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HERNANDO COUNTY: 20-Year-Old Spring Hill Woman Dies in US-19 Crash
Weeki Wachee, FL –A 20-year-old woman from Spring Hill died in a single-vehicle accident on US-19 north of SR-50 on Friday evening, August 23rd. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, around 6:20 PM, the 20-year-old woman was driving a Kia K5 and lost control of her vehicle while traveling north of SR-50. The vehicle veered off the roadway, crossed the east shoulder, and struck a utility pole. The car continued through the parking lot of the Animal Care Center Weeki Wachee before coming to a rest in a nearby wooded area.
Lakeland’s Newest Hotspot is a Speakeasy Called ‘La Gran Muralla’
This month, more than 100,000 Lakelanders turned to LkldNow for the local news they need. To keep our tiny but mighty team reporting, we need to raise $5,000 by the end of August. Your gift of $5, $100, or anything in between makes a difference. Every bit helps us keep...
‘That was PERSONAL’: School switches balloon drop for beach ball drop at graduation, and nearly wipes out the next generation in one go
Let’s get sober for a moment here; the generations that inhabit the “growing up” portions of the human race right now have a pretty rough shake of things ahead. Rent continues to go to the moon while wages stay at terrestrial levels, you have to pay a premium for nutritious groceries these days, and at this rate, it seems like a matter of time before the winners of the working class are decided by the daily King Of The Hill matches that take place on the charter bus bound for one of the millions of Amazon factories, each of which can only afford to pay so many workers each day.
St. Pete to launch advanced air mobility task force
St. Petersburg officials have established an advanced air mobility task force’s framework, less than a month after stressing the need to “catch up” with the rapidly progressing industry. Advanced air mobility (AAM) is a nascent aerospace sector that utilizes electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) to...
Sarasota Rising’s Living Arts Festival taking shape for November debut
Since he took on the task of spearheading a new festival celebrating Sarasota’s abundant and diverse arts scene about three years ago, Jeffery Kin has been juggling a lot of challenges, but none more important than trying to define and establish exactly what Sarasota Rising’s first Living Arts Festival would be. Kin, the former producing artistic director of the Sarasota Players, always had a vision for an event that would highlight the dozens of arts organizations in...
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This modern and stylish residence encompasses 3,460 square feet of generously proportioned one-story open concept living featuring an expansive outdoors with over 1,950 square feet of screened lanai boasting abundant under cover spaces, soaring ceilings, travertine pavers, full summer kitchen, fire table, PebbleTec heated pool/spa with sun shelf, panoramic clearview screen, all amidst a privately fenced preserve setting.
Drier and Brighter Conditions to Return
Following what was a soggy and stormy Saturday across South Florida, which included a record 2.99 inches of rain at Miami International Airport, a drier and brighter weather pattern — relatively speaking — will settle in to start the next week. The tropical wave we’ve been following is...
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