Eliot Kleinberg @eliotkpbp The crash took place near Jog and Lantana roads late on March 22. GREENACRES — A south-central Florida man has been identified as the pedestrian struck and killed March 22 south of Greenacres. Jiromy Ricardo Vega-Gonzalez, 20, was from Avon Park, north of Sebring, the Palm […] Click here to view original […]
Month: March 2020
Back in Florida, Orion capsule nears readiness for Artemis test flight
If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member . If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. NASA’s Orion spacecraft, perched on top of […] Click here to view original […]
Florida won’t see peak coronavirus impacts until May, study predicts
FILE – In this March 17, 2020, file photo, Laurie Kuypers, a registered nurse, reaches into a car to take a nasopharyngeal swab from a patient at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing station for University of Washington Medicine patients in Seattle. The federal government is rushing protective equipment to […] Click here to view original […]
Governor issues stay-at-home order for South Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday announced that he is issuing a stay-at-home order for the southern portion of the state as the number of positive coronavirus cases grows. The order will apply to Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Monroe counties through the middle of […] Click here to view original […]
Florida’s First Family announces birth of baby girl
Gov. Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis announced on Twitter their third child, Mamie, has been born. (Photo: Ron DeSantis via Twitter) By: Pat Mueller | WCTV Eyewitness News TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) — Gov. Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis announced on Twitter their third child, Mamie, […] Click here to view original […]
Publix worker in Florida tests positive for coronavirus
mgn MIAMI ( CBS12 ) — A worker at a Publix store in Miami tested positive for coronavirus. CBS Miami reported the Publix employee worked at the store No. 1429, located at 9420 SW 56 Street in Miami. In a statement to CBS Miami, Publix said the affected areas […] Click here to view original […]
Drug that could potentially treat coronavirus is on its way to Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. – A drug being tested as a possible treatment for the coronavirus is on its way to Florida. The drug, generic hydroxychloroquine, has previously been used to treat malaria. It has yet to receive FDA approval as an official treatment for COVID-19. The drug is considered part […] Click here to view original […]
The best Florida memes since coronavirus concerns began
Error 0: With many residents shut inside trying to keep safe and healthy, some have turned their boredom into hilarious creativity expressing either frustrations over the state of the world, or pointing out strangely positive gems that came about by more people quarantining. Hurricane Coronameme.(Unknown) While the spread of […] Click here to view original […]
Florida governor doesn’t want cruise ship to dock in state
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens during a news conference at a drive-through coronavirus testing site in front of Hard Rock Stadium, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t want the people on the Holland America’s Zandaam where four people died and others are sick […] Click here to view original […]
‘This is not going to be over in weeks.’ Coronavirus deaths expected to double every four days in Florida
A Paul Davis Restoration crew worker wears protective equipment outside of Atria Willow Wood assisted living facility on Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale. Six residents are believed to have died of the new coronavirus.(John McCall/South Florida Sun Sentinel) Deaths from the new coronavirus are on track to double every four […] Click here to view original […]