Friday, November 13, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 2022, Miami Beach’s historic Deauville Hotel, built in 1957 and once host to President John F. Kennedy, The Beatles, and Frank Sinatra, was imploded five years after an electrical fire forced its closure. See the implosion here.

Florida finally gets a taste of fall this weekend, with the season’s coldest mornings arriving behind today’s cold front. We’ve got all the details in today’s Top Stories.

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Florida Braces for Coldest Mornings Yet

A strong cold front sweeping across Florida will deliver the season’s coldest mornings this weekend.

Ocala could drop into the low 40s Saturday, while Orlando bottoms out in the upper 40s. The National Weather Service says there’s a slim chance wind chills could briefly dip into the upper 30s near and north of Orlando.

Farther north, the weather service says frost is possible north of Interstate 10 tonight and Saturday night.

Southwest Florida will wake up in the low to mid-50s Saturday and Sunday, with isolated upper 40s possible in DeSoto County. Gusty north winds are expected to churn up rough water along the coast.

The chill won’t last: Central Florida highs climb back into the 70s Sunday, and rain returns to Southwest Florida early next week.

Miami’s Underline Trail Reaches 10 Miles

Miami-Dade now has a 10-mile walking and biking trail beneath the Metrorail tracks, running from Brickell to Dadeland. Organizers cut the ribbon Thursday on the completed Kenneth C. Griffin Urban Trail, a roughly $150 million project 12 years in the making and backed by federal, local, and private money.

A bike crash led founder Meg Daly to envision the land under the rail line as a park and trail. She says Miami-Dade was among the nation’s most dangerous places to walk and bike. The trail hit 5 miles in May.

The southern leg includes a butterfly garden and micro-forests. A stewards program trains and pays people experiencing homelessness to maintain the grounds, and a few remaining parks should be finished by February.

Teen’s Match Fuels Big Bend Turkey Drive

A Tallahassee 17-year-old will match every dollar donated to a Big Bend turkey drive, up to $30,000, $5,000 more than last year.

The money goes to Second Harvest of the Big Bend, which says each dollar covers up to four meals and that one in six area residents faces hunger.

The drive aims to collect 1,000 frozen turkeys and $50,000 as grocery prices climb. Drop-offs are on Nov. 19 at Bannerman Crossing and Ponce de Leon Park, and meals go out on Nov. 21 at Governor’s Square Mall.

Elsewhere, a Jacksonville engineering firm is collecting more than 1,000 turkeys on Nov. 17-19 to feed more than 4,000 people, while Miami Gardens police handed out turkeys instead of tickets to drivers stopped for minor infractions this week.

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➤ Jacksonville: City officials voted 11-8 on Tuesday to approve incentives for a Publix-anchored grocery store development at downtown's Pearl Square after delaying the decision until Amendment 3 property tax results were available. (More)

➤ Winter Garden: The city secured nearly $9.6 million in state funding to expand its wastewater treatment capacity from 4.75 million to 7.5 million gallons daily, with its population is projected to nearly double by 2045. (See Details)

➤ Melbourne: Curbside collection of flood debris begins today with residents asked to separate debris into four piles: household items, construction materials, appliances, and electronics. (More)

➤ Myakka City: A National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report found that a mosquito control helicopter’s navigation system gave no warning tone before the aircraft struck an unlit, 150-foot radio tower on Oct. 15, killing the pilot. (See Report)

➤ St. Johns River: Water management officials adopted a long-term plan to improve water quality, protect springs, and reduce flooding across the 2,000-square-mile Middle St. Johns River Basin, including Lake Monroe and Lake George. (More)

➤ Oviedo: Crews began demolishing the former Macy's at Oviedo Mall to make room for roughly 400 apartments and a new mall entrance, with another 325 apartments planned for the mall's west side. (See Details)

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➤ Tampa Bay’s Erik Neander was named MLB Executive of the Year for the second time after the Rays, picked by many to finish last in the American League East, posted the AL’s best record and won the pennant. (More)

➤ The Rays’ Bryan Baker won the Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year award after tying for the MLB lead with 41 saves in his first season as a full-time closer. (More)

➤ Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami played in eight of MLS’s 10 best-attended regular-season matches this year, including crowds of 75,824 in Denver and 75,673 in Los Angeles that rank second and third all-time among standalone matches. (More)

➤ Florida’s Open Division playoffs begin tonight with No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas hosting Lakeland, Venice visiting Chaminade-Madonna, and Miami Central getting a rematch at Columbus. (More)

➤ Actor-turned-NASCAR driver Frankie Muniz was released from the hospital on Wednesday evening after crashing during practice for a Veterans Day racing event at Daytona International Speedway. (More)

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➤ Naples-based Northstar Technologies expects $450 million in revenue this year after growing from a startup in a smoke shop to a builder of modular AI data centers serving clients including the U.S. military. (Read Story)

➤ Amazon opened a same-day delivery facility in Daytona Beach, creating more than 100 full-time jobs paying at least $20 an hour. (More)

➤ Port St. Lucie will break ground on Dec. 12 on a privately funded, 6,000-seat soccer stadium that will host the city's first professional soccer team when USL League One play begins in 2027. (See Details)

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➤ Twenty-six skydivers will make their final attempts today in Lake Wales to break a 40-year-old Royal Marines record by stacking their parachutes vertically in midair. (More)

➤ A female bald eagle is recovering at a Sanibel wildlife clinic from minor cuts and scrapes suffered during an apparent fight with another eagle in Cape Coral. (See Details)

➤ An Army veteran cycled nearly 250 miles across Florida in four days, from St. Petersburg to Titusville, raising money for a foundation that grants wishes to veterans in Sarasota and Manatee counties. (Read Story)

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Yesterday's Results:

Which skilled trade would you most like to learn?

Carpentry: 31%
Electrical work: 30%
Welding: 13%
HVAC: 9%
Other: 9%
Plumbing: 8%

Which former U.S. Navy aircraft carrier was sunk off Pensacola in 2006 to create an artificial reef?

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