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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In 2020, there were 746 fatalities from crashes involving alcohol, drugs, or a combination of both in Florida – a decrease of more than 33% from 2019. Even though impaired-driving fatalities decreased last year, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) is not letting off the gas for impaired-driving education and prevention efforts in 2021. Throughout the month of March, when Florida traditionally sees an increase in travel and visitors due to spring break, FLHSMV and its division of the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) are leading the Never Dr...

A pair of bids separated by less than 1% for the city’s annual summer street mill and overlay project sparked a brief debate by the Hutchinson City Council on Tuesday about granting a preference to local bidders. Ultimately, the council awarded the $1.139 million project to the low bidder, Pearson Construction LLC of Wichita, but several council members asked that the board revisit the city’s bid policy. Mayor Steve Garza first raised the local preference issue on the paving bid, saying he’d received a lot of phone calls about the No. 2 bidder, APAC-Kansas Shears Division, being a loca...

Chronicle-Independent Pearson recognized by Clemson World Magazine Jeff Pearson Today, Clemson World Magazine is recognizing Chronicle-Independent columnist Jeff Pearson as its featured Clemson alumnus. While the feature discussed Pearson’s accomplishments as a writer, attorney, and military veteran, Clemson World revealed much more, asking Pearson questions about both his personal and professional life. Latest

Florida police departments review policies, procedures and training The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has prompted police departments around Florida to review their policies, procedures and training. On the afternoon of Aug. 27, a woman in Deltona called police to report that a bearded black man wearing a white tank top and dark shorts had stolen a string trimmer from her back yard. Meanwhile, Joseph Griffin had gone for a jog in his Deltona neighborhood, about two miles from the woman’s house. Griffin, 28, a former Army staff sergeant, is an assistant nurse manager in the intensiv...

the deficit is three. and the time remaining is 2:20. henrik sedin fires it down. daniel sedin canceled the icing. around with it. centering pass bounced around. burrows to sedin. then, back to tanev. showing a lot of skill. lost that one. continues to work. kicked back to center. we're under two minutes to go. >> pierre: campbell and paille, excellent for the bruins all game long. >> mike: daniel sedin brought that back in. dropped off for henrik sedin. chara goes back after that one. poked along for seguin. nice pass out of there. to the cage. and two on the goaltender. would not g...