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› Florida Department of Law Enforcement creates first-ever mental health seminar to address trauma
Officers experience trauma on the job constantly. Now, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is creating its first-ever mental health seminar to help address this problem. A local sheriff says this is a much-need program for officers across the state and even right here at home. Last year in July, JSO announced they had one of them commit suicide while on duty.
› Florida passes bill to compensate victims of decades-old reform school abuse
Restitution for decades of abuse at two now-shuttered reform schools where boys were beaten, raped and killed is now in the hands of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis after the Senate unanimously passed a bill Monday to set aside $20 million for victims. The bill creates a process for former inmates at the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna and the Florida School for Boys at Okeechobee to make claims over physical, mental or sexual abuse between 1940 and 1975. It's estimated that victims will receive about $50,000 each.
› Lakewood Ranch will expand in 2024 and beyond. Here's what to expect.
Lakewood Ranch, the largest multi-generational master-planned community in the U.S., has spent its 30 years in the Manatee-Sarasota region tailoring its development to what home-buyers want. Proximity to nature has been a constant, senior Vice President Laura Cole said, but trends have come and gone since the master-planned community first broke ground.
› Halloween Horror Nights stage show wins IAAPA award
“Nightmare Fuel Wildfire,” a bombastic stage show at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights event, was awarded an IAAPA Brass Ring Award during a ceremony in Las Vegas on Sunday. “Nightmare Fuel” was named the winner in the category of most creative Halloween production.
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