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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...
24 SW Florida high school football questions we have entering the 2024 season
We're just about a month out from the Friday Night lights turning on for what promises to be a terrific 2024 high school football season. As we reflect on the wild ride that was the 2023 season, which included walkoff wins and intense rivalries, we have about a million questions heading into the upcoming fall slate.
Senior center receives $260K boost for dementia care and mental health. What that means
Baker Senior Center Naples has been awarded $260,000 from the state to address demand for dementia respite support and mental health counseling. The funding comes from the state Department of Elder Affairs, which receives numerous requests from elder-related organizations around the state, said Jaclynn Faffer, president and chief executive officer of the Baker center.
TCPalm wins 8 FSNE awards for best journalism published in 2023
TCPalm won eight awards in the Florida Society of News Editors' annual contest recognizing the best journalism published in 2023, which were presented Thursday at the 2024 Florida Media Conference in Orlando. Among TCPalm's awards, five were for first place, one was for second place and two were for third place. ...
Deadpool & Wolverine hits theaters as FL killer, Deadpool namesake Wade Wilson awaits sentence
As Deadpool & Wolverine hits theaters worldwide, a convicted Florida killer who shares his name with the movie's main character awaits his fate. Deadpool is the alter ego of Wade Wilson, Marvel's trigger-happy mercenary played by Ryan Reynolds. ...
Southwest Florida's growing zones shift north as planet warms; so do half of rest of U.S.
As Earth's thermostat rises, the places where certain plants grow best are shifting north — but most farmers and gardeners don't need to uproot their routines just yet. The U.S. Department of Agriculture updated its map of growing zones relied on by millions of farmers and gardeners nationwide to determine if they remain within the viability zone for their variety of crops or plants.
‘A complete disgrace’: Gov. DeSantis speaks out against US Capitol protests
Governor Ron DeSantis took a break from highlighting Florida's "Back to School" sales tax holiday to speak out against the crowds that gathered to protest Israel's war in Gaza outside of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday.
First sawfish in 16 years of surveying caught, tagged, and released in St. Marys River
The University of North Florida Shark Biology Program caught, tagged, and released the first sawfish recorded in its 16 years of surveying shark populations in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
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