Why Every Day This Week Is Holy

Christians should celebrate from Palm to Easter Sunday—and everything in between. As a child, my twin and I would often stage elaborate bake-offs during the school holidays. One year, I made an Easter cake with three chocolate crosses and a crown of thorns. I drowned these elements in large pools of jammy blood. Sure, it was gratuitously gruesome—and I’m not surprised my sister’s saccharine fluffy chick cupcakes were the favored choice. But from an early age, I have... Read More

ASK LOIS: Who’s cleaning up the litter on I-95? Where’s toll money going?

Q: Every day I drive I-95. The road is littered with debris everywhere. Even the express lanes are not being maintained. I see general trash and car parts from prior accidents in the breakdown lanes and the partitioned part between the express lanes and free lanes. Anything in the travel lanes always gets migrated out due to everyone running over it a billion times. If people are paying for driving in these express lanes, where is all that money going? Because it doesn’t look like the money... Read More

Make the Internet Modest Again

We gained an audience but overexposed our souls. Ten years ago, I published my first book. Like many of my peers, my work draws from personal experience and uses elements of memoir. After all, I became a writer in the heyday of confessional blogging when Glennon Doyle and Jen Hatmaker were writing from their kitchen tables about the struggles of domestic life and womanhood. The first blog I ever read described the pain of childbirth in all its gory detail. But that openness is nothing... Read More

In 2023, Florida insurers turned first profit in seven years, new report says

In 2023, Florida’s domestic insurers turned a net profit for the first time in seven years, a new report by marketing intelligence company S&P Global said. The study of “around 50” Florida-based insurers credited the turnaround to investment income, a mild hurricane year, and tort reforms that took effect in March 2023. The group reported $147.3 million in net income for 2023, according to the analysis by Jason Woleben of S&P Global Market Intelligence that was released on... Read More

Gunshots reported in hotel near Port Everglades

A Fort Lauderdale police officer may have been shot Wednesday morning, and a suspect is reportedly barricaded in a hotel on Southeast 17th Street near Port Everglades. Roads are shut down in the area around the Holiday Inn Express Fort Lauderdale Cruise Airport while the police and SWAT teams investigate the possible hostage situation. This is a developing story, so check back for updates. Click here to have breaking news alerts sent directly to your inbox. ... Read More

Nice ice, baby: Florida Panthers open new practice venue in downtown Fort Lauderdale

With NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on hand, the Florida Panthers on Wednesday cut the ribbon on their long-awaited downtown Fort Lauderdale practice facility, Baptist Health IcePlex, a family-oriented centerpiece of the renovation of War Memorial Auditorium in Holiday Park. The new $65 million venue includes two NHL-quality ice rinks: One is for team practices, many of which will be open to the public; the other is dedicated to public skating, youth and adult club hockey, and skating... Read More

Weekend things to do: Skating at Florida Panthers’ new home, FAU Owls watch parties, rock en Español tribute band

The Florida Panthers will open their long-awaited new downtown Fort Lauderdale practice facility on Thursday, bringing family skating, club hockey and other activities on NHL-quality ice to the renovated and expanded War Memorial Auditorium complex in Holiday Park. A limited schedule of opening-weekend events at Baptist Health IcePlex includes the debut of public skating on Thursday, with two-hour sessions at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. There also will be skating on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m., 3:15... Read More

Mominey Honored with NACDA Athletics Director of the Year Award

Story Links CLEVELAND, Ohio – The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has named Michael Mominey, the Director of Athletics and Associate Vice President for Advancement at Nova Southeastern University (FL), as the recipient of the NACDA Athletics Director of the Year Award. “NACDA is honored to continue the tradition of the Athletics Director of the Year Award and recognize a new class of individuals for 2023-24,” said Pat Manak, NACDA Chief... Read More

Top deals under $100 from Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale launched Wednesday and will carry on through the weekend, concluding on Monday. With shoppers highly focused on saving, now would be a great time to stock up on everything you need for the warmer months ahead. The editors at BestReviews have been testing and determining what the best products are year-round, and now they have put together a list of the top offers for less than $100 — perfect for bargain-hunters looking for a boost to their space or wardrobe. But... Read More