January 2018


30a.news

FWC rescues sick baby manatee near Port Everglades

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A team with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission rescued a sick baby manatee near Port Everglades.Experts at the Miami Seaquarium on Key Biscayne are treating the manatee.Click Orlando reports that with help from the Broward Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol, FWC workers safely pulled the manatee — dubbed Mr. Bubble — from a channel located behind the port’s administration building.According to [...]
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New Carnival Cruise ship to sail from Tampa

TAMPA — Carnival Cruise Line is dry-docking its Paradise ship in February on the heels of an introduction of a larger ship — the 2,124-passenger Carnival Miracle — to serve the Tampa market.While in dry-dock, the 2,052-passenger Carnival Paradise will be upgraded to include more balconies, renovated cabins and additional attractions. It has been operating out of Tampa Bay since 2011.The Tampa Bay Times repored the Carnival Miracle will conduct seven-day and [...]
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Man admits to leaving handprint on child’s face

FORT WALTON BEACH — A 35-year-old Fort Walton Beach man was charged with three counts of felony child abuse after slapping and choking a child in his care.The man also allegedly threw the child on the bed when he was angry with him, according to his Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrest report.The child told officials at his school that the man "hits, grabs, throws and chokes him," the report said.The man was angered because the child nearly overflowed the [...]
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Wedding for dying Florida groom pulled together with community support

PLANT CITY — She spun in her glistening dress and marvelled at the diamond ring on her left hand. A broad smile stole her face. Beside her, the new bride’s husband glanced around in bewilderment. “What people have done has just blown my mind away,” Dustin Snyder said. “How much they all made this come together for something so special [...]
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Police: Gainesville man smoked Molly, stabbed woman 20 times

GAINESVILLE — A Gainesville man was arrested Sunday after police say he choked, attempted to smother, and stabbed a woman at least 20 times.Police say Kelvin Laray Grigger, 28, and the woman were together in their bedroom lying in bed. The woman told police Grigger had smoked Molly, a drug, and was “freaking out.”The Gainesville Police Department report says Grigger grabbed the woman by the throat and choked her, which made her unable to breathe for about [...]
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