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Sarasota Bay managers have managed a rare win in sea grass health and recovery in lagoons and bay around the state.

The Northern Mockingbird is one of the most conspicuous and well-known resident birds in Florida. It is well-adapted, for urban and suburban life where landscaping includes an open mix of mowed grass, trees, and shrubs. As a result of its status as a year-round resident, its habitat preferences, conspicuous behavior, and its presence through much of North America, it is no wonder that the school children of Florida selected this species to be our State Bird.

Since Nov. 2023 the Mid-Hawthorn aquifer that provides irrigation and drinking water to most of Northeast Cape Coral has been seeing record lows in water levels. Residents living in the area have been under mandatory water shortage restrictions that limit irrigation to just one day a week.

After a stormy Sunday, when many cities across the Peninsula experienced severe storms or flooding, the week starts with a higher risk of severe weather for the Panhandle and more storms possible for parts of the Peninsula.

A small plane traveling from Iowa to Minnesota crashed Saturday in a residential area of a Minneapolis suburb, the Federal Aviation Administration said.On Sunday U.S. Bancorp issued a statement saying that it believes that Terry Dolan, the company's vice president and chief administration officer, was aboard the plane and federal officials said they believe he was piloting the craft and was the sole occupant.

Southerly flow will continue to bring instability and warmth across the Peninsula on Sunday with the risk of some isolated severe storms, while a cold front moves in over the Panhandle on Monday, increasing the severe risk for this region, including the risk of tornadoes.

More than 212,000 pounds of liquid egg products that may contain a cleaning solution with sodium hypochlorite is being recalled nationwide, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Friday.The liquid egg items, from Cargill Kitchen Solutions, a Lake Odessa, Michigan establishment, were produced on March 12 and 13, 2025.After conducting an investigation and thorough assessment of the contents of the cleaning solution, FSIS scientists concluded that use of this product should not cause adverse health consequences, or the risk is negligible, resulting in a Class III recall.

Kids Tag Art program celebrates fifth grade students for 'outstanding' artwork.

The American GFS model shows a Gulf tropical system in the second week of April. It's only one model and one run of this model. Let it be a reminder that hurricane season is around the corner.

When Ted Neeley was cast in the lead of “Jesus Christ Superstar” in 1973, he had no idea that it was the role of a lifetime. Twenty years after the film’s release, he reprised the role of Jesus in a national tour that became the longest running revival in North American theater history. A second tour ran from 2006 through 2010. To celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary, Neeley criss-crossed the U.S. screening a digitally remastered print of the film, which he did again in 2023 to commemorate “Jesus Christ Superstar’s” 50th. And now he’s conducting a “farewell tour” that has no discernible end.