Pembroke Pines man dies on fiery truck crash on Alligator Alley

The Florida Highway Patrol released the name of a man who died in a fiery accident on the westbound lanes of Alligator Alley at mile-marker 62.

Hope for Haiti donation mix-up benefits local group

Friday night’s Hope for Haiti Now Telethon netted millions for Haitian relief efforts. But the star-studded event wasn’t the only group to benefit. A Southwest Florida organization also cashed in.

Prosecutors: Orlando cop fondled lactating woman’s breast against her will outside nightclub

Orlando officer Brandon R. Loverde was arrested on false imprisonment, battery charges.

By Susan Jacobson, Orlando Sentinel
9:34 PM EST, January 7, 2010
An Orlando police officer has been charged with false imprisonment and battery after a young mother told investigators he fondled her breast and squeezed milk from it outside a downtown Orlando nightclub.
Brandon Reed Loverde, 31, [...]

A rattlesnake the size of a python captured in St. Johns County

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Giant Rattlesnake Slithers Its Way Into St. Augustine Townhouse Community
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — The trappers who caught and killed a giant rattlesnake in St. Johns County said the snake was 7 feet 3 inches long.Experts said it’s one of the biggest rattlesnakes they’ve ever seen.The rattlesnake slithered its way into [...]

Florida Government Angencies to begin inquiry into Chinese Drywall Claims

Over one hundred thousand homes in Florida are at risk after it was discovered that potentially defective imported materials were used in their construction or renovation.
While nothing has yet been proven in a court of law, various lawsuits and class-actions are in progress citing damage to homes and to health. The Florida Health Department [...]

Students pick osprey for Florida’s new state bird

By Craig Pittman, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Wednesday, September 9, 2009

For 72 years, Florida’s state bird has been the feisty mockingbird, a gray-feathered mimic that is as likely to show up in a suburban back yard or a downtown park as in a forest or a swamp.
But the mockingbird is also the state bird of [...]