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Deerfield Beach: Two towns, a river and a gangster
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (390+ words) Deerfield Beach, now home to nearly 90-thousand people, is the tenth-largest city in Broward County. But in the early 1900s, it was a quiet farming village with dirt roads, small wooden houses, and little over a thousand residents who were fiercely…...
Florida sheriffs criticize federal mass deportation efforts
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (713+ words) TALLAHASSEE " A group of sheriffs on a state immigration enforcement board sharply criticized the federal government's mass deportation efforts Monday, a stark departure from hardline policies in Florida, where Gov. Ron De Santis has spearheaded collaboration with federal officials to…...
Former Palm Beach County Sheriff, Richard P. Wille, dies at age 97
1+ week, 5+ day ago (234+ words) WLRN Former Palm Beach County Sheriff, Richard P. Wille, dies at age 97 Former longtime Palm Beach County Sheriff Richard P. Wille has died. He was 97. Wille served Palm Beach County from 1977 to 1995, "leading the agency for nearly two decades during a period…...
School bus camera program became a bungled mess in Miami-Dade. It's coming to Duval next
1+ week, 5+ day ago (983+ words) A school bus camera program that wrongfully issued countless $225 violation notices to Miami-Dade motorists is coming to Duval County. The cameras are supposed to capture footage of motorists who drive past stationary school buses with their "stop arm" extended, a…...
Loxahatchee Groves oust its town manager, other shake ups
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (217+ words) Loxahatchee Groves, located in the western part of Palm Beach County, is facing a shakeup after its Town Council voted to oust its town manager. In a 3-2 vote on April 7, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council voted to immediately remove Town…...
Months after the ICE shootings in Minnesota, a federal probe remains elusive
1+ week, 2+ day ago (713+ words) Months after federal immigration agents shot and killed two people and wounded a third in separate incidents during the ICE surge in Minneapolis, the status of the federal investigations into the three shootings remains an open question. In the case…...
Refugees in the U. S. could be arrested under a new immigration memo
2+ mon, 3+ hour ago (447+ words) Immigrants who came to the U. S. as refugees could be detained after a year of arriving here under a new policy from the Department of Homeland Security. Refugees must either get a green card within a year, or "present themselves to…...
Uthmeier deploys genetic genealogy to tackle massive cold case backlog
1+ week, 4+ day ago (634+ words) Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Wednesday a $600, 000 partnership with an anti-crime company specializing in matching cold case DNA to genetic genealogy databases. Called Othram, the Texas firm says its technology has helped solve at least 600 cold cases nationwide. Uthmeier…...
Coral Springs vice mayor's death investigated as domestic violence. Husband charged with murder
2+ week, 3+ day ago (845+ words) The husband of the Coral Springs vice mayor has been charged with fatally shooting his wife at their home, according to a police affidavit. Nancy Metayer Bowen was found dead Wednesday by officers checking on her well-being, and her death…...
Participants in Jan. 6 US Capitol riot file lawsuit in Florida against DC police
2+ week, 6+ day ago (408+ words) Dozens of people who participated in the attack on the U. S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, have filed a federal class action in Florida against the U. S. Capitol Police and D. C. Metropolitan Police, alleging actions by officers that day caused them physical and emotional injuries....