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› Officials: Florida Air Base Recovering After Hurricane
Officials say a Florida Air Force base heavily damaged by Hurricane Michael is well on the road to recovery. Col. Brian Laidlaw told local chamber of commerce members that Tyndall Air Force Base has now been open for a month since the powerful storm struck the Panhandle in October.
› Families of Florida inmates join with lobbyists in calling for prison reforms
A sprawling network of people with husbands, sons, daughters and wives in Florida prisons have linked up in the last two years through a nonprofit inmate advocacy group, Florida Cares. Very few of them chose to get involved with prison reform. Instead, they were thrust into that role instead when their loved ones were sentenced to one of the largest and most violent prison systems in the country.
› Concourse G closes at Miami International Airport as federal government shutdown drags on
Miami International Airport’s Concourse G closed at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday — 15 minutes earlier than planned — as the federal government remained shut down for a 22nd day, making it the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
› At LECOM Park, it sounds like spring
After the Pittsburgh Pirates’ annual spring training auditions to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” fell silent on Saturday, Mike Sullivan, one of LECOM’s most familiar faces, rubbed his hands together and smiled. “Baseball is back, baseball is here,” said Sullivan, 78, who has been to every Pirates home spring training game — as well as every Bradenton Marauders minor league game — for more than a decade.
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