Horrific new details in Orlando mass shooting that killed UCF student from South Florida

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 8, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News.

A newly released report on Orlando’s deadly Halloween mass shooting indicates that one of the two victims was shot during a confrontation between the alleged shooter and a witness, rather than being targeted during the incident. The Thursday release of the arrest affidavit for accused gunman Jaylen Edgar offered little indication of what led up to the mayhem that wounded seven people in addition to killing two. But it tells a chilling tale of how the carnage unfolded. Moments after shooting 25-year-old Tyrek Hill — a tow truck driver who was his first victim — in the face around 1 a.m....

What’s next for Fort Lauderdale: Four election winners discuss biggest steps ahead

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 7, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News, Politics.

Fort Lauderdale’s sometimes nasty election cycle saw political rivals attacking incumbents, railing against overdevelopment, broken sewer pipes and nightmarish gridlock. They promised change. But on Tuesday, three out of the four incumbents declared victory. Dean Trantalis, an attorney elected mayor of Fort Lauderdale six years ago, won a third and final term. Incumbents John Herbst and Steve Glassman won their commission races for the District 1 and 2 seats. And Ben Sorensen, a former commissioner who stepped down in 2022 to run for Congress, easily knocked out incumbent Warren Sturman for...

Cox, Stern locked in close race to replace Palm Beach State Attorney Aronberg

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 6, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News, Politics.

Democrat Alexcia Cox and Republican Sam Stern were locked in a tight race for Palm Beach State Attorney Tuesday night, with early and absentee voting results giving Cox a head start and Stern closing the gap to within a percentage point with most of the Election Day votes tallied. The race was destined to defy easy prediction. While Democrats hold a registration advantage in the county, Republicans have recently shown the ability to carry a majority. Gov. Ron DeSantis defeated Democratic challenger Charlie Crist in Palm Beach two years ago. This year, with Palm Beach resident Donald Trump...

Gossett-Seidman wins reelection in House District 91 race in Palm Beach County

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 6, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News, Politics.

State Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman, R-Highland Beach, won a second term Tuesday in Florida’s House District 91 race. She defeated Democratic candidate Jay Shooster. District 91 represents a large swatch of southern Palm Beach County, including Boca Raton, Highland Beach and reaching farther west toward West Boca. In questionnaires provided to the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s Editorial Board, Gossett-Seidman said the three most important issues facing the legislative district are “inflation, traffic congestion and infrastructure failures, and property tax and property rental tax reform.”...

Day of the Dead celebration in Fort Lauderdale | PHOTOS

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 3, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Local News, Photos and Videos.

The 15th Annual Florida Day of the Dead Celebration and processional took place on Saturday, November 2, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale. The free event included a festival at Esplanade Park, a Skeleton Processional along the Riverwalk, and a block party near Revolution Live. Highlights featured many performers, Mexican crafts, food trucks, and children’s activities. Sponsored by the city and other groups, the celebration is recognized as one of America’s top Day of the Dead events.

Boca Raton’s Center for Arts and Innovation falls behind on its fundraising goals

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 22, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News.

Organizers revealed Monday that Boca Raton’s Center for Arts and Innovation — a planned arts-oriented destination featuring many attractions — is millions of dollars behind in fundraising, drawing criticism from city officials. The center, which is intended to be an extensive performing arts center at the north end of Mizner Park, was supposed to have raised more than $50 million by now, in order to be on track, according to city documents. But during a public meeting on Monday afternoon, CEO Andrea Virgin told City Council members that about $32 million has been raised in “documented...

Conservative Tom Cotton joins Marco Rubio in Boca Raton to boost Rick Scott reelection

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 22, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, National News, National Politics, News, Politics.

U.S. Sen Rick Scott, leading his opponent but hovering below 50% in most polls, campaigned with two of his Republican colleagues as he works to close the deal with early voting underway in Florida. U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Tom Cotton of Arkansas vouched for Scott’s conservative bona fides, and invoked the name of Florida’s most prominent Republican, former President Donald Trump, to sell Scott’s reelection. Without a Republican majority including Scott, it would be impossible for Trump to implement his policies if he’s reelected president, they said. “We know Donald Trump is...

Democrats to DeSantis: Reverse course on ‘harmful’ sex-education restrictions in schools

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 4, 2024. Posted in Education, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News, Politics.

Florida should reverse course on its “harmful” abstinence-only requirements for public school health classes and allow schools to teach a comprehensive sex education curriculum, according to a letter sent to state leaders Thursday from seven Democrats serving in Congress. “Abstinence-only programs have been consistently proven ineffective, damaging to students’ health, and discriminatory against the LGBTQ+ community,” read the letter from the Florida congressional members. “This directive is another extremist attack on evidence-based, data-driven policies.” The letter was sent to Gov. Ron...

Florida man’s lawsuit temporarily stops Ohtani’s 50th HR ball from being sold

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 27, 2024. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, Miami Marlins, MLB, News, Sports.

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man’s lawsuit has temporarily stopped Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball from being sold at auction after saying it was stolen from him moments after he secured it. Max Matus’ representatives say their client gained possession of the Los Angeles Dodgers star’s historic ball on Sept. 19 — the man’s 18th birthday — before Chris Belanski took it away. The ball has since been turned over to Goldin Auctions, a New Jersey-based auction house specializing in trading cards, collectibles and memorabilia. The Miami-Dade County judge said in an emergency hearing on Thursday...

Fort Lauderdale beach condo deemed unsafe; residents told to be out by Friday

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 27, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News.

Residents of a condo on Fort Lauderdale beach were ordered to evacuate by noon Friday after the building’s foundation was found to be unsafe, a city official said Thursday. The evacuation order, relayed by the building’s engineer of record, had residents at the 18-unit Springbrook Gardens condo scrambling to find a new place to stay on short notice. “Everybody was in shock,” said Warren Sackler, a retired professor from New York who moved into the condo nearly 20 years ago. Sackler, 74, paid $370,000 for a one-bedroom unit in 2007. Nine years later, he bought the unit next door for...

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