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Kim Lemon is the Senior Anchor and most tenured employee at WGAL News 8. Kim was born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and has spent her whole life in the Susquehanna Valley.

By letting board vacancies languish for years, Gov. DeSantis shows disinterest in governing.

By letting board vacancies languish for years, Gov. DeSantis shows disinterest in governing.

The Florida Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021. Credit: Michael Moline/Florida Phoenix Gov. Ron DeSantis blocked a pardon on Wednesday for Desmond Meade, who led the campaign behind Florida’s voting-rights restoration ballot initiative in 2018, citing Meade’s dishonorable discharge from the military. However, the governor suggested Meade could qualify for restoration of his civil rights, including the right to serve on juries and hold public office, under revised clemency rules that he and the Florid...

DeSantis tries again to strip the Florida Cabinet of its powers Orlando Sentinel 3/10/2021 Gray Rohrer, Orlando Sentinel TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet met Tuesday, wrapping up a year of infrequent gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If DeSantis gets his way, it would have even less to do. For the second year in a row, DeSantis is pushing for a bill to eliminate Cabinet oversight over a slew of agency and state personnel rules and transfer many ...

Its an alloy of metals that was used to make fire hose couplings and nozzles. Now its going to be used to keep alive the memory of firefighters who have died as a result of their work. Six brass couplings from decades-old firehoses are being melted down and used in a statue thats a national tribute to firefighters who have fallen in the line of duty. Kamloops Fire Chief Neill Moroz said Monday the old couplings weigh about seven kilograms each. They arent used any mor...

South Florida Sun Sentinel Supervisor of Elections Peter Antonacci appears before the Broward County commission on Sept. 10, 2020. He predicted turnout in the November election could hit 75%, a record for Broward County. Looking on is County Administrator Bertha Henry in the commission chambers nearly empty because of Covid-19 precautions. TALLAHASSEE --- Receiving praise for his handling of the 2020 election, outgoing Broward County Supervisor of Elections Pete Antonacci was appointed Tuesday...

DeSantis chooses Broward elections supervisor to lead powerful Florida judges Pete Antonacci is a longtime Rick Scott ally who competently overhauled the troubled Broward County elections office.     Pete Antonacci, an attorney seen here in 2009, has served many roles for Gov. Rick Scott: general counsel, executive director of the South Florida Water Management District, CEO of Enterprise Florida, supervisor of elections for Broward County, and now, chief judge of the Florida Division of ...

AP Peter Antonacci, Broward County Supervisor of Elections, talks with the news media as vote-by-mail ballots are loaded into a truck for transport to a local U.S. Postal Service office at the Broward Supervisor of Elections Office, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Lauderhill, Fla. Vote-by-mail ballots will begin going out to residents in Broward County Thursday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Governor Ron DeSantis and The Florida Cabinet chose former Broward County Supervisor of Elections Pete Antonacci ...