JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Builders Care, the charitable arm of the Northeast Florida Builders Association, just secured $700,000 from the state budget to help people in need. The money will go toward building 35 wheelchair-accessible ramps and repairing or …
The new law gives the FWC more power to remove derelict and at-risk boats, closes ownership loopholes and imposes tougher penalties to protect waterways. CORTEZ, Fla — In the historic fishing village of Cortez, where life revolves around the water, …
A widespread 911 outage has left an estimated one million residents across Central Florida unable to place emergency calls for more than eight hours Monday, with officials now blaming the disruption on a severed fiber optic cable in Leesburg. CENTRAL …
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s announcement that it will withdraw from an agreement with Mexico controlling tomato imports is being applauded by Florida lawmakers, who say it will allow Florida and other U.S. farmers to catch up to what the agency has …
An illegal alien is accused of killing 19-year-old Brianna Kelson on the Fourth of July this past weekend in Hillsborough County, Florida, as she was on her way to work. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 21-year-old Roberto Carlos Meza …
A Florida man from Vero Beach is being remembered for his selfless act that turned into tragedy along Interstate 95 on Sunday. Florida Highway Patrol says 87-year-old Frank Quinn was struck and killed while trying to rescue a turtle on the highway in …
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The Florida Immigrant Coalition has commissioned a pair of billboards calling on Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to take state officials to court to shut down the immigration detention camp in the Everglades, a facility dubbed “Alligator …
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