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Dale Smith Jr. Held Without Bond in Michelle Parker Case After Second-Degree Murder Arrest

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published October 15, 2026
The tall white Orange County Courthouse building in downtown Orlando, Florida, against a blue sky.

Dale Smith Jr., ex-fiancé of Michelle Parker, missing since 2011, was held without bond after his Oct. 14 arrest on a second-degree murder charge; what is reported and what is unknown.

Categories Crime Tags Orange County

Marie Weakens to a Tropical Storm Offshore, But Its Swell Keeps Southern California Beaches Dangerous Through Tuesday

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 6, 2026 · Updated October 15, 2026
AI-generated illustration: floodwater

Marie, now a tropical storm, will not come ashore in California. But the storm, spinning in the Pacific hundreds of miles offshore, has already flooded Seal Beach’s 8th Street

Categories Weather & Disasters Tags Orange County, San Diego, Southern California

Breeze Airways Pauses Four Florida Routes and Its Charleston-CancĂșn Flight for September, With Most Service Returning by October

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published August 24, 2026 · Updated October 15, 2026
A Breeze Airways Airbus A220 aircraft with blue livery on the tarmac

Breeze Airways is temporarily pulling back on five routes starting in early September 2026, with four of them scheduled to return by the start of October

Categories Money Tags Orange County
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