Nine people face animal-cruelty charges and other allegations after a year-long investigation into the use of dogs to attack Florida black bears, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced Wednesday.
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Ashley Cook, a state spokeswoman for the department, said none of the injuries are life-threatening.
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Residents of rural Bradford County recover after Hurricane Irma took their power and flooded some of their homes. Many residents are still without power and do not know when it will come back. Yet, getting outdoors seemed to be the common answer to their problems, as almost a dozen people fished in the flooded Sampson Creek, a father and son duo from Lake Butler put their boat in the elevated waters of the New River and a Sampson City resident drove an all-terrain vehicle through his neighborhood.
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Anybody could do it, he said. But Oscar Psychas isn’t just anybody.
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The Florida Highway Patrol says 41-year-old Donna Crews and 10-year-old Kaelyn Crews died when a pickup truck struck their car head-on as they traveled on State Road 100.
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This story is part of our guide, Florida Votes 2016, leading up to the Nov. 8 election. Check your voter registration status here.
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Early voting for Florida began Monday, and residents in many counties are able to vote early until Saturday, Nov. 5.
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The ruling is aimed at a proposal from HPS Enterprises, a local phosphate company with plans to mine about 3,626 acres in the county for phosphate rock.
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Monday night in Lake Butler the Union County Board of Commissioners ruled unanimously against phosphate mining, moving one vote closer to banning it for a year. The final vote to ban mining for one year will be April 18.
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The argument about allowing a phosphate mine to begin in Union and Bradford counties remains. Union County's Board of Commissioners will vote on March 21 on whether to ban mining permits for a year.
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