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Operation Cooked: Undercover Osceola Sting Nets At Least 20 Arrests of Men Accused of Seeking Sex With Children
Crime & CourtsCentral Florida

Operation Cooked: Undercover Osceola Sting Nets At Least 20 Arrests of Men Accused of Seeking Sex With Children

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11th Circuit voids septic permit ban in Indian River Lagoon manatee case after federal 'harm' rule rollback
National NewsCentral Florida

11th Circuit voids septic permit ban in Indian River Lagoon manatee case after federal 'harm' rule rollback

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Heads Home After 237-Day Mission That Began at Cape Canaveral
National NewsCentral Florida

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Heads Home After 237-Day Mission That Began at Cape Canaveral

5 min
Corvette driver sentenced to 47 years for DUI crash that killed Ormond-by-the-Sea couple on A1A
Crime & CourtsCentral Florida

Corvette driver sentenced to 47 years for DUI crash that killed Ormond-by-the-Sea couple on A1A

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Boy dies after 120-pound display board falls on him at Palm Bay's Riviera Elementary
EducationCentral Florida

Boy dies after 120-pound display board falls on him at Palm Bay's Riviera Elementary

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UCF tries to snap 11-game road skid at No. 18 Oklahoma State after blowing 17-point lead at Houston
SportsCentral Florida

UCF tries to snap 11-game road skid at No. 18 Oklahoma State after blowing 17-point lead at Houston

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Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell Opens Criminal Investigation Into Hope Florida Money Trail
PoliticsCentral Florida

Appeals Court Orders Hope Florida Grand Jury Report Expunged, Rules $10 Million Was Never Public Money

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Winter Haven School Bus Crash Kills 10th Grader and Jeep Driver After Car Crosses Center Line
EducationCentral Florida

Winter Haven School Bus Crash Kills 10th Grader and Jeep Driver After Car Crosses Center Line

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New I-95 Interchange at Oslo Road Opens in Indian River County More Than a Year Early
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New I-95 Interchange at Oslo Road Opens in Indian River County More Than a Year Early

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Artemis III boosters fully stacked inside Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building
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Artemis III boosters fully stacked inside Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building

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