West Palm Beach – November 03, 2026 -- Residents displaced by the November 1 aircraft crash in Palm Beach County, Florida, will be able to apply for direct financial grants from a new relief fund, and the Emergency Assistance Foundation (EAF) is now collecting the donations to pay for them.

St. Petersburg – November 03, 2026 -- Duke Energy Florida customers will pay less for electricity in 2027. The Florida Public Service Commission approved the utility's request to lower rates, and a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) a month will see a $33 decrease on the January 2027 bill compared with January 2026.

Miami – November 03, 2026 -- Students at NOVA Tennis Academy in Florida will start using TennisAC, an AI app that analyzes smartphone videos of their strokes and suggests fixes, during their regular training sessions.

A sophomore built the app to expose technical mistakes

Alex Chudakov, a sophomore at David Posnack Jewish Day School in South Florida and a competitive tennis player, created TennisAC to help athletes understand their technical errors and find areas to improve.

Vero Beach – November 03, 2026 -- Florida homebuyers should check a property's flood zone, elevation and insurance costs before making an offer, according to a HelloNation article featuring Vero Beach real estate expert Alex MacWilliam IV of AMAC | Alex MacWilliam Real Estate.

Arlington, Virginia – November 03, 2026 -- Season 46 of Military Makeover with Montel premieres November 5 at 7:30 a.m. ET/PT on Lifetime. The season follows the full renovation of the Florida home of the Weatherholt family, with support from the Navy Mutual Aid Association, which is marking its tenth year of partnership with the show.

LAKEWOOD RANCH – November 02, 2026 -- Residents of Lakewood Ranch, Florida, can book private infrared sauna and light therapy sessions starting this November, when BEEM Light Sauna opens a new locally owned studio.

SANTA ROSA BEACH – November 01, 2026 -- Before you commit to a gallon of paint, a number printed on the chip can tell you how light or dark a color will feel on your walls. It's called light reflectance value (LRV), and a new HelloNation article draws on insights from Wendy Anguiano, an interior design expert in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, to explain how to use it.

Mattoon – October 30, 2026 -- Starting Nov. 1, Rural King is replacing point-earning in its free Rural King Rewards program with members-only pricing, and 10 Hot Deals will be available at its stores nationwide.

Southeast Hot Deals pilot goes national

The Hot Deals program launched in September at participating stores in Florida, Alabama and Georgia. It gave members steep discounts on 10 everyday essentials, including pet food, livestock feed, household supplies and automotive products. Prices were at least 25% below normal market prices.

Sarasota – October 30, 2026 -- Drivers and dealerships in Florida and South Carolina can now get qualifying windshield damage repaired, not just replaced, by Service Pros Auto Glass.

Repair is new, replacement is not

Service Pros has long handled windshield replacements for drivers and dealerships in both states. Repair is a new service, offered for damage that qualifies under the industry's national standard.

Punta Gorda – October 29, 2026 -- Florida buyers weighing a custom build against a production home get a clear argument for going custom in a new HelloNation feature: lower insurance and energy costs, plus stronger resale value. The article draws on insights from Paul H Schaefer II, a home building expert at Sage Homes LLC in Punta Gorda, and focuses on Punta Gorda and Charlotte County.