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Lafayette High’s Parliamentary Procedure team competed at the FBLA National Conference last month. Team members were Hallyn Hurst (from left), Natalie Harper, Eva Jackson, Carra Clark and Fhelix Hernandez. (COURTESY)

Lafayette High’s Parliamentary Procedure team competed at the FBLA National Conference last month. Team members were Hallyn Hurst (from left), Natalie Harper, Eva Jackson, Carra Clark and Fhelix Hernandez. (COURTESY)

Lafayette FBLA competes at national conference

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
ORLANDO — Last month, 10 Lafayette High students competed against thousands of the best future business leaders in the country.

Duke reaches deal on rates

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
TALLAHASSEE — Duke Energy Florida and consumer representatives Monday filed a proposed settlement that would increase base electric rates — but not as much as Duke originally sought.

Trump chooses Vance over Rubio for VP

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
TALLAHASSEE — Former President Donald Trump on Monday bypassed U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio in making his vice-presidential pick, averting what could have been a major change in Florida’s political landscape. Trump announced freshman U.S. Sen.

Trump classified docs case tossed

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
By Michael Macagnone CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON — A Florida federal judge dismissed the case against former President Donald Trump that alleges he mishandled classified documents after his first term, finding on Monday that the special counsel handling the case was appointed unconstitutionally. U.S.
Allegheny County resident Mike Mullen is known for wearing his "wall suit" to Trump rallies in western Pa. On Saturday, he said "there was blood everywhere" following the shooting at the Trump rally in Butler, Pa., that wounded three people, including Trump, and killed one. (J.D. PROSE/pennlive.com)

Allegheny County resident Mike Mullen is known for wearing his "wall suit" to Trump rallies in western Pa. On Saturday, he said "there was blood everywhere" following the shooting at the Trump rally in Butler, Pa., that wounded three people, including Trump, and killed one. (J.D. PROSE/pennlive.com)

Witness to Trump rally shooting says ‘there was blood everywhere,’ confusion after shots fired

NEWS STAFF
Saturday, July 13, 2024
By J.D. Prose pennlive.com Mike Mullen was about 20 feet left of the stage where former President Donald Trump was speaking on Saturday when he heard some unusual noises.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he is rushed offstage during a rally on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania. (ANNA MONEYMAKER/Getty Images)

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he is rushed offstage during a rally on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania. (ANNA MONEYMAKER/Getty Images)

UPDATE (9 AM): FBI identifies gunman behind Trump assassination attempt

NEWS STAFF
Saturday, July 13, 2024
By Jeremy Roebuck, Gillian McGoldrick The Philadelphia Inquirer Federal authorities on Sunday identified a 20-year-old Allegheny County man as the gunman who shot at former president Donald Trump in what they described as an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Western Pennsylvania.

FAMU president stepping down

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Friday, July 12, 2024
TALLAHASSEE — Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson announced Friday he will step down after nearly seven years leading the state’s only historically Black public university and plans to return to the faculty.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio speaks during Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Doral on Tuesday. (Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio speaks during Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Doral on Tuesday. (Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

How Rubio went from ‘Little Marco’ to Trump VP contender

TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Friday, July 12, 2024
Donald Trump crushed Marco Rubio’s White House aspirations in 2016, besting “Little Marco” in a vicious contest notable for crude insults and arguments over who was more dependent on makeup and tanning beds.
South Prong, a 2,400-acre timber and hunting property in Baker County, will be preserved for agricultural purposes after the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bought a $4.999 million conservation easement on the property. (COURTESY)

South Prong, a 2,400-acre timber and hunting property in Baker County, will be preserved for agricultural purposes after the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bought a $4.999 million conservation easement on the property. (COURTESY)

State pays $5M to protect Baker County plantation

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
A nearly 2,400-acre Baker County farm will remain an agriculture property. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced Wednesday a $4.999 million conservation easement on South Prong, a working timber and hunting property south of Sanderson.