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A grand jury indicted Franco-Leon in November on 28 counts, accusing him of aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault against both girls. Franco-Leon groomed and preyed upon his victims for years, stalking them online and engaging in sexual activity beginning in 2015, prosecutors said. He allegedly admitted to one of the relationships when he was arrested in March 2018. Prosecutors say the acts occurred on various occasions between 2015 and 2019. Franco-Leon allegedly told police he resigned from Morris Catholic in 2018 after he developed an "emotional connection" with one of the girls. ...

Here's your morning briefing of what you need to know in Florida politics.

SPRINGFIELD John Cooper was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. The son of a county attorney, and the grandson of a Kentucky Supreme Court Justice, Cooper had everything he needed and almost everything he wanted, he tells the crowd polishing off tacos and rice in a conference room. Despite a stellar upbringing, Cooper said he still “had that hole in my soul.” He never felt good enough, he never fit in. “I was insecure, I felt less than because I never felt I like measured up,” Cooper said. “I still feel like that sometimes.” But when Cooper got a hold of his d...

John Graves wrote books and taught writing for a living. For a pastime, he raised a few cows and goats on some land southwest of Fort Worth. He never grew any sheep, citing the adage, “A goat is always looking for a place to get out, but a sheep is always looking for a place to die.” I wish I had read at an earlier age this adage that Graves related. When I was in junior high school, my brother and I tried raising sheep for the Louisiana State Fair. We had visions of becoming rich in this enterprise because our cousin had raised some sheep, showed them, and sold them at the state fa...

Your insider's guide to Wine Country Slide 1 of 7 April 11, Gundlach Bundschu Winery Pop-Up Art Gallery, Sonoma: This pop-up art show, in partnership with ArtStanding, features more than 30 Bay Area artists and their works, al fresco, on the winery’s Rhinefarm estate in Sonoma Valley. (Courtesy of Gundlach Bundschu Winery) Slide 2 of 7 April 11, Breathless Wines, Healdsburg: Sisters Sharon Cohn, Rebecca Faust and Cynthia Faust and their winemaker and honorary sis Penny Gadd-Coster love a party and pour their seriously made yet festive sparkling wines at every opportunity. On this particular...