On Friday, qualifying ended for candidates who will be on the Aug. 20 primary ballots in Volusia and Flagler counties. So who qualified? Here’s a handy list. Federal races U.S. Senate (Republican) John S. Columbus, Keith Gross, Rick Scott*; (Democrat) Stanley Campbell, Rod Joseph, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Brian Rush U.S. House, 6th (Republican): John Grow, Michael […]
More than a dozen candidates qualified to run for Miami-Dade County sheriff this year, the first time in more than five decades that voters will elect an independent top cop to lead a department of more than 3,000 sworn police officers. The partisan race, in which qualifying ended at noon Friday, sets the stage for […]
Not to be outdone by The Weather Channel, Fox Weather converged onto Fort Myers Beach Wednesday as a tropical disturbance stalled over Southwest Florida. The Rupert Murdock family machine dispatched a crew to Estero Island led by Fox Weather correspondent Nicole Valdes. Not to be outdone by The Weather Channel’s Southwest Florida arrival, Fox Weather […]
Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at RealityCheck@kcstar.com. It was a celebration of the end of the school year at Lakeview Middle School in the Kansas City Northlands that brought Alex, a […]
A TikTok video posted by John-Paul Miller details that he has “350 pieces” of proof in regards to his wife’s death and her thoughts before she died. Mica Miller died April 27, 2024, after being found with a gunshot wound to her head in a North Carolina state park, according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s […]
South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) looks set to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time since Nelson Mandela led it to victory at the end of the racist system of apartheid in 1994. It would herald the end of the party’s decades-long domination of South African politics, raise questions about the leadership […]
May 29—Hunnicutt among 300 graduates at Piedmont University DEMOREST — Kilby Hunnicutt of Moultrie was among more than 300 graduates celebrated during Piedmont University’s commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 10. Piedmont conferred undergraduate degrees to 212 students, including 89 first-generation students, and 91 graduate students, including master’s, EdS, and doctorate degrees. The undergraduate ceremony was […]
Student loan borrowers should keep eyes on their accounts in the coming months as the Biden administration pushes forward with student loan relief initiatives. Following the Supreme Court’s block on Biden’s initial forgiveness program in 2023, the administration has continued to implement a series of programs to assist some of the 43.2 million borrowers struggling […]
New Mexico’s Primary Election is June 4. The Primary Election is open to voters who are registered as Republicans, Democrats or Libertarian only. New Mexicans can register to vote at a polling location during early voting via same day registration, though certain documents are required. The Green Party of New Mexico is considered a minor party. Primary […]
It’s primary election day in Kentucky. Do you know where to vote? Did you kind of procrastinate checking out the ballot? We’ve got you covered. Remember, this is a primary election, so you have to be a registered Democrat or Republican to vote and you’ll be voting on which candidate in your party should advance […]
Fresno State will move forward with its search to fill what could be the toughest athletics director job in the Mountain West Conference, despite a hiring freeze on campus. The job was posted by the university on Monday, and the search firm DHR Global plans to conduct listening sessions this week with campus officials. The […]
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has divided Wall Street since it went public in 2010. Its CEO, Elon Musk, had grand ambitions and very few believers when he set out to manufacture and sell electric vehicles (EVs) back then, but he has repeatedly proved the doubters wrong. As a result, Tesla stock has delivered a whopping 15,000%-plus […]