February 8, 2024 ‘You won’t leave here alive’: Woman pretended to be dead to escape sex, drugs and beatings A man who is no stranger to a certain jail is accused of beating, tying down, and threatening a woman with a firearm, according to his latest arrest report.
February 2, 2024 He ‘claimed to be a minor & agreed to meet up with [murdered offender] for sex,’ doc says A man has been arrested for murder and according to a court document, he “claimed to be a minor” in order to find and kill a pedophile.
December 13, 2023 Apparently no reconciliation after comments perceived as disrespectful: ‘My son killed my roommate’ This started with a group of people “hanging out in the garage” when one became “upset” with another “over comments perceived as disrespectful.”
December 11, 2023 Florida man convicted of voting with his late father’s ballot in 2020 presidential election A Florida man was convicted of voting with his late father’s ballot in 2020 and his lawyer, a former state representative, immediately filed for a new trial.
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.
November 27, 2023 Lawmaker wants to ban Florida, a former slave state, from paying reparations to descendants of slaves A lawmaker in Florida wants to make sure no government money in the former Confederate state goes to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves.
October 13, 2023 Money pouring in to pay Mary Lou Retton’s medical bills The family of Mary Lou Retton has raised $400,000 to pay her medical bills, and there could be a lot more on the way.
September 15, 2023 Man charged with mother’s strangulation murder A man in Illinois is behind bars, charged with murder after his mother was found strangled.
April 10, 2023 Having students write their obits before active shooter drill got teacher terminated A teacher was handed his walking papers after he tried to connect an active shooter drill to his students’ obituaries.
March 6, 2023 Florida rep files bills ‘requiring bloggers to register,’ helping politicians sue media The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says the government can’t abridge the freedom of speech or of the press, but a state senator in Florida submitted a bill that could do exactly that.
March 1, 2023 Florida GOP senator introduces ‘The Ultimate Cancel Act’ to kill state Democratic Party The Democratic Party is all but dead in Florida — no Democrat holds a statewide office — and now a state senator who was chairman of the Florida Republican Party is trying to kill it entirely.
February 16, 2023 ‘This is painful’: Family says Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal degeneration There is sad news about actor Bruce Willis. His family revealed he now has frontotemporal dementia.
February 2, 2023 Fast food restaurant tries banning teens, pays the price with poor publicity Sometimes there are dress codes to enter a place. Or age restrictions. And even requiring young people to have their parents with them. But one fast-food franchise may have taken the cake.
February 2, 2023 OnlyFans mom sues school district over volunteering, seeks $100K A parent is suing her children’s school district after they found out about her adult website.
February 8, 2022 Suspect in girl’s drive-by killing arrested at home of the ‘Island Boys,’ per report The man charged with killing eight-year-old Ronziyah Atkins on Friday night apparently grew up with some famous people and was arrested at their home.
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…
March 7, 2020 New and improved website! I’m happy to report the blog CohenConnect.com is new and improved, with a different web host, and more to see at first glance if…
October 18, 2019 Haven’t been in touch for a while. This is partly the reason. To those of you eager to read more blog posts here (this is blog #150!), and news on ThePhillyFiles.com, I’m temporarily sorry. No, I…
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…
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 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…
December 6, 2018 Blogging better in 2019 after hitting 20,000 views in 2018 THANK YOU! I don’t know what else to say. There’s nothing special about hitting 20,000 blog page views except that it’s a big round…
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 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…
October 2, 2018 News starting out good but going downhill fast It’s a happy moment at CohenConnect.com. (Online definition of moment: “a very brief period of time.” The italics are mine.) September’s blog numbers were…
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 14, 2018 Eric Trump and his shekels I try not to go more than a week without posting something. Unfortunately, it has been 11 days dues to holidays that won’t be…
September 3, 2018 Labor Day weekend leftovers I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure you’ve had a busy week, between getting used to having your kids in school or planning what…
August 29, 2018 Ron DeSantis didn’t learn from Roseanne Barr There are just 69 days until the midterm elections (for those of you who really explored all around this all-around great blog to see…
June 27, 2018 The necessity of public unions, now no chance for compromise NOTE: Shortly before publishing, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he’ll retire effective July 31. According to Axios, that’ll give President Donald Trump “a…
June 2, 2018 Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Who would’ve thought of me as some type of music expert? Definitely not anybody who knows me! I’ve been planning this blog for a…
May 31, 2018 Where have you gone, Sasha Savitsky? I don’t know why TV stations (and networks) allow mistakes to remain without corrections but it’s certainly a disservice to viewers and readers. One…