Atwater: Times of Great Flux Mark Session Opener
Saying the Senate would focus on primarily on tightening the state’s belt – and pushing the federal government to do the same – in his last session in office, Senate President Jeff Atwater opened the 2010 legislative session Tuesday. Focusing heavily on setting a tone to match what he called “times of great civic, political [...]
Accident Closes Main Street Bridge Tuesday
Our crack photographer, Reinhardt, was driving over the Main St. Bridge at 3:30 pm Tuesday afternoon when all traffic came to a complete stop. Two cars had been involved in separate accidents at the top of the bridge. One car was heading eastbound and the other westbound into downtown. Six local Community Service Officers quickly moved [...]
Sex Predator Bill Would Keep Existing Local Residency Bans
An attempt to keep convicted sexual predators away from children while acknowledging that offenders must live somewhere passed a House panel Monday after the sponsor agreed to let stand strict rules already in place in Miami and other cities. The bill would pre-empt new local laws in the future from being more strict than the [...]
Local Groom Dies, Family Won’t Get Full Refund
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Krissy Tofany and Jessi Foster were so in love they started 2010 looking forward to their wedding day. The big day was Feb. 20, but two days before the wedding the unexpected happened. Jessi died from bacterial meningitis. “They did everything for him but he passed away two days before the wedding, [...]
Dancing Tries Bold Step: Fewer, Bigger Stars
Dancing With the Stars will have an extra-celestial twist when the ABC ballroom dance show returns March 22. Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon and the show’s first astronaut, will be among 11 celebrity hoofers. “I’m not a dancer, but I’ve decided to give it a whirl,” says Aldrin, at 80, [...]
Texas Voters Head to the Polls in Key Primary
Texas voters go to the polls today to choose Republican and Democratic candidates for governor in what could be one of the highest turnouts for a primary in state history. State statistics show 491,000 voters statewide – or 6 percent of total registered voters – cast ballots early for the governor’s primaries. In particular, the [...]
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