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Monday, May 26, 2025

Chemtrails law | Leesburg development | Orlando Fringe Memorial Day

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Florida bill would ban ‘chemtrails’ and ‘geoengineering.’ But what are they?

When Gov. Ron DeSantis recently said he’d sign into law a ban on “weather modification activities” — such as spreading tiny particles into the air from aircraft to control sunlight — it raised long-standing controversies over “geoengineering” and “chemtrails.” “I think it’s kind of caricatured as kind of kooky,” DeSantis said during a May 6 […]

Hanover secures land for Banning Ranch development in Leesburg

Hanover Land Company purchased 265 acres near The Villages to develop the next two phases of Banning Ranch.

Orlando Fringe Festival: Memorial Day Patrons' Picks schedule

Here is the lineup for the final day of the 2025 Orlando Fringe Festival, when the Patrons' Picks (the most popular shows) are presented.

Girls confined to 'box' if they fought sex abuse at Florida youth center, lawsuit says

Of multiple employees accused of sexual abuse at a now-closed Florida juvenile justice center, a lawsuit brought by five survivors says one staffer had girls who objected to abuse, or threatened to expose it, confined to what was nicknamed the "box." The small, cement room was used as a form of punishment at the former Milton Girls Juvenile Residential Facility in Santa Rosa County, located in …

Suspect in DeLand bar shooting arrested, police say

Police arrested Calvin Roosevelt Gilbert, 55, on Sunday on charges of attempted first-degree murder.

Sen. Truenow: Florida Farm Bill secures our agricultural future

More than just a fluoride ban, the farm bill signed by Ron DeSantis protects farmers and the farming industry for generations to come.

A 302-pound loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat gets an oversize CT scan, with a surprise

By CODY JACKSON and FREIDA FRISARO JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida's Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was too large to fit their equipment. So the veterinary team at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center […]

Man on motorized scooter dead after crash in Orange County

A 49-year-old man from Orlando is dead after a crash involving a motorized scooter on Saturday night in Orange County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. At approximately 9:43 p.m., a 43-year-old man from Davenport driving a 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe was traveling eastbound on Landstreet Road approaching the intersection for Avenue C in the outside […]

Val Demings: Trump is not above the law \| Commentary

As the former congresswoman and Orlando police chief writes, the arrest of a U.S. House member is a tipping point in Donald Trump's abuse of the justice system.