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Citizens wants its rates to go up by double digits. Will insurance regulators agree?

Citizens Property Insurance is seeking an average increase of 13.1% for all personal lines of multiperil policies.

 

New NASA Causeway bridge opens

The ribbon cutting ceremony was held Friday morning for the grand opening of the $126 million NASA Causeway Bridge.

 

9 things to know about Florida schools, including when school will start

Florida requires children in kindergarten through grade 3 to have 720 hours of instructional time. That time increases to 900 hours for grades 4-12.

 

Drive by, honk and wave: Happy 100th birthday, Johnnie Jenkins

A "Drive By Honk and Wave" celebrates Johnnie M. Jenkins, who turned 100 on June 7. A parade of well wishers in vehicles drove by her Rockledge home.

 

Mrs. Johnnie Jenkins of Rockledge turns 100

A June 7 "Drive By Honk and Wave" was held for Mrs. Johnnie M. Jenkins, who turned 100 on Wednesday.

 

Rockledge 100-year-old shines as family, friends throw 'Drive By Honk and Wave' parade

Johnnie M. Jenkins is 100 and a Rockledge icon, family and friends say. To celebrate, her community arranged a parade that would roll by her home.

 

SeaWorld Coral Rescue Center trying to save threatened coral.

The SeaWorld Coral Rescue Center officially opened to the public Friday June 9th. The state-of-the-art rescue center houses 350 coral colonies and 18 species of at-risk coral.

 

Coast Guard bridge ruling in Stuart throws monkey wrench into Brightline's Orlando plans

The Coast Guard may have derailed, at least temporarily, Brightline's plan for high-speed rail service with a ruling that will keep bridges in Stuart in the up position throughout much of the day.

 

Donors provide Neal Jacobson's murdered wife, twins the final recognition of their lives

The graves of Franki, Neal Jacobson's wife, as well as their twins sons, Eric and Joshua, finally are marked 13 years after the Wellington murders.

 

'Why so zealous': DeSantis defends Trump amid indictment in classified documents case

"The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society," DeSantis tweeted.

 

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