Angela Jacobs

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Minka.
Adopted June 2015 and loves her place in the pillows!
I’m not known for spontaneous decisions lol but she’s the BEST one I ever made on an impromptu stop by Orange County Animal Services 🐾 ❤️ Happy National Adopt a Pet Day!

Mom and daughter escape horrors of Ukraine, begin new life in Central Florida

Quick break for dinner on this beautiful Saturday & I’ll be back with .crimi & to bring you the latest at 10 & 11 🎥 📺

Happy Easter 🐣 🙏🏼 💗! After a bit of an unexpected bump in the road with my health, I’m so grateful to be back in the mix at WFTV Channel 9 I can’t begin to thank everyone for the support I’ve received. I still have a ways to go but am forging on ➡️ ⬆️ Here’s to research, exploding advances in cancer treatment, my family, friends & faith ✝️ for helping pave my way back.

Deal reached to cancel $518K sale for Tom Brady’s ‘final’ TD football

Loved seeing my alma mater celebrate the 2nd NCAA Championship in 5 years and in school history.

It's what we came here for and it's coming home to Columbia with us!

Nothing more needs to be said.

Trying to keep this weather guy awake while we wait out the 🏀 nightcap for WFTV Channel 9 at 11… Or vice versa? 🤗 Either way, we’re ready!

Ready in red for ‘s 6,10 & 11 Join us!

And Thank YOU 😊 Central Florida for your response to the need for Meals on Wheels volunteers for Seniors First, Inc. of Central Florida Osceola Council On Aging Senior Resource Alliance and the Council on Aging of Volusia County

Meals on Wheels operations throughout Central Florida in need of volunteers Meals on Wheels operations across Central Florida say they’re desperately in need of volunteers.

Cool temps = Cool PJs 💕 🐾

It’s a WFTV Channel 9 Weather Alert Day tomorrow ☔️ ⛈ has all the details on Sunday’s impending storms with me at 6,10,11 & on wftv.com

1 in 25 adults will be diagnosed with colon cancer this year but only half will live past next December because it was caught too late. Now artificial intelligence is helping doctors spot 30% of cases YEARS earlier. It’s the first breakthrough in the field in more than a decade thats improving screenings and saving lives here in Central Florida.at Orlando’s
Center for Digestive Health l

VIDEO: New AI tech helping Central Florida doctors spot more cases of colon cancer earlier The first breakthrough in more than a decade to improve colon cancer screenings is saving lives right in Central Florida.

A big congratulations to my friend and co survivor thriver here. When you think of jobs “made for people” Heart of Florida United Way has expertly created that for Nancy and I’m so excited to see the undeniable asset she’ll be to their mission across our region ❤️

“They’ve brought me a long way,” On WFTV Channel 9 See the life-changing technology at Life at AdventHealth - the first care center in the US with this innovative FLOAT device helping people walk again after strokes or serious injury.

FLOAT on: New device at AdventHealth Winter Park helps patients walk again The system doesn’t involve water, and allows patients recovering from strokes, brain injuries or broken bones to safely find their steps again on the ground.

"It's a tragedy, really." On WFTV Channel 9 Families, advocates say state should reassess priorities when it comes to its waitlist of more than 22k for disability services. Thanks for adding your voices Florida DD Waitlist Campaign Florida Center for Inclusive Communities - FCIC Down Syndrome Association of Central Florida

VIDEO: Special session won’t address long-running waitlist for services for people with disability Right now, the list stands at nearly 23,000 people.

On WFTV Channel 9 “So happy he’s home,” Bugsy’s back after Orange County Sheriff's Office, Florida detectives bust dog trafficking ring, uncovering puppy “chop shop” in an underground grisly black market for across the area.

Theft of French bulldog leads detectives to unravel dog trafficking ring; microchips cut out of dogs The theft of a French bulldog named Bugsy led Orange County deputies to make a disturbing discovery of animal cruelty, officials said.

On WFTV Channel 9 A vaccine for breast cancer? 🙋🏼‍♀️The work of researchers underway at Cleveland Clinic aims to to create just that, zeroing in on an aggressive form called triple negative or TNBC. It’s said to be rare, accounting for just 15% of BC diagnoses but it doesn’t feel that way with at least three lives including my own impacted by this invader in my own newsroom.
Thank you fellow survivor Cindy Kaplus and Libby's Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation for helping us with this story.

VIDEO: First-of-its-kind study looks to find vaccine for rare but aggressive form of breast cancer Triple negative breast cancer is a rare form of breast cancer, making up just 15% of cases, but it’s also one of the most aggressive.

Colin Powell: Here are the ‘13 Rules’ Powell says he lived his life by Gen. Colin Powell, who died Monday of complications of the COVID-19 virus, is being remembered not only as the first Black secretary of state who had a celebrated career in the military, but also for the lessons he shared later in life about his decades of service to the United States.

More hot stuff ahead in Saturday night’s weather magic with Rusty ☀️🥵 7 day forecast = all in the 90s 🤦🏼‍♀️ 🎃

HOPE and HEALING 💗 🎀 💗

Tonight I’m so happy to be a part as presents “Hope and Healing,” 30 minutes of powerful information about

Along with & … We’ll highlight how the underserved can get the help they need, new advancements in care at Breast Care Center and how those diagnosed who are pregnant can navigate their journey.
It all starts at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 on Channel 9, wftv.com, and the news app. The special will also replay throughout the weekend on the WFTV Now app for your smart TV.

Tonight at 7:30pm! Please join my fellow survivors Vanessa Echols, WFTV Nancy Alvarez, WFTV, and myself on WFTV Channel 9 as we take a look at the resources and treatment breakthroughs before, during, and after breast cancer at.wftv.com/2ZDZjF1

‘Hope & Healing’: How to watch Eyewitness News presents “Hope and Healing” in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

So well said by my fellow survivor thriver Nancy Alvarez, WFTV 💕

Above all else, she is a mom.
And yet another woman now in the fight.

Sending strength. ❤️

Full statement from Governor Ron DeSantis:

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis released the following statement regarding First Lady Casey DeSantis:

“I am saddened to report that Florida’s esteemed First Lady and my beloved wife has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

As the mother of three young children, Casey is the centerpiece of our family and has made an impact on the lives of countless Floridians through her initiatives as First Lady.

As she faces the most difficult test of her life, she will have not only have my unwavering support but the support of our entire family, as well as the prayers and well wishes from Floridians across our state.
Casey is a true fighter, and she will never, never, never give up.” – Governor Ron DeSantis

Granted, I've only been in the state 16 years... so to broaden my perspective, my fellow Floridians, do you ever remember something like this happening before? WATCH WFTV Channel 9 story - OUC asking water customers to start conserving water immediately
https://www.facebook.com/wftv/posts/10159209446473145

OUC asking water customers to start conserving water immediately: Here’s why Liquid oxygen is now in short supply due to a record number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and OUC said its supply is running low.