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The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas, one is a disturbance located several hundred miles east-southeast of the Caribbean, and the other is expected to emerge off Africa’s west coast. As of 8 a.m. Wednesday, the system approaching in the eastern Caribbean has a 20% chance of developing in the next five days, according to the National Hurricane Center. Advertisement The system expected to emerge off the African coast in a couple of days is expected to move west at 10 to... Read More

Democrats turned to Charlie Crist, one of Florida’s most familiar political faces, as their candidate to challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis. In picking Crist, a Democratic congressman, in voting that concluded Tuesday, primary voters were betting that Crist’s optimistic, happy warrior style would win over voters disaffected by the Republican governor’s confrontational, in-your-face leadership style. Advertisement “The truth is this governor couldn’t care less about your freedom.... Read More

With millions of dollars and endorsements from former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis, Senate President Wilton Simpson defeated political newcomer James Shaw to snare the Republican nomination for Florida Agriculture Commmissioner. The contest was closer than expected with Simpson getting 65% of the vote to Shaw’s 34% with 94% of precincts reporting, even after spending more than $500,000 in the primary — five times as much money as the worm farmer from... Read More

Incumbents on the Palm Beach County School Board warded off a major conservative challenge in most races Tuesday night. District 3 School Board member Karen Brill won over three conservative challengers, Kristen Stevenson, Connor Frontera and Bailey Lashells in a southwest county district. Advertisement “I want to thank all the voters in District 3 for their confidence in my leadership and for the understanding that experience matters,” Brill said Tuesday night. “I look forward to... Read More

DAVIE — A South Florida man was convicted Tuesday of storming the U.S. Capitol during the January 2021 insurrection. A District of Columbia federal judge returned the verdict after a trial where William Rogan Reid, 37, of Davie, and the government agreed upon a stipulated set of facts regarding his conduct, according to court records. Advertisement The charges include felony counts of obstruction of an official proceeding and corruptly altering, destroying, mutilating or concealing a... Read More

A tropical wave that came off the African coast over the weekend is making its way west across the Atlantic Ocean and forecasters are only giving it a small chance of developing in the near future. A second tropical wave is expected to roll off the African coast in the next couple of days but it’s also being given a low chance for developing. Advertisement And a third tropical wave located near the eastern Caribbean has a 20% chance for developing. The first system, the one already in... Read More

Many voters cast their ballots before heading to their jobs. Others snapped selfies outside polling sites to show their pride in participating in today’s election. And some poll workers were happy with the turnout so far. Election day for the primary elections is underway Tuesday, and South Floridians are weighing in on many contests. Click here for some of the top races. Advertisement The Pine Trails Amphitheater precinct in Parkland was busier today than the precinct clerk said she... Read More

The newspaper industry, which has been struggling with deep ad revenue declines in the digital age, is backing proposed legislation that would force Big Tech to pay publishers for aggregating their news stories online. The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act seeks to level the playing field by allowing local newspapers, broadcasters and other online publishers to negotiate collectively for an annual content fee from Google and Meta/Facebook, which dominate the digital advertising... Read More

A minor living in Texas was behind the call in February that put J.P. Taravella High School in Coral Springs on a Code Red lockdown for hours as police searched for an alleged armed student. On Feb. 23, Coral Springs Police received a call from someone who claimed to be a student at the high school and said another student there was armed, according to police. Officers searched the school twice that afternoon, going room to room, and found the student who was reported as being armed, but he... Read More

When a roof collapsed last year at Rickards Middle School in Oakland Park, a grand jury saw it as a visual symbol of everything wrong with Broward’s $800 million school renovation bond program. The construction program — approved by voters in 2014 — has been years behind schedule and more than $500 million over budget largely because of roofs, according to an April 2021 report by a statewide grand jury that was publicly released Friday. Advertisement According to the report, the... Read More