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By Gordon Byrd
Jun 26, 2021
SURFSIDE -- Hope was a word used a lot during Friday evening's news conference updating the search for more than 150 missing people at the site of a condominium collapse in Surfside.
"We are working, and we have hope," Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said. "We are working around the clock to find people and bring them out safely. (Our rescue team) has hope and we are standing with them. They are working tirelessly, they are passionate about this. They are dedicated to finding people in the rubble."
Even though no additional survivors have been found, Cava says there are good reasons to remain hopeful. "They see fissures that they could go in... places they could break through... and as long as they have encouraging signs, such as knocking sounds, they will continue." Cava insists rescues are possible as much as a week after the collapse, based on experience in other rescues.

The number of people unaccounted for has dramatically increased.

Hillsborough deputies ID'd her as a security guard at a Town and Country apartment complex

An enormous dinosaur species found in Australia, a mermaid blamed for tragedies in Jamaica, and an eerie ghost encounter n Singapore are among the strange, unusual, and enlightening stories to cross our desk this week.

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By Gordon Byrd
Jun 9, 2021
WINTER HAVEN -- A youth pastor at a Lakeland church is off the job and facing charges, after deputies say he attempted a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl he was counseling.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says Andrew Weaver, 29, was married when his "counseling" took an inappropriate turn with the girl, who was a member of his youth group. According to the sheriff, the girl showed him nude pictures on her phone but did not transmit them to him. They met at the church and Weaver drove her to a motel in Mulberry around New Year's. He rented a room and they were "making out" when what Judd describes as "an angel" knocked on the door... "disguised as a maid." The two got spooked and took off back to the church.

Sandwich generation looks for help with aging relatives as there's a caregiver shortage

Revelations concerning the forthcoming Pentagon UFO report, a teenager who saved her dogs from a bear, and an 'alien entity' spotted in India were among the strange stories to cross our desk this week.

Florida News, From Miami to Tampa, Orlando to Tallahassee and everywhere in between.

Tyler Zombro had to be taken off the field on a stretcher.

He was working with a multi-agency drug probe and is expected to get out of the hospital quickly

Florida News, From Miami to Tampa, Orlando to Tallahassee and everywhere in between.

Police vowing to solve multiple mass shootings in Miami-Dade over the holiday weekend.

Possible thermal images of Australia's Bigfoot, a 9/11-themed bar, and a man in Spain who died inside a dinosaur statue were among the strange and unusual stories to cross our desk this past week.

The governor says the plan could save the state $150 million

By Gordon Byrd
May 27, 2021
ST. PETERSBURG -- Police are investigating after officers discovered graffiti on an outside wall of the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg early Thursday morning, including a swastika and antisemitic language.
Sanitation workers painted over the graffiti, which included the words "Jews are guilty". Detectives are investigating this as a hate crime and are reviewing surveillance video.
St Petersburg mayor Rick Kriseman said it showed his city is "not immune from hate."
The Florida Holocaust Museum issued a statement, quoted in part:
“This act of hatred demonstrates that the work of the Florida Holocaust Museum is more important than ever,” said Elizabeth Gelman, Executive Director of The Florida Holocaust Museum. “We remain committed to our vital mission to prevent future genocides and educate people about the dangers of antisemitism and other forms of racism and hatred. Clearly, our society still has a long way to go. The Museum deeply appreciates the responsiveness and professionalism of the St. Petersburg Police Department and its dedicated officers.”