December 8, 2023 High school teacher arrested for sex with student after his mom found out, showed up and took pics A high school teacher has been arrested on five counts of sexual activity with a student after his mother found out what had been happening.
April 4, 2023 ‘Our sunroom is really a sunroom’: Watch as powerful wind gust rips roof off home A camera inside a home caught what high wind can do.
March 28, 2023 Fla. man driving twice the speed limit had to get girlfriend to job interview, police say A Florida man accused of driving 100 miles per hour in a 40 mph zone told police he had to get his girlfriend to Taco Bell for a job interview.
November 18, 2022 Answer to suit: ‘Publix denies any liability’ for grandmother, toddler’s murders in store “Publix denies any liability” for the murders of a grandmother and toddler at its grocery store on Royal Palm Beach Boulevard last year.
August 26, 2022 Lenny Cohen’s bio on cbs12.com Lenny Cohen arrived at CBS12 News as dayside digital content producer in 2021, writing news as it happens for cbs12.com and then going beyond the headlines to show why people need to read those articles on social media platforms.
July 28, 2022 Judge: ‘Defense has been provided more than enough time,’ no 45-day continuance for Cruz There won’t be a 45-day postponement right in the middle of Nicholas Cruz’s sentencing trial.
July 13, 2022 His 12-year-old alleged victim whispered ‘Help me’ to a witness who called police A man who police say “‘touched’ a 12-year-old neighbor inappropriately and in a ‘sexual nature'” has not been able to bail out of jail after nearly two months.
July 6, 2022 Teacher accused of sex with minor in classroom closet offered plea deal The teacher charged with having sex with a former student in his classroom’s oversized closet will be deciding whether to take a plea bargain from the state.
May 9, 2022 Woman under arrest 2-1/2 years after allegedly making a big jewelry buy with a bogus check The owner of a jewelry store had to wait a long time for justice. He called police to report a customer he didn’t want to return. That was back in October, 2019.
May 6, 2022 Makeva Jenkins’ grandmother: ‘I just want everybody to find peace after this. That’s it.’ The grandmother of Makeva Jenkins tried to keep her composure minutes after Makeva’s husband was found guilty of first-degree murder for arranging the shooting that killed her.
December 5, 2020 Dan Rather: Raising a ruckus in a good way from Texas to TV, and now the Twitterverse You may not have heard much about Dan Rather lately. I don’t remember seeing him on TV except as a guest on NBC News,…
November 5, 2020 Hey Trump! Call it quits or history will judge you even more harshly Two days have passed since the election for President of the United States, about a third of the 100 Senators and all 435 members…
May 1, 2020 Is Facebook facing the fact its Community Standards struck out with me 3 times in one night? If you’re a longtime reader, then you’ve probably seen the phase I went through, ending articles with this phrase: If you appreciate what you…
February 9, 2020 Your local reporter may be phoning it in Have you seen Katie from Kansas on your local CBS TV station’s website? You probably shouldn’t. This post started when I was looking for…
December 27, 2019 Have you noticed Comcast’s Christmas gift to itself? It’s that time of year again. No. I take that back. A few weeks ago, it was that time of year again. Regular and…
December 23, 2019 The bad and the good at work (media edition) We all have good days and bad days, but both of these quotes refer to the bigger picture at different times in different people’s…
July 20, 2019 Nothing against my friends at CBS, but… AT&T — which owns DirecTV, DirecTV Now and U-verse — released a statement saying it “offered to pay CBS an unprecedented rate increase and…
June 13, 2019 Adding my own few points to Nexstar’s ‘Digital First’ strategy The phrase “Digital First” is nothing new. Managers in TV station news departments have been saying it for years, but they really hadn’t practiced…
May 2, 2019 Thinking about religion, belief and recent violence Vacation time is up. We’re into May and I haven’t written a “real blog post” for you in a month and a half, since…
March 16, 2019 Control of the media after the mosque attacks in New Zealand THANK YOU to the two new followers from over the past week, bringing the total up to 116. I hope you like what you…
January 11, 2019 Anniversary means time to start something new It’s Jan. 11 and that means today marks four years since my very first blog post at www.CohenConnect.com. Back then, when I started, I…
January 7, 2019 Odds, ends and new beginnings It’s always good to be remembered, and hopefully being your last new year’s message of the year will keep some of my thoughts on…
January 2, 2019 Banned from Facebook pages twice in 2 days! Sometimes, interesting things happen when you read friends’ Facebook pages. I’m not talking about going to look on purpose, which I’ve done before. I’m…
November 21, 2018 The end of an era, and beginning of this one (Part A of this one) It was 20 years ago tonight. Not exactly. It was actually four days off, on Nov. 25, but what really matters is it was…
November 4, 2018 Difficult week, from anger to sadness, as election approaches I don’t remember a seven-day period like the time since last Saturday. That’s when I woke up, turned on the TV, and saw what…
October 28, 2018 Not a good day for political thoughts, the USA as a whole I’ve known I had another blog post “due” before the election, if you know how I think, but too much on my mind and…
October 20, 2018 Thinking about teacher’s child porn trouble and my old school’s website Today, I found out some news about someone who went to school with me, pretty much since kindergarten. In fact, I think he lived…
September 26, 2018 Stupid, stupid, stupid! Sometimes I see or hear something so stupid, I lose control and have to call it out right away. That’s especially true when it…
September 23, 2018 Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, justice and becoming a Justice President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be giving the Senate Judiciary Committee calendars from 1982 to back up his continued denial of…
August 27, 2018 Not the typical pet, not the typical vet appointment What a morning, and I hadn’t even gotten to the vet’s office!It was time for Frisky’s first annual physical. That’s not counting the office…
July 13, 2018 The FCC’s war on American children, adults The Federal Communications Commission has a very important mission, but it’s not being fulfilled.In fact, the opposite has been happening over the past few…
June 29, 2018 Certification expiring, definitely done teaching The first thing I have to say is this blog was planned for today. It doesn’t have anything to do with Wednesday’s Supreme Court…