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Blountstown named top Class 1A athletic program
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WMBB) – Blountstown High School earned the Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup All-Sports Award, signifying them as the top Class 1A athletic program in Florida for 2023-2024. The Florida High School Athletic Association presents the award each year to a school in every classification. Blountstown was the only Class 1A high school in […]
John Morgan, Florida's 'Pot Daddy,' now the voice of recreational marijuana ad campaign
USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida. The group behind the proposed recreational marijuana state constitutional amendment appearing on Florida's 2024 ballot announced that it has launched a $1.1 million radio advertising campaign. And 'Pot Daddy' John Morgan is the voice behind it. “Throughout the month of July, our campaign will remind...
‘It’s brutal:’ Central Florida workers await new extreme heat rules from Biden administration
APOPKA, Fla. – Working outdoors in Central Florida can be more than exhausting, it’s dangerous. Apopka has many farms that hire workers to be outdoors in extreme heat. “It’s brutal, it’s exhausting, it’s painful, they get nauseous, they get cramps, they get headaches, they faint,” said Ernesto Ruiz, describing the heat-related difficulties of the farm workers he represents at The Farmworker Association of Florida.
'A lot of rainfall': Some Floridians currently in Jamaica as Hurricane Beryl sweeps through island
— Powerful winds and rain swept through Jamaica on Wednesday as Hurricane Beryl made its way through the island. "I’m supposed to get out all the flights are unavailable so I’m hoping that by Thursday, Friday I should be able to get out," Maureen Green, vice president of Free Spirit Outreach in West Palm Beach, told WPBF 25 News.
South Florida students lead the charge against plastic waste: ‘It is our job’
DORAL, Fla. – The biggest worldwide campaign that encourages people to reduce their use of single-use plastics is in full swing. Plastic Free July is now in its 13th year and in South Florida, youth are leading the charge in this fight. On a hot summer day, Local 10...
Florida health department data captured in cyberattack, hackers claim
TALLAHASSEE — A hacker group claims it has breached the Florida Department of Health and gained access to a large amount of potentially sensitive data on Floridians. The RansomHub ransomware group said in a post on the dark web that it will release 100 gigabytes of department data unless the state pays an undisclosed amount of money. A database of all of the state’s payments to contractors in a year takes up about 0.1 gigabytes.)
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