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04.05.2021 / 17:33

Florida teen charged as adult in rigged homecoming election

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Florida teen accused of rigging a homecoming queen election with her mother is being charged as an adult, prosecutors said.

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‘The demand has outstripped the supply:’ Florida trying to vaccinate millions of seniors

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida is working to expand its vaccination efforts Wednesday to make sure a majority of its elderly population gets the shot.Speaking from Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, the governor said the state is working to make sure Florida is consistently receiving shipments of a coronavirus vaccine and quickly putting them to use.[TRENDING: How to get vaccine in Fla. | Publix to offer vaccine | Man sends dead rat to ex-wife | Dr. Dre suffers brain aneurysm]“(We’re) making sure the vaccine is distributed in places that are using it most effectively,” he said.

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Hurricane Sally makes landfall near Gulf Shores, Ala. at Category 2 strength

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.Moving at an agonizingly slow 3 mph, Sally finally came ashore at 4:45 a.m.

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Can bars safely reopen without a vaccine? Bar owners, Central Florida leaders weigh in

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation wrapped up a week of meetings with Central Florida brewery owners and bar owners in Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Tampa, and Ft. Myers, meant to help mold a new plan for reopening bars.“DBPR Secretary Beshears remains committed to working with bar and brewery owners to find safe reopening options and is laser-focused on these discussions with the industry to efficiently and effectively identify the best options,” a spokesperson said.

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Florida students work on patent for invention for the blind

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Local high school students Jonathon Walker and Alex Johnson have been developing a device that turns text into braille for some time and now they’re working with a law firm to get a patent for it.When the students first won the science fair in Pensacola several months back, the braille system was a mere prototype. It was too large in size for portable use and still had some cleaning up for it to be applicable in society.Those days are now over.After working for several months to improve their device, Walker and Johnson were able to shrink the size dramatically, but not hinder its performance.

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Space Force headquarters: Brevard, Orange, Seminole counties backed by DeSantis

TALLHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis has endorsed six Florida counties and three cities that hope to land the command headquarters of the U.S.

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More Florida beaches announce closures as virus cases rise

MIAMI – Officials are announcing more beaches will be closing again in Florida to avoid further spread of the new coronavirus as they try to tamp down on large gatherings amid a spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news conference Sunday in Pensacola that interactions among young people are driving the surge in confirmed cases.

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Floridians mark President Trump’s birthday with flotillas, caravans

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump supporters in Florida were celebrating his birthday Sunday with caravans, flotillas and parades throughout his adopted homestate.In Palm Beach County — home of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort — separate caravans of trucks, motorcycles and boats were riding along highways and the intercoastal waterway at various times in the morning.

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Florida teacher who sought castration not prison, gets 12 years

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A former Florida high school teacher was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing students after the judge ignored his request to be castrated instead.

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Large Florida Easter cookout broken up by police amid coronavirus stay-at-home order

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