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  • 1 month ago | kentucky.com | Roger Simmons

    Following Florida's first fatal bear attack this spring, there's little argument that the state's largest land mammal can be dangerous. But fierce debate persists over whether a good way to control bears is to kill them. A state plan to resume bear hunting after a decade-long hibernation has deepened the discord in advance of a pivotal meeting of Florida's Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, a seven-member board appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

  • 2 months ago | orlandosentinel.com | Roger Simmons

    Hundreds of Central Floridians participated Saturday morning in the 11th annual Parkinson Walk, a charity event for the Parkinson Association of Central Florida. The gathering at Cranes Roost Park in Altamonte Springs raised more than $150,000 to help fund local programs, education and research projects to find a cure for the neurological disease.

  • Feb 1, 2025 | msn.com | Roger Simmons

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  • Feb 1, 2025 | orlandosentinel.com | Roger Simmons

    TALLAHASSEE - As Gov. Ron DeSantis went to war with Florida's Legislature over dueling immigration bills, his frosty relationship with Florida's agriculture commissioner, Wilton Simpson, took center stage. DeSantis and his staff's attacks on Simpson are the most public spillover yet of the two Republicans' long-simmering feud, which escalated a few years ago when Simpson was Senate president. Here's how Simpson and DeSantis got here, and what the current argument is about. What's the fight over now?

  • Jan 12, 2025 | orlandosentinel.com | Roger Simmons

    Larry Guest, a longtime Orlando Sentinel sports columnist who uniquely chronicled the city's rise from sleepy sports town to major-league city, died Saturday. He was 82 years old. Guest was the Sentinel's lead sports columnist from 1973 until he retired in 2000. He didn't just write about Central Florida sports, he helped shape them. "When I got here, Larry Guest was the sports king of the city," said the late Pat Williams, who co-founded the Orlando Magic in 1986.

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