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Potential job seekers packed the Amway Center on Friday for the Florida Blue Classic Diversity Job Fair.

Plus: Giving up on Waitrose; the case against 20mph speed limits; a humble D-Day hero; metro manners; and heretical views on Shakespeare

Not only is NASA seriously investigating UFOs, or "UAPs," but a new U.S. law for 2023, NDAA 2023, dramatically expands the authority and scope of UAP...

Jobs in Orlando Florida

SHARE ORLANDO, Fla. — With Central Florida’s unemployment rate sitting around 6.5%, the jobs market is challenging for both employers and job seekers. What You Need To Know  Central Floridas unemployment rate is currently about 6.5%  Despite that, business owners say they are having difficulty filling all their available positions OrlandoJobs.com President Roger Lear says right now there are more jobs available than people to fill them Across Central Florida, Firehouse Subs is looking for...

By Sue Danielson Dec 18, 2020 (Polk County, IA) -- An Altoona man was killed in an I-80, chain-reaction crash Thursday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol says 46-year-old James Bartels, who was driving a Hyundai Accent, failed to slow down when he drove into congested traffic on the interstate. The Patrol says Bartels hit a Ford SUV driven by Roger Lear of Waterloo. Lears SUV then hit a Chevy Pick-up driven by David Hobbs of Ankeny. The crash happened shortly before 5 p.m. near Altoona. Th...

By Sue Danielson Dec 18, 2020 (Polk County, IA) -- An Altoona man was killed in an I-80, chain-reaction crash Thursday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol says 46-year-old James Bartels, who was driving a Hyundai Accent, failed to slow down when he drove into congested traffic on the interstate. The Patrol says Bartels hit a Ford SUV driven by Roger Lear of Waterloo. Lears SUV then hit a Chevy Pick-up driven by David Hobbs of Ankeny. The crash happened shortly before 5 p.m. near Altoona. Th...

Waterloo Man Involved In Deadly Polk County Crash The three-vehicle crash happened Thursday just before 5 PM on eastbound Interstate 80. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 65-year-old Roger Lear was driving a vehicle that slowed for traffic congestion. Lears vehicle was rear-ended by a car that pushed his vehicle into the back of a pick-up truck, driven by 39-year-old David Hobbs of Ankeny. Authorities identified the driver of the car as 46-year-old James Bartels of Altoona, who died in the ac...