Violent crash leaves 1 dead, 2 critically injured and other top stories.

• Violent crash leaves 1 dead, 2 critically injured

  

  A woman was killed and two men were critically injured in a violent crash in Okeechobee County early Tuesday morning.The woman, identified as 60-year-old Ileana Del Carmen Torres from Hialeah, was the passenger in an SUV driven by 23-year-old Andres Torres, also from Hialeah.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Andres Torres was heading westbound on State Road 70 at about 6 a.m. when he swerved to avoid an SUV that was heading eastbound in the westbound lane, passing another car.The driver ..

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• Polémico mensaje desde avioneta: tildan de "corrupto" al alcalde de ...

  Durante las fiestas del 4 de julio, las personas que estaban en un parque de Hialeah grabaron a una avioneta que sobrevoló con un cartel gigante con un peculiar mensaje para el alcalde Carlos Hernández.  "Corrupto, mentiroso y revocatorio", es lo que se podía leer en el cartel desplegado en el aire, que causó polémica en la omunidad. Se presume que el mensaje viene de los opositores de Hialeah. Sin embargo, la estratega política, Sasha Tirador, asegura que ella no tuvo nada que ver, "no la pagu..

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• 7 things to know now: Mega Millions; Pistorius sentenced; no ...

  

  Cox Media Group National Content Desk Here's a roundup of news trending across the nation and world today.What to know now: 1. Pistorius sentenced: Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend in the bathroom of his upscale home a little more than three years ago. Pistorius was convicted of killing Reeva Steenkamp after he shot four times through a closed bathroom door on ..

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• High-speed chase on the Northshore after woman attempts to run ...

  

  High-speed chase on the Northshore after woman attempts to run over deputy WWLTV.com , WWL 10:01 PM. CDT July 05, 2016 COVINGTON, La. – A woman is in jail after leading police on a high-speed chase from Covington to Slidell Tuesday. According to the St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office, they received a 911 call from a Covington car dealership about a woman acting strangely in the business.Deputies said Mila Ellis, 21, of Hialeah, Florida came into the business pretending to be a manager, and b..

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• New Okeechobee Road project to restrict traffic about three months

  Workers will begin restricting traffic lanes this week at the corner of Okeechobee Road and West 12 Avenue/Northwest 74 Street in Hialeah.The reason: a new roadway project that will cost an estimated $148,000 and take about three months to complete.The work includes repaving, restriping, a new left-turn signal, relocating pedestrian crossings, new sidewalk, curb and gutter.In ongoing road projects, meanwhile, up to two lanes on the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike may be closed in eith..

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• No Mega Millions winner; Friday jackpot increases to $508M

  

  ©   KFOX | Portions are ©  Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or distributed.KFOX14 provides local news, weather coverage and traffic reports for El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, NM and nearby towns and communities including Clint, Fabens, Socorro, San Elizario, Canutillo, Vinton, Anthony, Ysleta, Horizon City, Fort Bliss, Van Horn, Fort Hancock, Tornillo, Westway, La Mesa, Mesilla, Mesquite, San Miguel, Vado, Deming, Alamogordo, Whi..

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• FDOT: Crosswalk fix will take 6 months

  KEY LARGO — State transportation officials last week said changing the light signal at a controversial Key Largo crosswalk will take six months. That drew the ire of the Monroe County sheriff. “I am not an engineer, but there should be no reason that it takes six months,” Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay told the Free Press when informed of the repair’s estimated completion date. “It’s hard to understand and believe. It sounds like a bunch of garbage to me.” This turn of events may represent ..

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• Wasserman Schultz, Deutch call for a vote on new gun control bill

  

  South Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Ted Deutch said on Tuesday that Republicans must allow a vote on a new gun control bill in the wake of June’s Orlando nightclub attack. “Do your damn job,” Wasserman Schultz (D-Weston) said of House Republicans. “We aren’t even asking that House Republicans vote for these bills, although they certainly should. We’re asking them to put the bill on the floor and vote yea or nay. If they support carnage, then they should stand up and face their cons..

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• St. Louis scoots up list of best recreational cities

  

  Take pride, St. Louisans, in the fact that we continue to climb the rungs of recreation.For National Park and Recreation Month, financial website WalletHub again this year rated the parks and recreation benefits of the 100 largest U.S. cities — and St. Louis moved up two places from last year, to No. 6.In specific categories, our fair burgh finished No. 1 in recreation costs and music venues per capita. We also finished in the top 10 in park spending (7th), park quality (9th) and tennis courts ..

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