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Governor Desantis’ office has announced that 19 rural and small communities in Florida will receive more than $38 million in infrastructure, housing and neighborhood development. Funds provided through the Florida Small Urban Community Development Block Grant Program and managed by the Florida Department of Commerce will support projects such as wastewater system upgrades, stormwater improvements, park renovations and affordable residential rehabilitation. Key investments include $6.4 million for Arcadia to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant, $5.9 million for Florida’s wastewater system, and $4.5 million for Live Oak to improve water services and support low-income households with housing needs. Additional grants were…
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — There is a mixed response among Florida following the push from surgeon General Joseph Radapop to finish his vaccine mission. One person who opposes this new push is Dr. Scott Livkey, a state surgeon general in the DeSantis administration from 2019 to 2021. “From the perspective of public health, healthcare and parenthood, this is a sad day for Florida,” Livkey said. The former state health official is currently a professor at Brown University in Rhode Island. Rivkees has questioned the state’s purpose of pushing for elimination of vaccine mandates. “We wear seat belts to our kids,…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Ju umpire began deliberations Thursday at the murder trial of a 75-year-old woman, accused of being the mastermind behind a plot in which a hired man shot her former stepson in the head in a Tallahassee garage. The lawyers finished the closing discussion in the afternoon after more than two weeks of trial. Donna Adelson faces first-degree murder charges and conspiracy and solicitation to commit first-degree murder. If convicted, she could spend the rest of her life in prison. Adelson is accused of orchestrading the 2014 murder of Daniel Markel, a law professor at Florida State…
TALHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Newly appointed Lt. Col. Jay Collins has already been asked about the governor’s racial run in 2026.After former Lieutenant General Janet Nunez resigned in February 2025, Gov. Ron DeSantis is now five months without a man in his right arm. Florida vaccine mandate removal: what does that mean for public health? Now, former state Sen. Jay Collins is taking over as lieutenant governor, but critics have questioned the need for a position in the first place. “The lieutenant governor’s statutory job is to literally not die,” said former state Sen. Randy Fein at the 2025 legislative…
As Gov. Ron DeSantis’ management prepares Florida to be the first state to remove school vaccine orders, deep concerns have spread among children and public health workers about child safety and the safety of those vulnerable to disease outbreaks. They fear that if many people in Florida are not vaccinated, the vaccine could bring back the horrific diseases that have been suppressed for decades. What should you know about this: DeSantis calls this “medical freedom.” While states have traditionally followed federal guidance on vaccines, school mandates are set by the state’s health department. Florida surgeon general Dr. Joseph Radapop announced…
KIE LARGO, Fla. (WFLA) – An 8-year-old boy who was attacked by a shark in Key LARGO on Labor Day is getting stronger every day after undergoing surgery, his family said. Richard Burrows was snorkeling with his father when the Black-Tip shark thrusts at him and bites his knee, his parents told NBC affiliate WTVJ. “They used God to become rich”: Contractors see FBI attack mansion in Tampa The boy’s family said his wounds were serious, but they managed to safely get him out of the water with the help of his 10-year-old sister. 911 Call revealed the urgency of…
Video above: DeSantis opens new immigration centre in Florida Panhandle ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – A federal court of appeals panel on Thursday put a hold on hold on a lower court judge’s order to abolish the operation of the Florida Everglades immigration detention center, known as the “Alligator Alcatraz.” A three-judicial panel of Atlanta decided to maintain the federal judge’s order as the 2-1 vote pending the outcome of the appeal. Miami US District Judge Kathleen Williams issued a temporary injunction last month ordering operations at the facility by the end of October. Williams’ decision was issued in response to…
PALM BAY, Fla. (WFLA) – Palm Bay police say they discovered six children were locked in their bedrooms and lived in feces and urine while visiting a local home Tuesday. According to the arrest affidavit, the officer was called to a home on southeast Dillard Drive to assist the children and family department. Dog found on both legs tied up on Ruskin Road When he stepped inside, officers said he discovered he lived in “a severely worsening condition.” A large section of the drywall was torn off the wall, exposing electrical wiring, and feces and urine are “visible” throughout the…
(Hill) – Former Health and Human Services Director Kathleen Severius said Wednesday that he “can’t imagine” how Florida parents would protect their children while moving to end all school vaccine orders. “Florida has issued some horrific guidance suggesting that it will remove all vaccine mandates for school children,” Severius appeared on CNN’s “CNN News Central” on Wednesday. “If I was a Florida parent, if my child was thinking of sending her child to school, I can’t imagine what to do, where I’m thinking of sending her to a school where I don’t know if there’s an outbreak of measles, if…
PORT Orange, Fla. (WFLA) – A Florida man was arrested Wednesday after officers said they led them in a fierce car chase in an attempt to escape a traffic stop. A video posted by Volusia County Sheriff’s Office shows police pursuing a vehicle driven by 24-year-old Christian Will Ottinot. During the pursuit, Ottinnott reached 118 mph per hour as he tried to evade Port Orange police. In the dashcam video, you can see Ottinot running through traffic and running at a red light. The pursuit ended when the pit operation carried out by VCSO Sheriff Mike Chitwood was driven by…