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Sprinting star Christian Miller skipping college for pro path
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The fastest teenager in the country is skipping college and going professional. Creekside graduate and two-time All-News4JAX track and field athlete of the year Christian Miller announced on Friday morning that he is bound for the professional running circuit. It comes on the heels of a fifth-place finish at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials last month. Miller was a candidate to make the relay team pool but was bypassed for the trip to Paris.
Ex-JEA CEO Aaron Zahn tells life story in plea for light sentence in embezzlement case
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Ahead of his sentencing for conspiracy and wire fraud next Tuesday, ex-JEA CEO Aaron Zahn is asking the court to sentence him to probation rather than a years-long prison sentence. In a new document submitted to the federal court, he utilizes his life story, including anecdotes about childhood bullying and his Olympic swimming ambitions to promote himself as "promising young man" who doesn't deserve to be punished. He faces a maximum of 25 years in prison.
Here's why standing near a tree during a storm is dangerous
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Seven people have been killed in the U.S. this year by lightning and two of them have been in Florida. Based on the past 10 years, the U.S. averages 12 lightning deaths through July 22. A 19-year-old man was struck and killed Sunday, June 30...
Scholastic spark: UF-bound Viera High grad awarded $20,000 robotics scholarship
A decade of interest in robotics for Viera High graduate paid off for Samantha Walsh, who recently was surprised to learn she'd won a $20,000 scholarship from Florida Power and Light's FIRST Robotics program. Every year, FPL awards the FIRST Robotics Scholarship to one Florida student with an interest in an engineering or...
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