Plantation News

“I see them every day, and I ignore them”

A Plantation, Fla., man has been hospitalized after he touched a live electric wire while attempting to retrieve a nest of parakeet eggs from a substation. via Daily India

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E*Trade Financial Corp. and two other brokerages were fined a total of $1.6 million for failing to report information on customer transactions to U.S. regulators. via Bloomberg.com

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“This is going to be a three-year process to allow enough companies to enter the market and make it competitive.”

Maintaining a free market for insurers, rather than creating a state-backed program as Florida did, has helped South Carolina attract nearly a dozen carriers during the last year, the state's insurance chief ... via Post and Courier

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“We have people inspect our flag every week to make sure it's not ripped and that it is hanging properly”

The American flag typically inspires pride and patriotism, but the tattered Old Glory at the corner of Sunrise Boulevard and State Road 7 has devolved into a symbol of shame. The torn flag flagrantly flaps over Rick Case Hyundai, its frayed stripes dancing in different directions.

'I think it's disgusting,' said Bill Kling, a Plantation resident who chairs the Broward County Veterans' Council, which represents about 50 South Florida veterans organizations. 'It's their patriotic duty to show respect for the symbol of the flag and what it means to America.' Read more

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The Sunrise Symphonic Pops Orchestra will host its final performance of the season on Sunday. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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Lee Blessing's mysterious, award-winning play A Body of Water is a puzzle involving identity, relationships and shifting truth. via Miami.com

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“It's hard to comment on this because this happened so fast”

Driving in Plantation, a frantic Olidia Kerr Day called 911, said she was being chased by a gunman and repeatedly asked where the local police station was. Two 911 operators, in Sunrise and Plantation, who handled the April 25 call, couldn't immediately tell her. That's according to a recording of Day's 911 call that authorities released Tuesday and other recordings released last week. Minutes later, at about 7:30 p.m., Day was able to make it to the police station at 451 NW 70th Terrace without help from the operators. The gunman, following close behind, got out of his car and fatally shot her near the entrance. Then, with a suicide note addressed to police in his pocket, gunman Carlos B. Cevallos, 48, took his own life, officials said. Read more

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“Don't fight the fire yourself. This could have been a lot worse.”

A 46-year-old man finishing an arts crafts project early Tuesday morning accidentally set his Lauderhill apartment on fire, officials said. via FireFightingNews.com

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Authorities are looking for a group of robbers who barged into a bank, shoved a pregnant woman to the floor and fled with $3,000 in cash. via WBZL-TV Hollywood

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Florida resident Olidia Kerr Day screamed for help to 911 operators while being chased by the man who eventually killed her, a released 911 call reveals. via Daily India

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