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20-year-old gets 45 years in prison for murder in 2019 Volusia house party shooting
Read full article: 20-year-old gets 45 years in prison for murder in 2019 Volusia house party shootingA 20-year-old found guilty in the death of a father after a shooting at a house party in 2019 was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
James Powell found guilty of 2nd-degree murder in 2019 shooting at Volusia house party
Read full article: James Powell found guilty of 2nd-degree murder in 2019 shooting at Volusia house partyA jury found a 19-year-old guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a father at a house party in Oak Hill in 2019, who died three years later.
19-year-old indicted on murder charge 3 years after deadly shooting in Volusia County
Read full article: 19-year-old indicted on murder charge 3 years after deadly shooting in Volusia CountyA man who was 15 years old when, according to deputies, he shot and killed a man in 2019 has now been indicted on a charge of first-degree murder.
Pandemic and more boats have not been good to Florida manatees
Read full article: Pandemic and more boats have not been good to Florida manateesThey are as synonymous with Florida as flamingo’s Manatees or as they are sometimes called, sea cows, love the tropical weather and warm waters of Florida. Powell shares his knowledge of these gentle giants and tells us how the pandemic has likely had an adverse affect on them. By some estimates there are about 13,000 manatees on the planet with about half of those living in the southeastern U.S. While boating is good for those who are feeling cabin fever during the pandemic, it has not been good for manatees. “We had seen it in Blue Spring, we had actually seen it up in north Florida and I think even Georgia,” Powell said.
First right whale calves of season spotted off Florida and Georgia coasts
Read full article: First right whale calves of season spotted off Florida and Georgia coastsVilano Beach, Fla – The Clearwater Marine Aquarium said Tuesday that the first right whale calves of the season have been spotted off the coasts of Florida and Georgia. She knew in that moment it was a North Atlantic right whale calf. The second live right whale calf of the season was spotted (swimming with a pod of bottlenose dolphins) off Vilano Beach, FL by FWC December 6. (Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute)The right whale is a federally protected endangered species under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Researchers estimate there are less than 400 North Atlantic right whales left in the population, with fewer than 100 breeding females left.