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Police: Teen shot in head before car hits Florida home

CASSELBERRY — Police in Florida say a teenager was found dead of a gunshot wound to his head after the car he was driving crashed into a house.The crash happened Monday night in Casselberry, which is near Orlando.Casselberry police Chief Larry Krantz tells news outlets the 17-year-old boy was in the driver's seat of a Kia with a 16-year-old girl passenger Monday night when a group of people walked up to the car. One of them fired a single shot and the teen started the [...]
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Bridgeway to offer mental health first aid training

FORT WALTON BEACH — Bridgeway Center will offer its third annual mental health first aid training in January and February.Just as CPR training helps people assist someone having a heart attack, Bridgeway Center instructor Tina Griffith said the mental health first aid training teaches people how to help someone experiencing mental health or a substance abuse-related crisis."It trains you to know the warning signs as a non-professional to help someone who's going through [...]
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Woman charged with neglecting son with cerebral palsy

TARPON SPRINGS — A Florida woman is charged with felony neglect after authorities say her 8-year-old son with cerebral palsy went unfed and wasn't given his medication.WFTS-TV reports 39-year-old Linda Courter was arrested Thursday after child protective investigators removed three children from her care earlier this month.Pinellas County deputies say Courter wasn't caring for her children so she could support her drug addiction. Investigators said she was living out of [...]
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Story of the Year: Continuing Coverage

Following are excerpts from key stories since the Northwest Florida Daily News made its first report on Aug. 5 that Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed an active investigation into alleged child abuse of a special needs student at Kenwood Elementary School.SEPT. 17‘I’m not going to be a scapegoat’Arden Farley refuses to “be a scapegoat” in the child abuse controversy swirling in the [...]
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Children in Crisis to add food pantry

FORT WALTON BEACH — Children in Crisis will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Jan. 16 for its new food pantry — Kay's Cupboard.The ribbon cutting will be held at the Children in Crisis Neighborhood on Hurlburt Road at 3:30 p.m. on Jan 16, according to a press release from Children in Crisis.Kay's Cupboard food pantry and donation center will help Children in Crisis better utilize food drives and other donations for more than 100 children who call the Children in [...]
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