A man who Clay County deputies felt confident was their man, pleaded guilty on Friday to the abduction and murder of a 7-year-old Orange Park girl.
Testifying before the House Education Committee on Thursday, Valencia College president Sandy Shugart said it would be a mistake to raise college tuition rates at a time when federal financial aid was being squeezed due to budget problems. Shugart, along with presidents of several Florida colleges broke with their counterparts at state universities, urging lawmakers to proceed cautiously with plans to increase tuition fees.
Don Cornelius, creator of the long-running TV dance show “Soul Train,” was found dead Wednesday morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, at his Los Angeles home, police said. He was 75.
Ten people died after smoke from a brush fire led to multiple crashes on Interstate 75 early on Sunday morning. Florida Highway Patrol said, at least 12 passenger cars and approximately seven semi-trucks were involved in several crashes near mile marker 379 in Alachua County.
A 25-year-old man has been arrested, accused of planting a pipe bomb in Ocoee’s Central Park last July.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe will kick-off a two day trip Tuesday to Florida, to make two important conservation announcements that are part of the Administration’s efforts to preserve and restore the Florida Everglades.
Hundreds of Ocoee residents and neighboring communities turned out on a sun-filled yet cool morning for the 6th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Parade and Celebration. Organized by the City of Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board, under the theme, Dare to Dream, the Parade’s Grand Marshal was Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs.
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