Elizabeth Maguire

Prosecutors dropped the felony criminal charge of making a false report about the bomb and formally charged him with felony petit theft over the theft of the $5.97 in candy bars.

“When I flew over the scene, you could see where it initially crashed into the ground,” Kramer said, “it just blew up, like pieces were everywhere, and I didn’t see anybody.”

“These are generic drugs which we should be making money on because they’re cheap,” Smith said, “but no, the insurance companies know how cheap they are, so they pay you even less.”

A judge agreed Thursday to a request by prosecutors to keep jailed indefinitely a man who police said admitted to sexually assaulting, groping or stalking at least five women near the University of Florida campus in recent weeks.

To rejuvenate the community and attract visitors, the Waldo Historical Society is hosting its first annual Sweet Potato Festival and Car Display on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Waldo City Square.