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Friends and family talked about the family of Tausha and Michael Haight and the last time they saw them before police say Michael Haight shot and killed them all before killing himself.
Some water quality advocates weren't surprised by the news. "There have been small (cyanobacteria) blooms on the freshwater side of the lock in the past couple of weeks, and I’ve seen some just downstream of the lock in what we consider the upper estuary," said Calusa Waterkeeper John Cassani. "It’s around." Businesses related to the fishing industry in that area say they are worried the bloom will get worse and larger this summer. "People are talking about it a lot," said John Lavalla, owner of Kathy's Bait and Tackle on the south side of the river downstream of the Franklin Lock. "I...