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DeSantis’ voter fraud suspects can be charged after all, judges say
TALLAHASSEE — Two people whose charges of voter fraud were dismissed by South Florida judges could still face jail time after two appellate courts overturned the decisions on Wednesday. Ronald Lee Miller, 59, and Terry Hubbard, 66, were two of the roughly 20 people targeted by Gov. Ron DeSantis’...
University of Miami scientists using coral from Honduras to help save Florida reefs
MIAMI — Scientists from the University of Miami are trying to help solve Florida's coral crisis by taking coral from Honduras and hoping to breed them with coral in the state. Scientists took coral from a site in Tela Bay, which is off the northern coast of the mainland,...
John F. Kennedy Jr. was Vero Beach flight school student and CJ Cannon's regular in 1990s
July 16 is the 25th anniversary of John F. Kennedy Jr. dying in a plane crash in 1999, which was news that hit close to home for Vero Beach, where he had learned to fly a year earlier and returned for more training a few months earlier. The former president's famous son, who used the alias John Cole while in Vero Beach, was a licensed student pilot at the former FlightSafety Academy at the Vero Beach Regional...
DeSantis tells cheering Iowa Republicans: ‘I hope and pray’ Biden is Dem nominee
MILWAUKEE — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis took his push to eventually become the party’s presidential nominee to the Iowa Republican Party on Wednesday during a speech on the terrace of an Italian-style villa overlooking Lake Michigan. During his 10 minutes of remarks, DeSantis, who unsuccessfully challenged Donald Trump for the nomination this year, praised […] The post DeSantis tells cheering Iowa Republicans: ‘I hope and pray’ Biden is Dem nominee appeared first on Kentucky Lantern.
DeSantis in Milwaukee: More criticism of Disney, more higher education changes promised
While the First Amendment litigation between Ron DeSantis and Disney is more than a month in the rearview mirror, the Florida governor isn't done lobbing insults at the theme park giant. "Over the years so many Republicans, any time some big bad corporation opposes what they want to do, they...
Man bitten by shark while spearfishing in Florida Keys
MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A man was bitten by a shark while spearfishing near Key West on Monday, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Jose Abrue Hernandez, 37, was bitten by an 8-foot bull shark, the sheriff’s office said. He was airlifted to a Miami-area hospital with injuries to his chest and to both of his legs, according to News 6 partner Local 10.
Report: US 19 in Pinellas County is deadliest road by county in Florida
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A new report ranks U.S. Highway 19 in Pinellas County as the deadliest road by county in Florida. Consumer Affairs, a journal of consumer research, published a study that compared traffic deaths across the state. Researchers found that U.S. 19's stretch in Pinellas County is the deadliest road by county with 94 fatalities since 2020.
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