Ella Thompson
Ella is a reporter for WUFT News who can be reached by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.
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Rachael Wilks was afraid for her life when she shot and killed the father of her unborn twins inside their home on New Year’s Eve 2021, her attorney told a jury Wednesday.
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A key question in the first-degree murder trial of Rachael Wilks is how far from Brian Brown’s head was the gun used to kill him on New Year’s Eve in 2021.
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Memorial Day was first widely observed in 1868 to honor the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, according to PBS. By the late 1800s, multiple states had declared it a holiday, and in 1971, Congress established the last Monday of each May as a federal one.
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Eight bus passengers were killed and over 40 injured Tuesday when a bus crashed on State Road 40.