DeSantis signs Okeechobee School compensation program bill into law (2024)

I’M TAYLOR HERNANDEZ, VANESSA VINENT WILL HAVE YOUR FIRST 20 FORECAST IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT FIRST UP HERE IS YOUR NEWS TO GO. THE JUPITER MOTHER ACCUSED OF LOCKING HER ADOPTED SON IN A ROOM IN THEIR GARAGE, WILL FACE A JUDGE ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING. TRACY FERRITER, CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE, FALSE IMPRISONMENT AND NEGLECT OF A CHILD. SHE WAS ARRESTED ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, TIMOTHY FERRITER, IN FEBRUARY OF 2022. TODAY’S PLEA CONFERENCE STARTS AT 830. TODAY IS A SOMBER ANNIVERSARY. IT MARKS THREE YEARS SINCE THE DEADLY CONDO COLLAPSE THAT KILLED 98 AND SURFSIDE, A TORCH CEREMONY WAS HELD AT 122 THIS MORNING, THE EXACT TIME THE CHAMPLAIN TOWERS SOUTH FELL. ANOTHER CEREMONY IS SET FOR. 10 A.M. MEANWHILE, IN FORT PIERCE, A HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE FOR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE. TRUMP’S LEGAL TEAM IS CHALLENGING THE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH, WHO IS LEADING THIS INVESTIGATION. WHILE SMITH IS REQUESTING A GAG ORDER ON TRUMP. THE ORDER WOULD LIMIT HIS COMMENTS ABOUT THE CASE. AND TURNING TO SPORTS ALL EYES ARE ON THE ICE BECAUSE THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WILL MAKE HISTORY TONIGHT. THE CATS WILL HOST GAME SEVEN OF THE STANLEY CUP FINAL AGAINST THE EDMONTON OILERS. PUCK DROP AT EIGHT RIGHT HERE ON WPBF 25. WE’LL HAVE FULL COVERAGE FROM SUNRISE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WE COUNT DOWN TO GAME SEVEN. AND STAY TUNED FOR WPBF 25 NEWS AT 11 FOR POST GAME COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS. VANESSA. AND IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY HOT TODAY. TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 80S, LOWER 90S. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST, THOSE RAIN CHANCES WILL BE INCREASING BY 12 AND 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON, IMPACTING THE PALM BEACHES. SOME SCATTERED RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT WEST. SAME THING ON YOUR TUESDAY. WE’LL SEE MORE RAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, BUT THE HEAT WILL BE ON. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HIGHS NEAR 93 TO 94 DEGREES AND FEELS-LIKE TEMPERATUR