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OCKEYCHOBEE, Fla. (WFLA) – Three people died Sunday after separate shootings in Okeechobee, which authorities say are linked. According to NBC’s affiliate WPTV, the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home in the Brindavan forest community around 1:30pm On the scene, deputies said they met a man wearing all black men and armed with something that looked like a rifle or a long gun. Lawmakers told reporters that the suspects began firing gunfires at them, which led to the suspect’s death. Two of the suspect’s neighbors have also died, and authorities said they believe the deaths are linked. WPTV…
Tallahassee – The International Genetic Engineer Machinery (IGEM) team at Florida State University has fired curiosity in the STEM field using synthetic biology, attracting international attention at major biotechnology events this summer. The team, consisting of 10 undergraduate and faculty groups, recently participated in the 2025 IGEM North America Expo in Ottawa, Canada. The event brought together over 60 teams from around the world, presenting students with the opportunity to present their projects and interact with biotechnology researchers and industry leaders. The FSU team has announced a project focused on bacteria engineering to prevent dental cavities. Using genetic switches, students…
Venice, Fla. (WFLA) – Police are investigating after seeing a man step into the waters of Venice Beach after being found lowered near the coast. The Venice Police Department said officers and fire rescue responded to the beach before 11am on Saturday after reports of the drowning. Witnesses reported seeing the victim, 47-year-old Wesley Wilcox, put a bag in the sand and enter the water, VPD said. He was alone at the time of the incident. Wilcox was later found looking down in the water near the coast, before beach fans pulled him into the sand. Police said lifeguards and…
NAPOLIA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Collier County Sheriff’s Office says it is beginning a death investigation after it was discovered that the missing child died in a pond near the family’s home. Deputies said the family had recently moved to a new residence in Magnolia Pond Circle and had unpacked them when 5-year-old Jalen Santerian realized he went missing around 3:15pm on Saturday. The family told police that Saintelian was autistic and nonverbal, the CCSO told him. CCSO has launched an intensive search of the area, including patrol lawmakers, aviation teams, K-9 units, diving teams, marine patrols, EMS staff and…
A Florida man who once ran for Mayor Tallahassee was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison after being violently robbed at a dollar general store in 2024. Whitfield Leland III, 45, was found guilty of Hobbs’ robbery and a convicted felon who wielded a firearm and possessed a firearm during a violent crime. US lawyer John P. Hekin announced the sentence Friday, highlighting his commitment to holding violent offenders accountable. “Thanks to the excellent work of our law enforcement partners, this career criminal will no longer be terrified at the expense of our community,” Heekin said. “My office is…
The commercial real estate market in Kissimmee is on fire in downtown. The city is W. We received three suggestions from developers who are passionate about turning VineStreet’s Blighted Kmart and Big Lots sites into lively urban areas. Three developers, Skyview Companies, Wendover Housing Partners and Capstrata/Hedrick Brothers, all proposed a 22-acre site with a commercial use and a large pond facing Vine at the northern end of the site. The similarities end there. The two groups that shared the master plan with GrowthSpotter provided a range of views on how much density is feasible in today’s market, but all…
Gainesville, Fla. — University of Florida emergency medical doctors help shape the future of human spaceflight by filling the gap between medicine and engineering. Dr. Peter Alexandrov, a member of UF’s Astraeus Space Institute and Medical School, recently completed a two-month rotation with Vast, the civil aerospace company working on launching the world’s first commercial space station. Based in Long Beach, California, the vast objective aims to develop human support systems for long-term missions in space. While carrying it to the company, Alexandrov worked with Dr. Dana Levin, a lead flight surgeon who specializes in propulsion, human systems and space…
(Nexstar) – A recent CNBC survey shows that despite President Trump’s social media declaration that “the United States is locked in,” the cost of living for many Americans, especially in some states, is looming. Inflation has cooled in many states since the pandemic’s highs, but it rose in June and remains a lasting problem for residents of other states. “One of the biggest problems with inflation is that it’s extremely difficult to remove it after it digs a hole in the economy,” according to the report. “The ghost of tariffs came when Federal Reserve policymakers thought they might have finally…
Kennedy Space Center – The business of making humans worse in space is reaching on the Space Coast on a daily basis as the fourth flight of the SpaceX crew took place this week. The crew who went on board arrived in Florida on Saturday. NASA Astronauts Xena Cardman and Mike Finke, Jakusa (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronauts Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos Cosmono Oleg Platonov, a quartet for Space Crew 11 mission, flew to the space station of KSC, above the ksc space station under the tarmac climbing under the tarmac sun, and below the ksc, under the ksc, under…
By Cathy Bussewitz NEW YORK (AP) — After working on five long nights as a truck driver, Julius Mosley wanted a change. He discovers he is not driving and his teenage son needs him to spend more time at home. So Mosley took up a job as a customer service representative for a telecommunications company near her home. Employee benefits included free work-related classes. He decided he wanted to study leadership so that he could learn about managing his team and helping people become the best version of himself. His company, Spectrum, paid for the 10-week frontline manager certificate programme…