Florida senators push for deal on COVID-19 relief package
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — After weeks of standoffs, Congress and the White House may be ready to return to the negotiating table for another round of COVID relief.
“I can’t tell you we have a rock-solid deal signed on the dotted line, but we can,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said Wednesday.
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Sheriff: First responder dies trying to rescue swimmers in Florida
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Fla. (NEXSTAR) — A volunteer firefighter drowned Tuesday after trying to save two tourists struggling in the water off the coast of Florida’s St. George Island according to Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
Brian Stephen Smith, a member of the St. George Island Volunteer Fire Department, went into the Gulf of Mexico waters to save a man and a child but went under himself.
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FSU police arrest seven at house party for not obeying COVID-19 protocols
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Cap News Services) – From one end of the state to the other, university presidents are dealing with fraternities not obeying rules put in place to reduce infections.
Seven men were arrested by FSU police for holding a large off campus house party, and two fraternities were suspended in Southwest Florida for similar conduct.
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