Staff ReportsSeptember 11, 2019
2min481
"We come together to remember the innocent lives lost."
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Staff ReportsSeptember 11, 2019
Jacob OglesNovember 3, 2018
5min502
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani joins Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis on Sunday during a campaign stop in South Daytona. The Republican leaders, along with Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi, will headline a rally at 1:30 p.m. at the Volusia County REC Headquarters. The group then heads to the Boca Raton Victory Office […]
Ryan NicolNovember 3, 2018
4min280
A retracted ad from pro-veterans group With Honor criticizing Democratic congressional candidate Lauren Baer is apparently still on the air, after it was broadcast on WPTV in West Palm Beach. In a statement, With Honor says the ad was run in error, and that the organization is investigating why the ad was still running as […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 30, 2018
4min828
The Warehouse Arts District will break ground for Rise St. Pete, a Sept. 11 memorial and park, this Saturday. A structure will feature pieces of steel recovered from the World Trade Center after the two towers collapsed. Owners of the American Freedom Distillery, which operates in the Warehouse Arts District, worked on the U.S. military […]
Scott PowersSeptember 11, 2018
4min330
Now that Sept. 11 has, on some level, a double function as an anniversary and memorial, Democratic state Sen. Victor Torres led a moment of remembrance in Orlando for the 2011 terrorist attacks — then for hurricanes of the past, present and future, raising concerns of the long-term threat to Florida and the islands posed by […]
Staff ReportsSeptember 10, 2018
1min185
Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff on Tuesday “in honor and remembrance of the victims of 9/11.” The governor directed the U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff “at all local and state buildings, installations, and grounds throughout the state of Florida,” he said in a statement. The flags will remain at half-staff until […]
Scott PowersFebruary 21, 2018
9min493
The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority Board of Directors voted Wednesday to tell the federal Transportation Security Administration that if it does not start pleasing Orlando International Airport officials more the airport will seek to replace federal screeners with a private company. The board essentially is telling the federal agency that Orlando International Airport leaders are […]
Peter SchorschFebruary 15, 2018
6min307
Immediately following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Hollywood, reluctant to exploit terrorism plot lines, postponed the Arnold Schwarzenegger film “Collateral Damage” because it featured Colombian terrorists bent on attacking the U.S. A 2015 film about Islamic terrorists determined to attack Paris was shelved after shooters and suicide bombers targeted a concert hall, a major stadium, restaurants and bars, […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 24, 2018
3min340
The nascent race to replace Rep. Ron DeSantis in Florida’s 6th Congressional District took an unexpected turn Wednesday, when likely Democratic nominee Nancy Soderberg charged that one of her Republican opponents blamed her for the 9/11 attacks. In a fundraising email entitled “Dick Cheney‘s adviser is blaming me for 9/11,” Soderberg seemed to be targeting comments made by Mike […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2016
4min333
On Sunday morning, GOP VP nominee Mike Pence addressed the congregation at Jacksonville’s First Baptist Church. The downtown church has been a political institution for decades in Jacksonville, and is pushing the socially conservative agenda one might expect from a mainline Baptist church in the Sunbelt. Pence’s most interesting comments, beyond a discussion of his […]