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Officials reluctant to force couple to remove protective fence
Officials in The Villages can’t seem to find an answer as a couple in The Villages fights to keep their protective fence. Peter and Nancy Blackmore of the Village of Caroline erected the stockade fence more than a decade ago on The Villages’ eastern front. Their home backs up to Cherry Lake Road. At first, they hoped to block out noise from traffic. They added “K-9 on Duty,” signs to deter potential foot traffic from wandering in from the increasingly busy roadway. Now the massive Hammock Oaks development across Cherry Lake Road will soon be home to thousands of new Lady Lake residents.
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Marion man gets 30 years in prison for abusing elderly girlfriend over bank account charges
A Marion County man who beat and choked his elderly ex-girlfriend following an argument over “suspicious transactions” in his bank account will spend the next three decades in prison. On Wednesday, July 17, 53-year-old Dunnellon resident Thomas Harold Gibson III was found guilty of one felony count of...
Flights canceled at Central Florida airports while worldwide technology outage forces ground stops
ORLANDO, Fla. – Several major airlines have delayed or canceled flights Friday due to a global technology disruption affecting Microsoft. Delta, United, American and Frontier were among the major U.S. airlines reporting ground stops Friday morning after an update pushed to Windows users by information security vendor CrowdStrike impacted access to Microsoft 365 apps and services worldwide.
60 migrants lost at sea en route from Bahamas to Florida, officials say
MIAMI — The search for about 60 migrants lost at sea who departed the Bahamas earlier this month for Florida has been called off, according to U.S. and Bahamian officials. The announcement came late Thursday night from Homeland Security Task Force — Southeast. Sharing a statement from the...
Police arrest man accused in multi-county crime spree throughout Florida, including thefts in Dania Beach and Doral
DANIA BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A suspected thief who, police said, went on a crime spree throughout the state of Florida, was arrested on Tuesday by officers in Miami-Dade County. During his court appearance on Wednesday, 35-year-old Alex Luis appeared before a judge who denied him bond. According to police,...
Pinellas supervisor race latest in Florida to feature elections denier
The allegations were outlandish, but they still shocked Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Julie Marcus when they appeared on a blog in 2022. Clearwater resident Chris Gleason claimed that Pinellas County was “ground zero” for mail ballot fraud that stole the 2020 election from former President Donald Trump, even though Trump won Florida. To his followers online and at local political clubs, Gleason spread allegations that Marcus erased votes and attempted to hide the evidence, which Marcus said is “categorically false.”
Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws such as those in Florida are national security risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is warning that state laws that restrict banks from considering environmental, social and governance factors could harm efforts to address money laundering and terrorism financing. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter sent Thursday to lawmakers. The letter singled out a...
Missing money? 1 in 5 Florida residents have unclaimed cash, here's how to search
The state of Florida returned more than $26 million in unclaimed property to residents last month, according to a release from the state's Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, part of $2.5 billion that has been returned since 2017 through FLTreasureHunt.gov. All you have to do to get yours (if you have any) is ask.
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