Florida State has earned national attention for its haul on the recruiting trail over the last seven days. The Seminoles are putting together the makings of another top-15 class but the reality of the situation is they won’t land every single prospect that they covet.

On Monday, four-star linebacker Gavin Nix announced on social media that he was committing to Miami over FSU. Nix was one of the names near the top of the linebacker board after coming through Tallahassee for an official visit at the end of June.

The Florida native was on campus twice this year, including last weekend. He also took official visits to Miami and Oregon.

This is certainly a nice pickup for the Hurricanes but it’s not really the end of the world for Florida State. The Seminoles already have four-star Ethan Pritchard committed and are in the driver’s seat to land four-star Tavion Wallace, who will announce tomorrow between the Seminoles, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, and South Carolina. Plus, the coaching staff is continuing to do its due diligence on Ohio State pledge TJ Alford.

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Nix is coming off a junior season at IMG Academy where he recorded 42 tackles, seven tackles for loss, and one sack.

The 6-foot-0, 225-pound linebacker is regarded as the No. 88 overall prospect, the No. 11 LB, and the No. 15 recruit in Florida in the 2025 class according to 247Sports.

Florida State holds nine verbal commitments in #Tribe25 which ranks No. 36 in the country. The Seminoles have more than doubled their class over the past few weeks after landing four-star defensive tackle Kevin Wynn, four-star wide receiver CJ Wiley, four-star defensive tackle Myron Charles, four-star tight end Chase Loftin, and four-star defensive back Zae Thomas.

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NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – A North Miami mother was arrested over the weekend after police said she beat her son with a wooden stick and threw him to the floor.

The incident was reported around 7 p.m. Saturday in the 2200 block of Sole Mia Way.

According to the woman’s arrest report, her daughter witnessed the beating and ran to a security guard before police were called.

North Miami police said the victim told responding officers that his mother, Carolina Barco, 33, was upset with him because he didn’t do his chores.

He said she became irate, grabbing a thick wooden stick and striking him multiple times on both his arms with it, according to the report.

The report states Barco also struck her son with an open hand on his face and body, squeezed his face with both her hands and then threw him to the floor.

Police said he sustained a small cut on the right side of his face and a cut to his left thumb, which also appeared to be slightly swollen.

Large bruises were also spotted on his arms, authorities said.

According to the report, the victim told police he did not want to go back inside the home with his mother.

Police said Barco denied hitting her son, but said she left her kids alone for about 20 minutes and returned to find the house a mess.

She claimed her son didn’t help clean up after she told him to do so and had been inside playing video games.

Barco was arrested on a child abuse charge.

As of Monday afternoon, she remained held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $5,000 bond.

The boy’s age was not released by police.

It’s not clear who is currently caring for Barco’s two children.

• Under this new plan, one-way tickets to Miami on this route are $17.50. It would cost $35 a day to take the train in both directions.
• It will only stop at Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport, and the transfer station before reaching MiamiCentral.
• The express train will leave the West Palm Beach Station at 6:30 a.m. and get to MiamiCentral at 8:05 a.m.
• In the afternoons, the express train will leave Miami at 5:35 p.m.

A new way to get from West Palm Beach to the Magic City kicked off Monday morning.
Tri Rail is launching their pilot program for an express route to Miami, eliminating more than 10 stops along the way.
I asked Tri Rail leaders why they’re deciding to launch this now and if this has anything to do with Brightline rising their prices for their tickets.
Their answer was yes.
Brightline made the decision to get rid of their train passes, effective June 1.
They say “it has become increasingly difficult to accommodate all guests as peak trains are reaching capacity,” according to their website.
Before, you could buy 40 one way tickets for $400. Now, After their price increase and changes that started this month, those same 40 tickets would cost you $1,400.
Brightline says they worked with Tri Rail to alleviate this.
Under this new plan, one-way tickets to Miami on this route are $17.50. It would cost $35 a day to take the train in both directions.
I asked the executive director of South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, which runs Tri Rail how that relationship worked.
“We went through our schedule to see if we could actually squeeze it in. We saw that we could, and then we went to the board for the budget for it,” said David Dech SFRTA’s executive director. “Brightline recognized that there were going to be some people that were upset with the pricing and reached out to see if there was something we could do to help everybody.”
It’s a one-seat ride, meaning passengers won’t have to transfer.
The express train will leave the West Palm Beach Station on Tamarind Avenue and Clematis Street at 6:30 a.m. each weekday and get to MiamiCentral at 8:05 a.m.
In the afternoons, the express train will leave Miami at 5:35 p.m.
Tri Rail says this will cut the drive time between West palm beach and Miami by more than 30 minutes.
The new express route also eliminates a bunch of stops.
It will only stop at Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport, and the transfer station before reaching MiamiCentral.
The stops that were kept were chosen strategically, according to Tri Rail.
WPTV about more trains becoming available for this route. Dech says they’ll use all the information they get from the pilot to decide if they can add more trains to this route.
“Later on in the year we’ll be able to evaluate our business model in general,” said Dech. “I don’t have the funding or the equipment to just put on a whole bunch of additional express trains. We do share this line with Amtrak, we share this line with CSX. We don’t have a blank check to go out and kind of do whatever we want. But this is a good opportunity to see if there really is a demand.”

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