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4 days ago | 
naplesnews.com | Kim Luciani |Cheryl McCloud
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 with no current tropical disturbances, though two tropical waves are being monitored. No tropical cyclone activity is expected in the next seven days, but AccuWeather forecasts possible development in the second week of June. NOAA predicts a 60% chance of an above-normal season, with 13-19 named storms, 6-10 hurricanes, and 3-5 major hurricanes.
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5 days ago | 
naplesnews.com | Kim Luciani |Chad Gillis
A bobcat was documented killing and eating a 13-foot Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Alligators, native snakes, and birds of prey are also known to prey on pythons. Burmese pythons are an invasive species, originally from Southeast Asia, that have established a significant population in the Everglades. Only about twice the size of domestic cats, Florida's bobcats may be small in size, but they're big in moxie.
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5 days ago | 
naplesnews.com | Kim Luciani |Cheryl McCloud
The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins June 1 and ends November 30. The National Hurricane Center is currently monitoring two tropical waves in the Atlantic basin. No tropical cyclone activity is expected in the next seven days. NOAA predicts a 60% chance of an above-normal hurricane season, with 13-19 named storms. The tropics are expected to remain quiet on May 31, a day before the start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.
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6 days ago | 
usatoday.com | Kim Luciani |Elena Barrera |Arianna Otero |Jim Rosica
• ICE and Florida Highway Patrol detained over 100 people in Tallahassee, Florida, on May 29, 2025. • An ICE raid occurred at a construction site near Florida State University's Doak Campbell Stadium. • ICE stated the raid was a targeted enforcement operation, part of an ongoing investigation in the Tallahassee region.
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1 week ago | 
tallahassee.com | Kim Luciani |Elena Barrera |Arianna Otero
ICE and Florida Highway Patrol detained at least 34 people in Tallahassee, Florida, on May 29, 2025. An ICE raid occurred at a construction site near Florida State University's Doak Campbell Stadium. Detainees were reportedly from Mexico, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Honduras. ICE stated the raid was part of an ongoing investigation in the Tallahassee region.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Kim Luciani
Ten inmates escaped a New Orleans jail on May 15. As of May 27, eight have been captured as the manhunt continues for the remaining two. Meanwhile, in Florida, an escaped killer has been on the lam for 35 years. In 1975, Glen Stark Chambers, then 24, was convicted of murdering his girlfriend Connie Weeks, 21, in the Sarasota apartment they shared. Nearly 15 years later, Chambers escaped from a Polk County prison and vanished.
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1 week ago | 
heraldtribune.com | Kim Luciani
Glen Stark Chambers, convicted of murdering his girlfriend in 1975, escaped from a Florida prison in 1990 and remains at large. Chambers hid in a delivery truck to escape Polk Correctional Institution and was discovered missing upon the truck's arrival in Daytona Beach. He was convicted and sentenced to death, later commuted to life, and had previously escaped from jail shortly after his sentencing. Authorities describe Chambers as intelligent and manipulative, with various skills and interests.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Kim Luciani
A Florida woman is in jail after stabbing a 12-year-old girl in Punta Gorda and attempting to hide the body, though the victim was still alive, the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reported. Gwendolyn Girard, 35, is accused of attacking the victim with a knife on May 26 and leaving her under the brush at the Cecil Webb Wildlife Management Area in Punta Gorda. Bystanders found the girl with cuts to her face and neck and alerted authorities.
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1 week ago | 
naplesnews.com | Kim Luciani |Cheryl McCloud
Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed on the last Monday in May, honoring military personnel who died while serving. Banks, post offices, and the stock market will be closed on Memorial Day. Most grocery stores will be open on Memorial Day, though some may have limited hours; Costco is closed. Memorial Day – the day of remembrance honoring men and women who died while serving in the United States military — will be observed on Monday, May 26.
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2 weeks ago | 
heraldtribune.com | Kim Luciani
President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, Louis Prevost, at the White House. Trump publicly praised Prevost, a Florida resident, for being a "major MAGA fan."Louis Prevost acknowledged his political views and stated his intention to "tone it down" to avoid causing issues for the pope.
