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White Springs man killed in New Year’s crash

NEWS STAFF
Monday, January 3, 2022
WHITE SPRINGS — A White Springs man was killed during a crash New Year’s Day. The man, a 34-year-old, was driving his sport utility vehicle west on Mill St. around 5 p.m. Saturday when it approached County Road 135 (Third Street).
Actress Betty White poses for a portrait following her appearance on the television talk show "In the House," on Nov. 24, 2009, in Burbank, Calif. (AP File)

Actress Betty White poses for a portrait following her appearance on the television talk show "In the House," on Nov. 24, 2009, in Burbank, Calif. (AP File)

Betty White, TV’s Golden Girl, dies at 99

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, December 31, 2021
LOS ANGELES — Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, whether as a man-crazy TV hostess on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” or the loopy housemate on “The Golden Girls,” has died. She was 99.
“Sushi,” portrayed by Gary Marion, is lowered to the ground in a giant facsimile of a woman’s red high heel on Duval Street on Jan. 1, 2015, at the Bourbon Street Pub in Key West. (BOB O'NEAL/Associated Press)

“Sushi,” portrayed by Gary Marion, is lowered to the ground in a giant facsimile of a woman’s red high heel on Duval Street on Jan. 1, 2015, at the Bourbon Street Pub in Key West. (BOB O'NEAL/Associated Press)

New Year’s celebrations in Florida adjust to omicron

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, December 30, 2021
MIAMI — There are no plans for the neon Big Orange to rise up the side of the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami this year, and a festival with food trucks and performers in a northeast Florida beach town has been canceled. But Key West’s maroon-heeled shoe will descend from a Duval Street bar.
In this photo taken by a drone, cars wait in long lines at a drive-up covid-19 testing center at Tropical Park, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, in Miami. (REBECCA BLACKWELL/Associated Press)

In this photo taken by a drone, cars wait in long lines at a drive-up covid-19 testing center at Tropical Park, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, in Miami. (REBECCA BLACKWELL/Associated Press)

Florida’s university leaders urge masks, booster shots

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
TALLAHASSEE — Leaders of Florida’s university system on Wednesday urged students and workers on campus to wear masks, get vaccinated with a booster shot and get tested for covid-19 when needed when they return to campus next month.
Publix announced new paid parental leave benefits to new parents on its payroll Wednesday. (GENE J. PUSKARA/Associated Press)

Publix announced new paid parental leave benefits to new parents on its payroll Wednesday. (GENE J. PUSKARA/Associated Press)

Publix grocery chain starts offering paid parental leave

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
LAKELAND — The Publix grocery store chain will start offering paid parental leave to employees who are new parents, company officials announced Wednesday.
In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell, center, sits in the courtroom during a discussion about a note from the jury, during her sex trafficking trial, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, in New York. (ELIZABETH WILLIAMS/Associated Press)

In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell, center, sits in the courtroom during a discussion about a note from the jury, during her sex trafficking trial, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, in New York. (ELIZABETH WILLIAMS/Associated Press)

Ghislaine Maxwell convicted in Epstein sex abuse case

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
NEW YORK — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein.