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Man injured in turkey hunting accident near Bunnell
A Pierson man was injured Sunday morning in a hunting accident in Bunnell when a man fired his shotgun at what he thought was a male turkey but turned out to be a decoy, police Chief David Brannon said. The victim, Frank Whiddon, 38, suffered birdshot pellet injuries to the head and torso, Brannon said. ...
5 Central Florida restaurants shut down last week after failed inspections
Five Central Florida restaurants shut down the week of March 10-16, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Orange Taco Shop at 702 Spring Garden Ave. in Deland shut down on March 11. Inspectors found nine violations, four of which were a high priority. Those violations included not having potable water, a stop sale on food due to temperature ...
Florida House, Senate passes bill to create new spaceports outside of Central Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The state of Florida will have two more spaceports. A bill passed in both the state House and Senate now awaits Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature. “The spaceport territory designation is the first step in a pretty long process. That allows us at Space Florida to take advantage of all of the tools in our tool kit to help aerospace companies, and specific with space companies, grow,” said Space Florida’s CEO Rob Long.
1,000 acre prescribed burn happening in Merritt Island Sunday
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. - Are you seeing smoke in Central Florida?. There is a 1,000-prescribed burn happening in the Merritt Island National Wildfire Refuge on Sunday, according to the Brevard County Emergency Management Office. Prescribed burns are intentional fires that are set and monitored actually to reduce the wildfire risk.
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