Posts in category Around South Florida

Palm Beach County Chapel demolished Chapel by the Lake, a downtown West Palm Beach waterfront park and landmark, has been demolished. The site, which sits …

State WIRELESS WARS AT&T has purchased Leap Wireless International and its Cricket Wireless brand, which will replace AT&T’s no-contract carrier Aio. T-Mobile CEO John Legure …

MUGSHOT REMOVAL The Legislature is considering a bill that would make it illegal for so-called “mugshot” websites to charge people to remove their booking photos …

          PARALYZATION PROBLEM Officials are investigating cases of children being afflicted with muscle weakness and even paralysis after suffering severe respiratory …

ONLINE PAYDAY LOANS The online payday loan industry is exploding in profits mainly because of the predatory nature of the business and fraud, according the …

BLACK DATA Event Data Recorders (EDRs), or “black boxes,” are now being installed in cars. They can record and maintain all sorts of data, just …

FAKE SCOTT A judge ordered Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi to end their stonewalling in a public records lawsuit. A number of …

Palm Beach County Police shooting West Palm Beach police shot and killed 39-year-old Anthony Lamar Brown. Officers said they responded to a report of a …

Palm Beach County  Teen beating Aaron Hill, a 16-year-old Okeechobee student with autism, was beaten during a house party and the video of the attack …

Palm Beach County  HIV charges Former Greenacres police officer Ervans SaintClair was charged with two counts of “uninformed HIV infected sexual intercourse.” State law requires …