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11-year-old Virginia boy charged with making swatting calls to Florida schools
Authorities say an 11-year-Virginia boy is charged in Florida with calling in more than 20 bomb or shooting threats at schools. Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said Thursday that investigators were particularly motivated to find the caller before students returned to school next month. Emergency services received the first bomb threat on May 14. They continued for another week. Investigators tracked the calls to a home near Richmond, Virginia. Local deputies executed a search warrant at the home this month, and said the 11-year-old boy who lived there admitted making the Florida swatting calls.
Florida denies discrimination lawsuit against FAMU
Disputing that state policies are discriminatory and rooted in segregation, Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office has asked a federal appeals court to reject a potential class-action lawsuit about issues such as funding and programs at historically Black Florida A&M University. Lawyers in Moody’s office filed an 85-page brief last...
Florida's back-to-school tax-free holiday is coming up. Here is what you can buy
Florida is set to have its first back-to-school sales tax holiday this weekend, which will undoubtedly save parents big bucks on school supplies, new clothes and any gadgets they might need for the upcoming school year. Be on the look out for ongoing sales to compound the savings, which typically...
Election 2024: Kamala Harris campaign to launch Florida ground game this weekend
Florida Democrats this weekend will begin doing the groundwork to harvest the state's 30 presidential electoral votes for Vice President Kamala Harris in November and deny former President Donald Trump a second term. Sunday marks 100 days to Election Day, and Democrats will rally around that milestone in cities from...
Avelo Airlines expanding service in Central Florida
POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Less than two months after opening service from Lakeland’s airport, Avelo Airlines is expanding service with multiple routes from the airport. And the airline is adding a route from another Central Florida airport as well. What You Need To Know. Avelo Airlines will be...
Woman at heart of Geneva Co. Alabama ‘love triangle’ shooting arrested in Florida
HOLMES COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) — A woman at the center of a deadly “love triangle” in Geneva County has been arrested on drug charges in the Florida panhandle just months after her husband was found guilty. According to the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office, Penny Carnley was arrested on Saturday, July 20, during a traffic stop […]
FWC unravels organized fraud case involving Florida’s Osceola turkey, four arrested on felony charges
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - On July 24, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Division of Law Enforcement announced charges against four individuals involved in a fraudulent scheme to defraud hunters seeking Osceola turkey hunts. Larry William Collins, David Preston Mills, Paul Neil Beckham, and Vernon Robert Flowers...
Hernando County deputies say security cameras capture three teens breaking into an abandoned golf clubhouse
HERNANDO COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) arrested three teenagers after they were caught on security video trespassing inside an abandoned building. Deputies were dispatched to the shuttered Seven Hills Golf Clubhouse located at 10599 Fairchild Road in Spring Hill after a report of...
Duke sues to eject Starkey Market activities from power line property
Encouraging public recreation and entertainment next to high-voltage electric transmission lines is a bad idea, says Duke Energy in a lawsuit it has filed against the Starkey Market in New Port Richey and its affiliated companies and owners. So is using Duke’s land for a blueberry nursery, piling up mulch...
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