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Lake Mary bracket for 2024 Little League World Series: Florida schedule updates
The 2024 Little League World Series is underway, and Florida is in the world-famous tournament. The Lake Mary Little League All-Stars won the Southeast regional tournament to advance to Williamsport, Pennsylvania. They are one of 20 teams from across the world competing in the double-elimination baseball tournament. The games started Wednesday, August 14 and conclude with the championship game Sunday, August 25. ...
Northeast Florida unemployment rises to post-pandemic high
Jacksonville’s unemployment rose in July to its highest level since the coronavirus pandemic. The jobless rate in the Jacksonville metropolitan area of Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties rose from 3.6% in June to 3.8% last month, the Florida Department of Commerce reported Aug.16. That’s the highest...
Missing Florida woman has been found safe in Allendale County
ALLENDALE COUNTY, S.C. — A 27-year-old Florida woman that had been reported missing on Tuesday, August 13, has been found safe in Allendale County, according to South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). Jessica Rapsys was reported missing after she did not arrive at her aunt's home on Tuesday. Her...
Florida election officials warn of false rumor about ballot markings days before the state’s primary
Fla. — An unfounded claim that election workers will invalidate ballots by writing on them is prompting election clerks inFlorida to correct the record ahead of next week’s state primary. Clerks in Collier and Escambia counties, home to Naples and Pensacola, are reassuring voters that the warning...
Florida residents spent over $315 million buying property in NYC
Not very long ago, real estate analyses showed New York residents flocking to Florida. Now, like baggy jeans, vinyl turntables and the Dodge Challenger, that trend apparently is being reversed. According to a study by PropertyShark, a real estate database and research tool used by investors, brokers and appraisers, those...
SpaceKids Global announces 2024 Press Squad winners
Florida-based nonprofit SpaceKids Global helps educate and inspire students to learn more about STEAM topics: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. Much of the education centers around space exploration. The SpaceKids Press Squad Competition provides eight students with the opportunity to visit Blue Origin’s Rocket Park manufacturing facility, visit NASA’s...
Ernesto expected to churn up dangerous rip currents for Volusia-Flagler
Hurricane Ernesto is a Category 2 storm as it moves toward Bermuda early Friday, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Although it remains far from Florida’s eastern coast, Ernesto is forecast to bring dangerous swells and life-threatening rip currents through the weekend to the state, including Volusia and Flagler...
“I thought I was going to die”, Florida man sentenced to 10 Years for Assault, Battery of S.C. woman
TRENTON, S.C. (WJBF) – On August 15th, Patrick Brennan Scriven, a 36-year-old man from Florida, pleaded guilty to Assault and Battery First Degree. A local judge sentenced Scriven to 10 years in prison. He is currently being transported to the South Carolina Department of Corrections to begin serving his sentence. The case originated in January […]
PREP FOOTBALL: Former county rivals highlight Week 0 slate
Lemon Bay quarterback Lucas Sparks looked across the line at Charlotte’s goal-line defense and called his own number. He easily covered the three yards between him and paydirt with 1:13 remaining on the clock, sucking the collective breath from Tarpon Nation while fans of the Mantas and Port Charlotte roared in unison.
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