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150-year-old lighthouse illuminated for first time in a decade in the Florida Keys
A 150-year-old beacon that helped guide ships through the treacherous Florida Keys coral reefs before GPS, sonar and other technology made it obsolete is shining again as part of a national effort to save historic lighthouses that have dotted the U.S. coast for more than a century.
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Florida reports new case of locally contracted malaria bringing total to 7
Officials say a seventh case of malaria has been documented in a southwest Florida county. The Florida Department of Health reported a new locally acquired case of malaria in Sarasota County during the week of July 9-15. That’s in addition to five cases last month and one case in May. Sarasota County, along with Manatee County directly to the north,...
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Six Inmates Injured In Van Crash On Florida Highway
Six inmates were hospitalized after a transport van crashed on a Florida highway, authorities said Sunday. A box truck rear-ended the van on 1-75 near Belleview. The van was driven by U.S. Corrections, a private inmate services company, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Six inmates were taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. A seventh inmate was...
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2 Florida Men Accused of Defrauding Investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud charges against a Florida man investigators say took $1.2 million in investor funds for personal use.
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Impact Fees, Wildlife, Cemetery Bills Signed By DeSantis
Bills to reduce local impact fees charged against developers, creating a task force on abandoned Black cemeteries and making wildlife trafficking a racketeering crime have been signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Republican governor signed more than two dozen bills announced late Friday, according a news release from his office. The impact fee bill reduces how much local…
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Tampa Teacher Arrested for Allegedly Having Sex With Student
Officials in Florida say a high school teacher has been arrested on charges he had sex with a student for more than a year
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Ballet Conservatory Co-Founder Accused of Molesting Student
Police say the co-founder and artistic director of the St. Petersburg Ballet Conservatory has been arrested on battery and molestation charges.
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Woman Gets 15 Years for Jacksonville DUI Crash That Killed 1 Mother
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for a drunken driving crash that left an off-duty corrections officer dead. Kim Michelle Johnston, 46, pleaded no contest to DUI manslaughter in October in St. Johns County court, the Florida Times-Union reported. Cathy Adams, 43, and her husband were heading home to Jacksonville on Interstate 95…