BREAKING NEWS: Inmate Beaten at Graceville Correctional Facility Dies
Victim was in prison on burglary charges
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Inmate Beaten at Graceville Correctional Facility Dies
Source: Florida Department of Corrections
Second Victim Identified in Traffic Fatality on I-10 in Walton County
Source: Walton County Sheriff’s Office
Florida Highway Patrol Offers Tips to Keep Pedestrians Safe
Source: Florida Highway Patrol
Attorney General Urges Floridians to Avoid Tax Preparation Scams
Source: Florida Attorney General’s Office
Amateur Radio Operators in Walton County Asked to Volunteer
Source: Walton County Sheriff’s Office
Panama City Beach Man Arrested on Aggravated Battery
Source: Bay County Sheriff Office
Modern Medicine: Decompression Therapy
By: Jessica Foster
Shellfish Areas Temporarily Closing
Source: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
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Tallahassee, Fla:
A Florida man has won a state auction to buy one of the state’s executive planes and he got a great deal.
This 1985 Beechcraft King Air Turboprop goes to George Levin of Fort Lauderdale.
He submitted the high bid of $1.35 million. The plane was actually worth nearly $2 million, according to an estimate by state auditors.
The Florida Department of Management Services put the King Air 300 on the auction block to save the state money. The fleet of three planes was becoming increasingly expensive to maintain and was getting less use because of tight budgets, so the state decided to sell the oldest aircraft.
It had been on the ground a lot this year due to repairs. The 23-year-old aircraft was out of service about 60 days this year through mid-October.
The state also owns another turboprop and a Cessna jet. The jet was forced to make a precautionary emergency landing two weeks ago because of unusual noise, but subsequent tests did not find any safety problems.
Now the state’s Bureau of Aircraft Operations will operate two lanes to serve Floridas government leaders.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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