WTKS-FM (Maitland, FL)

Kissimmee's Mayor is charged with grand theft and an organized scheme to defraud, accused of stealing from city-administered relief grants. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says Jackie Espinosa was among the first in line to apply for the funds from the Business Boost 2.0 program. The mayor is accused of applying for $50,000 in COVID-19 relief funds for businesses tied to her family. An audit flagged financial irregularities leading to the public corruption arrest.

The Tennessee Titans released defensive tackle Jordan Elliott on Tuesday following an incident at the team facility. According to the Titans' statement, the incident occurred on Thursday (October 15) and led to Elliott's release after a review. The team declined to comment further on the matter. Elliott, 28, did not play in Sunday's 26-20 victory over the Indianapolis Colts and was listed as not practicing for personal reasons last Friday.

The magic of the Grand Chapiteau is officially returning to the South Florida skies. Cirque du Soleil has announced that its widely acclaimed, boundary-pushing touring production, ECHO, is heading to in Hallandale Beach for a limited run starting January 2027.

Lawsuits filed in Cook County court accuse two Chicago delivery robot companies of scanning customers’ faces and hands without their consent, raising questions about privacy and the use of ai-assisted technology. The class-action lawsuits were filed Monday (October 9) against Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics. The customers allege that the robots scanned their faces and hands as they picked up food orders, violating the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act.

A Kansas man was arrested and charged with making threats against President Donald Trump just days before the president’s scheduled rally in Wichita. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas, Jaden J. Read, 24, of Clearwater, allegedly posted threatening messages on Facebook on Tuesday (October 15), including statements about shooting President Trump and having mapped out rooftops near the planned speech site.

Netflix has announced that legendary rock band U2 will headline the halftime show during the NFL's first-ever Thanksgiving Eve game. The event will take place at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Wednesday, November 25, 2026, featuring a matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and the Green Bay Packers. The game kicks off at 8 p.m. ET and will be streamed live on Netflix, as reported by NFL.com. U2's performance comes as the band celebrates 50 years since forming in Dublin in 1976.

Grand Theft Auto VI is set to launch on Thursday, November 19, and economists are projecting that the game's release could drain roughly $1 billion from the United States economy as workers take time off or lose focus at their jobs. José García Montalvo, an economics professor at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, estimates that approximately 1.5 million Americans will skip work when the game arrives, creating a productivity dip of around 2 percent.

The NFL has decided not to punish the Philadelphia Eagles for their handling of quarterback Jalen Hurts' blood clots, as reported by Yahoo Sports. The league found that the team managed the medical issue appropriately. Hurts was allowed to travel to London and play against the Jacksonville Jaguars two weeks ago with a "superficial" clot in his leg. However, further tests revealed more clots in his lungs, leading to his season-ending diagnosis.

Christina Applegate is "back at square one" after learning she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The Dead to Me star, 54, shared a shocking health update with fans on the October 20 episode of her MeSsy podcast with Jamie Lynn Sigler, revealing that she was recently told by her doctor that she doesn't have MS, five years after her initial diagnosis, per E! News. "She came into my room and said, 'Congratulations, you don't have MS,'" she recalled. "I was, like, not happy and all.

A small propeller plane crashed onto a busy expressway in San Jose, California, on Saturday (October 17), sending three people to the hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening. The crash took place just after 3 p.m. near Capitol Expressway and Excalibur Drive, close to Reid-Hillview Airport, according to the San Jose Fire Department. The single-engine plane nosedived into traffic on one of the city’s busiest streets.