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The sophomore had missed most of fall camp due to what coach Dan Mullen called a “family situation.” However, reports surfaced last week that Huggins had been reported to Florida’s Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution department twice last year. One of those times, Huggins was accused of choking his tutor in October after she held on to his phone so he would be present for a session, per 247Sports. She declined to press charges....

The elder Vallejo, a retired obstetrician and gynecologist whose work distinguished him throughout the region, was 89 years old at the time of his death on June 27. His son died on August 1 at 57. The two doctors were hospitalized for their symptoms at medical facilities in Florida’s adjacent Miami-Dade and Broward Counties on June 21, the Miami Herald reported. Five members of the Vallejos’ family have contracted COVID-19, according to the newspaper....

Rangel moved to the United States from Brazil in 2006 and is a U.S. citizen, according to The Washington Post. However, this didn’t stop the Brevard County commissioners from creating the resolution. “Whereas because of her eloquent prose the circulation of Florida Today dropped only 16 percent during her tenure,” commissioner John Tobia said during the commission meeting on February 9, according to the Post. Tobia continued: “Whereas her dedication to Brevard is exemplified by her accepting a position with the Miami Herald a mere three years after coming here....

Dr. Raul Pino, who has been in his role as director of the Florida DOH in Orange County since mid-2019, has been placed on administrative leave, state health officials confirmed with Newsweek Tuesday evening. “As the decision to get vaccinated is a personal medical choice that should be made free from coercion and mandates from employers, the employee in question has been placed on administrative leave, and the Florida Department of Health is conducting an inquiry to determine if any laws were broken in this case,” the Florida DOH said in a statement shared with Newsweek....

Stephan Fanelli, 55, was arrested Friday afternoon after the alleged incident took place at a Dollar Tree store in Madeira Beach, Florida. The incident was said to have been initiated when Fanelli began arguing with employee Nyashata Chajani before forcing himself ahead of other customers, according to an arrest affidavit. “The defendant skipped the line at the cashier and placed his items in front of other customers items,” the affidavit reads....

Dominique Jade Dragan, 28, a resident of Valrico, Florida, faces up to five years in federal prison if he is convicted of the charge. The DOJ said that he made an initial appearance in federal court on Tuesday. An account of the alleged cyberstalking was detailed in a sworn Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) affidavit released by the DOJ. From January 2020 to July 2021, the FBI said that Dragan sent numerous threatening statements through Instagram’s direct messaging....

Patrick Smith, 30, a resident of Belle Isle, told Newsweek that he found the frogs on Monday afternoon as he “went to hang the chimes in the laundry room.” I noticed the wind chimes “sounded a bit dull, and looked inside to find the frogs. We found them a safe place inside the thick palm fronds over our backyard pond,” he said. Although Smith noted that “these tree frogs like to sleep during the day in dark, secluded places,” he also said that he believed they were taking refuge from the looming storm....

Anthony Knuth was intoxicated after drinking whiskey and beer when the incident unfolded in the city of Sanford, central Florida, on Saturday night, Click Orlando reported citing a police affidavit. The public information officer for the Sanford Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Newsweek. The child was with his mother, who was visiting Knuth’s brother. A number of other children were also at Knuth’s home at the time....

Esmond performed a similar act of generosity in 2019 when he donated $4,600, which paid the utility bills for 36 homes in the town of Gulf Breeze. This year, Esmond was able to increase the number of families he’s helped to 114, with a donation of $7,614.50. In an interview with WEAR, Esmond said he noticed the due date on some of the utility bills was the day after Christmas “and that made me think about maybe people that couldn’t afford to pay their bill, but they might go without gas or water during the Christmas holidays....

Originally, Christian Mosco, 47, was charged with trying to extort $50,000 and a car from Glenn Ritchey, owner of a branch of Jon Hall Chevrolet, a franchised car dealership. Mosco claimed he’d obtained the dealership’s 2002-2004 customer sales information in May. If the dealership did not pay Mosco the money, he allegedly said in an email sent to the dealership, then he would “promptly publish to all local media the fact that Jon Hall Chevrolet has allowed their customers private identity information to be tossed to the curb per se....

Authorities said that Joseph Williams, who was released from Orient Road Jail in Tampa on March 19, shot a man dead the following day. Williams was arrested Monday and charged with second-degree murder, resisting an officer, being felon in possession of a firearm and possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia, according to a report by the Tampa Bay Times. States across the country have been trying to reduce the inmate population during the novel coronavirus pandemic to avoid having the virus spread through crowded jails....

“Rocky Top” blared on the practice field. Scout team quarterback Tim Olmstead emerged from the locker room in a Peyton Manning uniform, right down to the replica facemask. This was the height of Steve Spurrier vs. Phillip Fulmer era, and there was only one way to describe it. MORE: Ranking 30 hottest college rivalries “It was huge,” Palmer told Sporting News. “It was massive because there was so much riding on that game....

Dr. Lilian Abbo, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Miami, compared the situation in Miami to that of Wuhan, China, earlier in the pandemic. “Miami is now the epicenter of the pandemic. What we were seeing in Wuhan six months ago, five months ago, now we are there,” said Abbo, who is also chief of infection control for the Jackson Healthcare System. Giving this description of the situation, Abbo added that “we really need your help,” calling upon people to follow guidelines issued to prevent the spread....

The Pasco Sheriff’s Office sent a four-page letter to so-called “prolific offenders” in the area, informing recipients that they would face enhanced police scrutiny. “We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected to participate in a Prolific Offender Program,” the letter, obtained by the Tampa Bay Times, reads. “You may wonder why you were enrolled in this program,” it continues. “You were selected as a result of an evaluation of your recent criminal behavior using an unbiased, evidence-based risk assessment designed to identify prolific offenders in our community....

According to the department, there were at least 1,305 new cases reported as of Friday, which brings Florida’s total number to over 61,000. There were also at least 53 new deaths reported, increasing the state’s total number to at least 2,660. The number of cases reported on Friday marked the fifth day that the state saw new cases top 1,000 since implementing phase one of its reopening plan on May 18....

On Wednesday, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced that the snail was fully eradicated in the area. Fried said the accomplishment was due to years of research and collaboration between the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the United States Department of Agriculture. “Without eradication, the giant African land snail could have resulted in major export and trade implications for our growers already struggling,” Fried said in a statement Wednesday....

They completely nailed the dances. At the end of the night Florida State was a survivor as well, beating Notre Dame 31-27.

Edith Pride, a Boca Raton, Florida, elementary school teacher, utilized a school board meeting to issue a reminder to parents: From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., we can see you. She told the school board that teachers have “seen it all,” including parents who multitasked as they smoked and helped their child at the computer. “Please do not appear with big joints in your hands and cigarettes,” Pride said. “The joint be as big as a cigar…....

According to the National Ocean Service, a waterspout is a type of tornado that can either form over water, or move from land to water. This type of weather event is often associated with severe thunderstorms, which can include high winds, hail and lightning. “Essentially, because a waterspout is basically a tornado over water, that means that the waterspout ended up being a tornado as it moved onshore,” Ross Giarratana, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS) in Tampa, told the Fort Myers News-Press....

Emily Visnic, a Connecticut native who moved to West Palm Beach in January, thought it was merely an item of clothing with a snakeskin print resting in her washing machine. But when she reached into the machine, she was stunned to discover it was indeed a massive snake. “I looked down and I saw something snakeskin and I was like, ‘Huh. What did I put in here that was snakeskin?...