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New one-stop resource center could help 1000 Orlando families a day
A long-awaited, one-stop service site for the working poor and struggling families will be announced this week by the Community Food & Outreach Center. Dubbed "Compassion Central," the project would expand the center's campus on West Michigan Street to 54,000 square feet. There, as many as 30 fellow nonprofits would join in providing food, clothing, medical care, counseling, ...
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Fort Lauderdale hires new city attorney
FORT LAUDERDALE— Commissioners hired Cynthia Everett as the new city attorney on Tuesday, approving a contract with a starting salary of $193,000.Commissioner Dean Trantalis opposed the agreement because of Everett's July 1 start date, saying Everett will be gone a significant amount of time in July and August to wrap up previous commitments, all while being paid by the city. He ...
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Dead zones predicted for Gulf Chesapeake Bay
NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measurement. In the Chesapeake Bay, scientists expect a smaller-than-average area where there's too little oxygen to support fish, shellfish and other aquatic life.The hypoxic zone in the Gulf ...
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Shout Out on 6 Do You Agree With Sen. Rubios Plan To Add an English Requirement to His Immigration Bill
Do you agree with Sen. Rubio's plan to add an English requirement to his immigration bill? To vote, call or text 305-600-5161 or vote on NBC 6 South ...
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Telenovela takes over Fort Lauderdales historic River House
FORT LAUDERDALE— Stars will be out at the former River House restaurant on the city's New River for the next five months. Their faces will be very familiar to telenovela fans. Gaby Espino, Aaron Diaz and Carlos Ponce will be filming the new series "Santa Diabla" - "Holy Devil" – at the historic site. The Spanish-language series, being produced ...
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Man arrested in shooting that injured Riviera Beach girl 2
Riviera Beach police Tuesday arrested one of two men suspected of being involved in a shooting that left a 2-year-old girl in critical condition. U.S. Marshals arrested Richard Thomas Jr., 28, of West Palm Beach, after he surrendered at ...
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Investigators find SUV that killed Loxahatchee mom in hit-and-run
Investigators have found a damaged SUV they say was involved in a hit-and-run that killed a Loxahatchee mom on Sunday. The crash happened around 7 p.m. as Katherine A. Rigby, 40, rode her bike west near the shoulder of Tangerine Boulevard just before 120th Avenue N ...
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Lake Worth man accused of chasing man woman and child
Isaias Perez-Lopez, 24, of Lake Worth, is accused of punching a man and then chasing the man, another woman and a child with a machete on ...
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Chief Keefs legal woes mount with Florida warrant
As if things aren’t bad enough for rapper Chief Keef, an arrest warrant is waiting for him in Florida.While Keith Cozart, better known as Chief Keef, was in Florida celebrating his 17th birthday on Aug. 18, he was living it up as he tooled around Miami Beach where he was arrested when cops found marijuana in his pocket while he sat in what police said was a stolen red convertible ...
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Miami Beach must pay attorneys’ fees in Urban Beach Week shooting
The city of Miami Beach was ordered Tuesday to pay legal costs for violating a court order requiring it to turn over documents, photographs and recordings in connection to a fatal police-involved shooting on Memorial Day 2011.Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Victoria Sigler stopped short of sanctioning the city’s attorneys, but raised her voice and thoroughly scolded them for using excuses ...
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Elections office may bypass Big Lots site after all
Supervisor of Elections Pam Carpenter has asked for more office space since the mid-2000s, and the Alachua County Commission decided Tuesday that she'll have to wait a while ...
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Dania Beach commission maps out plan for replacing Pat Flury
DANIA BEACH — Longtime Commissioner Pat Flury's abrupt resignation has left the city in search of a qualified resident to fill her seat.Under the charter, commissioners have until Aug. 10 to appoint a ...
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Woman charged with child neglect after going on photo shoot
Gwendolyne Nanette Vazquez might photograph models, but deputies are accusing her of not being a model mom.The 26-year-old substitute teacher and aspiring photographer is charged with leaving her 5-year-old son home alone in ...
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New lawsuit against Archdiocese alleges more abuse at Coral Springs school
Coral Springs K-12 school of looking the other way while a young boy complained he was being molested by a music teacher.Miguel Cala, 40, is already serving a 23-year prison term after pleading no contest to lewd and lascivious molestation charges last year. But the lawsuit filed Monday by Miami attorney Jeffrey Herman outlines new allegations against the convicted pedophile."We are ...
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More AP classes could cost districts millions
TAMPA, Fla. -- County school superintendents told the state Board of Education on Tuesday that a recent legislative bill allowing high school students to take as many advanced placement courses as they can handle will cost districts millions of dollars that their budgets can't support.Pinellas School superintendent Michael Grego said the bill will cost districts between $40 million and $60 ...
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County moves to its third choice Randy Oliver
Charles "Randy" Oliver stands before the Alachua County Commission during his interview process for the job of county manager in the commission room of the County Administration ...
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Brevard schools teachers at impasse over pay raises
TITUSVILLE -- The battle lines over teacher pay raises have been drawn -- in a school district besieged by budget woes. All of this happening as leaders grapple with a $30 million budget shortfall. Concerned teachers gather at Caffe' Chocolat in Titusville a day after pay raise negotiations with the school district came to a stalemate. All are members of the Brevard Federation of ...
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Behind the camera Jurors hesitant to serve on George Zimmerman jury
George Zimmerman arrives in Seminole circuit court on the 7th day of his trial, in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Zimmerman is accused in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. (PHOTO/Joe Burbank, ...
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Surveillance video Gas fight leads to shooting
A customer at GT Gas and Go in Sanford knocks a bunch of candy tubs off a counter after an argument with the manager over gas. The manager got his gun and followed the customer. Now the manager is charged with aggravated ...
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Power restored after accident in Casselberry
CASSELBERRY -- Power has been restored to about 1,500 residents in the Casselberry area after an incident knocked power lines onto State Road 436. The incident happened at State Road 436 and Kewannee Trail. The road is back open and the power lines have been removed. Duke Energy, which used to be Progress Energy, said power should be back on within the ...
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Clermont moms launch campaign for city pool
CLERMONT -- A grassroots effort by moms to bring a community pool to Clermont is gaining momentum. They say a pair of drownings in South Lake County over the weekend show the campaign is about more than just family fun. Olivia Chapman is the mother of a two-year-old, and has another child on the way. On a hot summer day there's only one place she and her family want to be. "We all ...
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Dash cam captures transgender woman flashing trooper
Dash cam video from a Florida Highway Patrol patrol car shows Corwin Mathis exposing herself in front of the trooper -- Friday, June 14, ...
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Pet food recalled due to potential contamination
Natura Pet Products is voluntarily recalling specific lots of dry pet food and treats. The food could be contaminated ...
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Whats up with I-Drive Live Orlando Eye Ferris wheel
ORLANDO -- Construction of a new entertainment, dining and shopping area called "I-Drive Live" is "well underway" in Orlando, according to developer Chuck Whittall, president of Unicorp National Developments Inc. I chatted with Whittall on Tuesday to see how the project is shaping up along International Drive. He said when the whole thing is done, I-Drive Live will be about ...
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Newberry boy 11 bitten on leg by rattlesnake returns home
An 11-year-old Newberry boy is out of the hospital two weeks after he was bitten on the leg by a 5-foot eastern diamond rattlesnake. ...
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Horticultural therapy for war veterans.
There are still Vietnam veterans living in poverty or on the street in the United States today, everyday many commit suicide from despair. Since the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, suicide rates among veterans have spiked again as sufferers of a range of mental and physical injuries fall through the net. Veteran Farms are one way in which these veterans can be helped.
Adam Burke is a man with a mission, to help war veterans returning to the United States after tours abroad, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan, that have struggled to reintegrate with society. This may be due to PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder), physical injuries, such as disability, or a sense of a loss of purpose after the harried action of a war zone. Read more
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