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CBS News
28-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Multiple schools in Coconut Grove under lockdown after receiving threat
Multiple schools are on lockdown in Coconut Grove after receiving a threat late Wednesday morning. Ransom Everglades Middle and High Schools, along with Carrollton of the Sacred Heart, were placed on lockdown after the threat was made. It is unclear at this time exactly what the threat was at this time as CBS News Miami is reaching out to police for more information. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Miami Herald
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
A really creepy thing happened to Kevin Bacon on ‘Wild Things' set in Florida, he says
Kevin Bacon had a very Florida thing happen to him while filming 'Wild Things,' in — naturally — Florida. In a recent Variety interview to promote his Prime Video series 'The Bondsman,' the Hollywood vet was quizzed about some of his most iconic lines over a 40-year plus career. At about the nine minute mark, Bacon is seen as Ray Duquette, a crooked cop in the 1998 R-rated dark thriller. Shooting for the flick about two high school girls who cook up a twisted money-making scheme with their guidance counselor began in the summer before it opened. Portions of it took place in the fictional upscale Miami suburb of 'Blue Bay.' The school where much of the drama unfolded was actually Ransom Everglades in Coconut Grove. Other spots locals will recognize: Jimbo's in Virginia Key, Star Island in Miami Beach and Coral Gables City Hall. Bacon, 66, recalled that during one night out in the Everglades, the crew stumbled upon something amiss in the murky swamp water. 'All of a sudden, I hear across the walkie-talkie: 'Hey, I think I just saw a floater.' And it was a body that was floating by,' he said, adding, 'It was kind of indicative of the vibe of the movie.' The circumstances surrounding the corpse and how he or she got into the water are unclear. Though shocking, this is not a new story. Director John McNaughton also regaled Entertainment Weekly with this macabre gem while on a press tour for 'Wild Things' more than two decades ago. He said that after the grisly discovery, production had to be halted while law enforcement arrived and combed the scene. 'We called the police,' McNaughton told the outlet. 'They actually grabbed the body and kept it from getting into our shot.'
Miami Herald
19-03-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Ransom Everglades' Colombo is the Miami-Dade 3A-1A Girls' Soccer Player of the Year
Ransom Everglades made history this year with its first ever trip to the state final four and the Raiders did it with a simple offensive game plan. When Ransom Everglades needed a goal, Stella Colombo would run down the sideline, beat a defender off the dribble and set up a teammate from the wing. 'That's how we scored the majority of our goals,' Colombo said. The Raiders rode Colombo's creative abilities all the way to the Class 2A semifinals. For her role in Ransom Everglades' historic season, Colombo is the Miami Herald's Miami-Dade County Girls' Soccer Player of the Year for Classes 3A-1A. Colombo scored 13 goals and dished out 14 assists in 17 games, and was at her best down the stretch, handing out two assists in both the Region 4-2A championship and semifinals. The forward was one of the best playmakers in South Florida and helped vault the Raiders to new heights. 'We got better throughout the year and we grew as a team,' Colombo said. 'We had a point in the year where we were struggling, but we overcame those problems and we got through them.' Only a junior, Colombo also became a captain for the first time and her new role as a captain helped her even further embrace her role as a playmaker for her teammates. Her breakout season also will give Ransom Everglades a chance to reach even greater heights next year. A special season in Miami has the Raiders feeling good about the future, but also eager for something more. 'Being captain this year has really taught me leadership and making sure that it's not just an individual sport, so making sure that every player on the field feels like they're welcome and feels like they have the confidence to play,' Colombo said. 'That really helped us get to where we were because of how we played together and played as a team. 'It was pretty incredible. I think we worked hard and our hard work paid off.'
Miami Herald
20-02-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Resilient Ransom girls soccer team overcomes injury, deficit to advance to state
Their starting goalkeeper suffered a severe, very likely season-ending injury just eight minutes into the game. They blew a 2-0 lead and trailed by a goal with 20 minutes remaining in the match. And yet neither setback stopped the Ransom Everglades girls' soccer team on Wednesday night. The resilient Raiders remained even keel and emerged victorious following a rollercoaster of a 4-3 victory over visiting Palmer Trinity in the Region 4-2A championship match at Ransom Everglades. Ransom (14-4-3) secured the program's first ever regional championship and trip to the state final four where it will take on Episcopal School of Jacksonville (12-5-3) in a Class 2A state semifinal on Thursday at either 4 or 7 p.m. at Spec Martin Stadium in DeLand. 'These girls deserve so much credit for enduring a pretty difficult situation to start the game and they never lost their composure,' Ransom Everglades coach Antonio Boada said. 'It's beautiful to make history when you can do it with people who work hard and like to progress. This is the culmination of all the hard work of these girls, our coaches, our administration, everyone and tomorrow the work begins to bring home a state championship.' Freshman Charlie Jaffee's standing bicycle kick goal, which she looped over Palmer Trinity goalkeeper Valentina Herrera's reach and into the back of the net, broke a 3-3 tie with 4:06 remaining in the second half. Ransom Everglades would then hold off a couple of last-ditch scoring chances by the Falcons (12-5-3) and punch their tickets to state next week. 'I wasn't really thinking, I kind of just did it,' Jaffee said. 'It kind of just happened. I think it hit me when everyone ran up to me and by the time I looked, all my teammates on top of me celebrating.' The Raiders dealt with adversity almost from the start when senior goalkeeper Addison Pollock dove in to smother a ball just as Palmer Trinity junior midfielder Brooklyn Schiffrin came sliding in and collided with her. Pollock remained on the ground for several minutes and eventually left the field with the help of crutches and her left leg in an air cast after receiving medical attention. Schiffrin received a yellow card after the play and exited the game briefly. The incident seemed to energize Ransom, which struck twice over the next 16 minutes of play. Jojo James scored the second of those when she took a long ball from Stella Colombo, juked Herrera when she came out from the goal to challenge her and fired home a shot into an empty net. Palmer Trinity, however, would respond when junior forward Scarlett Baur scored the first of three goals with 9:03 remaining to cut the deficit to 2-1. Ten minutes into the second half, Baur struck again with a sensational 25-yard free kick, which caromed off Ransom backup goalie Lindsay Ng and into the back of the net. A rush downfield with numbers in their favor in the 60th minute resulted in a go-ahead goal for the Falcons when Schiffrin crossed a ball to Baur, who tapped it home with her left foot. But barely a minute later, Ransom answered when Colombo drove all the way into Palmer's 18-yard box and fired a shot at Herrera, which she blocked, but left too hard a rebound for James to collect and score to level the game at 3. 'We played Palmer twice this season and they were pretty rough games, but we fought it out,' said Colombo, who finished with two assists. 'We didn't let what happened to our goalkeeper get in our heads. We told each other that it couldn't affect us. We got through it by supporting each other. Our word of the day was 'manifest' and every single time we had the ball we manifested what was to come and that's state.' Colombo then found Jaffee in traffic in front of the net, allowing her to react and lift the game-winning shot over her head and into the goal. 'Our captains really calmed us down and we were playing for Addison and we wanted to show them,' Jaffee said. 'Just because they hurt our goalie, we had to show we could push through.' Region 4-1A final - South Florida HEAT 5, Westwood Christian 0: South Florida HEAT (16-7) cruised and clinched its first trip to the state final four after coming up short three consecutive seasons in the regional finals. HEAT will face a monumental task when they take on 14-time state champion Orange Park St. Johns Country Day on Wednesday in a state semifinal at either 4 or 7 p.m. at Spec Martin Stadium in DeLand. The Warriors finished 12-2-2.
