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DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man told police officers he was “teaching it a lesson” when he tried to throw a live alligator he had stolen from a miniature golf course onto the roof of a beachside cocktail lounge, authorities said. The 32-year-old man was arrested early Thursday when Daytona Beach Shores…

Two goliath groupers were found along the coast of St. Petersburg, Florida, as the city continues to deal with an overwhelming number of dead fish due to a devastating red tide. Fox 13 News reported that it was unclear how the two massive fish died, but crews in the city have been trying to clean…

“I have never been to Mitchell, South Dakota,” Clayton Sellars said. “But I am very glad I came and I am very thankful for the town and the committee for having us. We will put it on the list and we will be back next year.” Originally found on Read More

Florida Polytechnic University alumna Daniele Mendez ’19 is thriving as a software engineer at aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin. As a software engineer associate at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and an on-air technology podcast host, Daniele Mendez ’19 is fulfilling her dreams and pursuing passions for engineering and journalism. Mendez received her bachelor’s degree in…

SURFSIDE, FLA. — The recovery efforts at the South Florida condo building that collapsed last month might be coming to an end soon. Miami-Dade police identified six more victims of the Surfside condo collapse Thursday, meaning that 92 of the 97 confirmed dead have been identified as the recovery enters a final stretch. County officials…

A former US sheriff’s deputy has received a 12-year prison sentence for planting drugs inside drivers’ cars during traffic stops and then arresting them. Former Florida deputy Zachary Wester, 28, did not speak at Tuesday’s hearing. He was convicted in May on 19 of 67 counts, including racketeering, official misconduct, fabricating evidence, perjury, false imprisonment…

WINK NEWS Recommended Imagine if your property was stolen right out from under you while you’re halfway across the world. It often involves identity fraud, forged signatures, made-up notaries and a too-good-to-be-true selling price. It’s a growing problem in Southwest Florida, and Cape Coral Police Department say it caught a man part of a…

The officer resigned Thursday after the FBI charged him, the Windermere Police Department said. WINDERMERE, Fla. — A central Florida police officer has been arrested and faces charges related to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, his now-former police department said.  Officer Kevin Tuck was arrested Thursday by the FBI, according to the Windermere Police…