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Sheriff says girl met contacts on social media and set up a "ride' to meet a 22-year-old man

An emergency announcement from the federal government leads to quick action at some Florida COVID-19 vaccination sites.

Your FPL Bill will jump about $4 a month to account for natural gas price hikes.

By Gordon Byrd
Dec 24, 2020
TALLAHASSEE -- Rebekah Jones, the fired former state data analyst who went on to create her own site offering Florida pandemic numbers that disagreed with those released by the state, says she plans to leave the Sunshine State.
This follows the events of December 7th, when FDLE agents and local police armed with a search warrant took a computer from her home. They were investigating a message sent over state emergency channels that appeared to come from her IP address.
Jones says on her blog that "My family is no longer safe living in this state, and I cannot and will not ask them to make sacrifices of that magnitude for the work I am doing."

Jan 3, 2020
History may not define us, but it can sure tell us where we’ve been, if we’ll only look.It seems that these days we’d rather wipe out history instead of recalling it.And the victimhood crowd is always looking for something to whine about and something as simple as calling the South Dixie is apparently it.
We’re smart in this country in other ways and IN A HANDBASKET will take us to the ultimate in handling criminal convicts.
A USA Today columnist has decided the folks at church in Texas who were ready to defend themselves and their friends are “terrifying.”I suppose being a victim is more palatable to the author.Staying in the gun world, it appears the climate in Virginia has gun sales on the rise.I would have thought so.

Jan 3, 2020
Standoff With Shooting Suspect Ends In Polk County
(Lakeland, FL) -- A standoff that lasted almost 24 hours is over in Polk County. Deputies last night arrested Lakeland's Nickolus Johnson after he barricaded himself and two children inside a home in Kathleen. The standoff started after the 30-year-old allegedly shot his girlfriend, who was not hurt. Johnson will be charged with attempted murder. 
Woman Shot In Palm Bay
(Palm Bay, FL) -- A woman is hurt after a shooting in Brevard County. It happened last night in Palm Bay on Wildbriar Road. The woman was taken to the hospital, and she's in stable condition. No arrest has been announced, and there's no word on a motive. 

After two men are kicked out of a Deerfield Beach business for fighting, they return twice, the second time armed with a machete and a gun. Broward Sheriff’s Office violent crimes detectives are releasing surveillance video of the subjects and are asking the public to help identify them. 

There are a few hoops that parents will have to go through, but once you do, admission will be free for the young children at not just SeaWorld and Busch Gardens, but at both parks' water parks as well.

Charges are pending against the truck driver who crashed into the Desert Inn at State Road 60 and U.S. 441 over the weekend.

The airport had to close overnight due to heavy rain and localized flooding. Flight operations are resuming, but airport officials warn that some services are still not available.

Dec 19, 2019
House Votes To Impeach Trump, Gaetz Calls It Slap In Face
(Washington, DC) -- Florida Republican Matt Gaetz [[ gates ]] is calling the House's decision to impeach President Trump a slap in the face to the Americans who voted for him. House Democrats voted yesterday to impeach Trump on abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. They say Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals. Representative Gaetz said Democrats should shoulder a heavy burden of shame and guilt.
Poll: Nearly Half Of Floridians Divided On Trump Impeachment
(Orlando, FL) -- Nearly half of Floridians are divided when it comes to impeaching President Trump. A Mason-Dixon poll out yesterday shows 46-percent of registered voters in the state who're surveyed support impeaching the president, while 50-percent oppose it. The rest of those polled aren't fans of the president but don't want to impeach him either. The House voted last night to impeach Trump on two articles -- abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. A Senate trial is expected to begin next month.

…like James and the Giant Peach, only not as entertaining

…plus Commission falls for Lober Pet project

Dec 18, 2019
Key NASA Flight Test Set For Friday
(Kennedy Space Center, FL) -- A key flight test for future space missions is set to launch early Friday from Florida's Space Coast. It will test the performance of the Atlas V rocket, its in-orbit docking with the International Space Station, and the landing of the capsule. The data collected will be studied to ensure it's safe for future crewed missions. The Atlas V will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:36 a.m. Friday.
Man Arrested At Disney World For Gun In Backpack
(Orlando, FL) -- A Boynton Beach man is banned from the happiest place on Earth after trying to take a loaded gun into Disney World. Nathan Polit told deputies Sunday he forgot to take the gun out of his backpack, but they think he was sneaking it in because he was standing in a "no bag line." The guy never made it past the security checkpoint at Animal Kingdom. He was arrested and charged with carrying a concealed firearm. Walt Disney World also issued the man a trespass warning.

…or not

The school districts in Broward, Orange, St. Lucie and others say it's unconstitutional to allow the state to give charters local tax dollars without the districts' approval.

By Gordon Byrd
PORT RICHEY -- A middle school secretary is facing charges of transmitting pornography to a minor.
Pasco deputies arrested Chasco Middle School employee Heather Matheison, 25, of Hudson, Friday afternoon. They say she sent a Snapchat video showing her with pants off, engaged in self-pleasure, to a 14-year-old boy.
The arrest report does not make clear whether the teen was a student, but the arrest report says the complaint was taken at the school. The boy's mother complained to deputies. The Snapchat video went away but the teen still had the video, and sent it to his mother in Facebook Messenger.

Central Florida won't be the site for a migrant children's shelter