount – a worker's center led by people who work outdoors."This is hot, hot… very hot," said a landscaper who goes by Mr. Knox, referring to working over eight hours a day under the heat advisory weather conditions in South Florida. "Without the breaks, staying in the sun too much and not hydrating, you pretty much can have a heat stroke," he added.Echoing him are agriculture workers, car washers, and roofers – just some of the men working outdoors on the Fourth of July holiday. ...
College honors for local scholars
Here’s a list of honors and degrees earned by Osceola County residents from out-of-state institutions in Spring 2024, as shared by news service Merit Pages News, or the schools’ media relations offices:. Graduates:. Morgan Kelley (Bachelor’s degree in Psychology) and Brooke Singleton (Bachelor’s degree in Sport Management and...
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