FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (NBC/WTVJ) – Circuit Judge Elizabeth Schere formally sentenced Parkland school shooter, Nikolas Cruz to life in prison without parole on Wednesday. Cruz’s two-day sentencing hearing officially came to an end after a jury spared the now 24-year-old ...
SOUTHERN OREGON — Three first responders from southern Oregon returned home a few weeks ago, following their deployment in southwest Florida late last month. Hurricane Ian first struck the Fort Meyers area as a devastating category four, on September 28th. ...
MEDFORD, Ore — A Medford resident is among the nearly thousands of volunteers from across the nation helping out in Florida, as the state recovers from last week’s devastating hurricane. Hurricane Ian first hit in southwest Florida as a category ...
FORT MEYERS, Fla. – Officials say hurricane Ian is set to become the largest natural disaster in Florida’s history. At least 19 people have been killed and search and rescue efforts are still ongoing. Now, Ian has its sights set ...
Author: Mike Benner, Alma McCarty (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. — The early images of Hurricane Ian slamming into the coast of southwest Florida on Wednesday is concerning even to those familiar with disasters. “We are certainly keeping tabs on it,” Alison ...
TAMPA, Fla. (CNN) – Hurricane Ian, a monster Category 4 storm, made landfall on Florida’s southwestern coast Wednesday afternoon. Residents were dealing with mass flooding, power outages, and strong wind gusts. And that’s before the storm hit. Florida Governor Ron ...
TAMPA, Fla. (NBC) – Hurricane Ian is growing in intensity Tuesday morning and it could be a monster Category 4 storm when it makes landfall in Florida later this week. Forecasters are predicting historic rain, catastrophic winds, and life-threatening storm ...
TAMPA, Fla. (NBC) – The entire state of Florida is under a state of emergency as Hurricane Ian takes aim. The storm is strengthening as it approaches Cuba and is expected to grow even stronger as it enters the Gulf ...
Author: Evan Watson (KGW) HILLSBORO, Ore. (KGW) — The state of Florida paid $615,000 to an Oregon-based aviation company to fly 50 Venezuelan migrants to Massachusetts as part of the state’s “relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations,” ...
MIAMI, Fla. (WPLG/CNN) – Florida’s governor said the state will not help the White House distribute COVID-19 vaccines to young kids who live there. Wednesday, vaccine advisers for the FDA voted to recommend expanding the emergency use authorizations for COVID ...