Brightline announces OrlandoMiami ride opening date & tickets prices

Brightline announced prices and a rough opening date for its Miami-toOrlando route

While the company did not give an exact date when the route will open, it said sometime this summer and said that ticket sales will start in May for future dates

The company said a train ride from Miami to Orlando will cost between $79 and $199, but Brightline was a bit fuzzier on the prices from its West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, and Aventura stations, saying only that they would start at $79 one-way and prices could fluctuate between now and when service begins

Trains will make 16 daily roundtrips

The announcement was made on Thursday as the company unveiled its Orlando station

Brightline’s nonstop trains between

Spice Honored

Vice Mayor Marlon Bolton, Tamarac City’s first Black elected official, with the support of the Consul General of Jamaica, Oliver Mair, and 15 other South Florida elected officials, will present Spice with an amalgamation of keys from South Florida’s most prominent leaders, titled “The Key to the Region ” The gesture will honor the artiste’s outstanding accomplishments in music and entertainment

Kamina Johnson Smith, Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, will deliver the keynote speech

Grammy-nominated Jamaican dancehall artiste, Grace “Spice” Hamilton, will be honored for excellence in the arenas of music and entertainment by South Florida officials on May 5 at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Hotel North

Vice Mayor Bolton, Tamarac City’s first

Miami and Orlando will have a travel time of two hours and 59 minutes Regular service from Orlando to Miami will be longer – three hours and 30 minutes –because there will be stops at Brightline stations in West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale and Aventura

The new 37,350-square-foot station at Orlando International Airport features a three-story contemporary design, retail shopping, a bar with light bites and panoramic views of oncoming trains

This project is part of Brightline’s Phase 2 expansion into Central Florida, which will eventually include a stop in Tampa

Boater finds cocaine worth $640K floating in Florida

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A bundle of cocaine with an approximate street value of $640,000 was found floating in the Florida Keys Reports are that inside the bundle were 16 bricks of cocaine weighing about 41 pounds According to the U S Border Patrol officials, a boater found the large bundle floating near Islamorada on Tuesday and contacted authorities The drugs were turned over to Border Patrol custody

Suspect sought after mother, 3 children fatally shot in Florida

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Black elected official, with the support of the Consul General of Jamaica, Oliver Mair, and 15 other South Florida elected officials, will present Spice with an amalgamation of keys from South Florida’s most prominent leaders, titled “The Key to the Region ” The gesture will honor the artiste’s outstanding accomplishments in music and entertainment

Spice, who currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, has expressed enormous gratitude for the honor of receiving the Key to the Region of Florida

“Throughout my career, it has always been important to me to spread our beautiful Jamaican culture around the world I have visited Florida many times over the years, and it has become another home for me I am so happy to see our culture represented and appreciated

Thank you,” she added

Through her music and other endeavors, Spice continually promotes female strength and resiliency, and is an advocate for women ’ s rights and empowerment

Her nonprofit, the Grace Hamilton Women’s Empowerment Foundation, offers women resources like scholarships and mentoring opportunities The organization aims to empower women from all walks of life

The dancehall queen is also the CEO of Graci Noir, a lounge wear and clothing brand, as well as Faces and Laces, her luxury hair and beauty brand

Among the performers at the official Fort Lauderdale event will be comedian Julie Mango, violist Steven Avi, saxophonist Corey Jones, and magician Vladi Lukan

Police in central Florida tried early Wednesday to arrest a man suspected of fatally shooting a 40-year-old woman and her three children, ages 21, 17 and 11 Police are working to arrest Al Stenson, 38, on four counts of firstdegree murder A motive was not yet known, but Velasquez said Stenson is known to the family and may have lived at the apartment There was no immediate threat to the public Investigators believe the victims, whose names have not been released, were shot around 5 a m Tuesday

Police respond to swatting calls at multiple South Florida college campuses

Police responded to swatting calls at multiple South Florida college campuses on Tuesday The incidents began with a report of a false active shooter at Florida International University’s main campus in Miami-Dade Police swarmed the campus and evacuated multiple buildings before determining the report was a hoax At City College Hollywood, police responded to what they called a swatting call at the building at 6565 Taft Street Hundreds of cases of swatting occur annually, with some using caller ID spoofing to disguise their number The goal is to get authorities, particularly a SWAT team, to respond to an address

Crossword Puzzle Across Down Sudoku

1. One-for-one trade

2. Chauffeured auto, for short

3. Software purchaser 4. Take an apartment 5. Wash thoroughly 6. Hot and sticky, as weather 7.