Polk County Commission Approves Safety Ordinances In Response To Lakeside Brawl
(Bartow, FL) -- A brawl in Polk County is leading to safety changes. The county commission adopted two ordinances yesterday that were filed in response to a fight last month in Winter Haven at Lake Winterset. Eight people were arrested, and two were knocked unconscious. One ordinance establishes safe swim areas and the other regulates loud music and noise from boats. Both ordinances will take effect a week from Friday.
Flagler County Boy Grazed By Deputy's Bullet
(Bunnell, FL) -- The Flagler County Sheriff's Office is investigating two of its deputies. The sheriff's office is looking into a recent shooting in Bunnell near Mahogany Boulevard and Hazelnut Street. It appears a deputy and his daughter, also a deputy, were trying out her new department-issued rifle when a bullet entered the home of 11-year-old Jayce Buckner. He was in his bedroom playing video games when the bullet grazed him. Jayce suffered a second-degree burn on his arm. One of the deputies told investigators the bullet probably ricocheted off a berm they were shooting at. There's no word on who fired the bullet that wound up in Jayce's bedroom. Jayce's father tells Channel 9 this never should have happened, and the deputies should have gone to a shooting range instead.
Luxury Accommodations Already Being Snapped Up Ahead Of L.A. Olympics
(Los Angeles, CA)-- The world's wealthy are already securing their luxury accommodations for the Los Angeles Olympics. The Summer games are still three years away but the rich are already making reservations. Frank Stark, founder of ultra-plush vacation rental company LuxJB tells the L.A. Times there are only so many mega mansions available, he manages 14 of them, and he's already booked three. He says the renters will be in L.A. most of that year, not just the two weeks of the Olympics. The most luxurious of his rentals goes for 300-thousand dollars a month. The least expensive leases for about 25-thousand a month.
Today in History
2015, Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis was jailed for contempt of court for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
1995, the global online auction and trading company "eBay" launched.
1783, the Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by Great Britain and the United States.