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Top 5 at noon: Parents of area cheerleader urge others to learn from her death by heroin overdose; former SEAL blasts Trump decision banning transgender people from serving in U.S. military; and more

 
Devastated at the death of daughter Katie from a heroin overdose, Cliff and Dawn Golden have gotten busy to turn the tragedy to good. Among their causes is aiding a new organization that works to make teens comfortable seeking help for mental health problems. [ALESSANDRA DA PRA  |   Times]
Devastated at the death of daughter Katie from a heroin overdose, Cliff and Dawn Golden have gotten busy to turn the tragedy to good. Among their causes is aiding a new organization that works to make teens comfortable seeking help for mental health problems. [ALESSANDRA DA PRA | Times]
Published July 26, 2017

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PARENTS OF PLANT HIGH CHEERLEADER URGE OTHERS TO LEARN FROM HER DEATH BY HEROIN OVERDOSE

Since their youngest daughter died from an overdose of heroin, just weeks before her high school graduation, Dawn and Cliff Golden have searched desperately for something to do about it. The Goldens are doing what they can to warn other parents about the dangers children face from drug overdose. They also are helping a fledgling advocacy group that seeks to lift the stigma from the kind of mental health problems Katie suffered from. And the couple is working to see someone held responsible for her death.

FORMER SEAL KRISTIN BECK BLASTS TRUMP DECISION BANNING TRANSGENDERS FROM MILITARY

Kristin Beck, a former member of SEAL Team 6 who is now a transgender woman, says the decision by President Donald Trump to ban transgender people from serving in the military would cost more in lawsuits than the savings Trump touted in medical and other costs.

ANOTHER PINELLAS FORECLOSURE AUCTION FOOLS BIDDERS, RAISES QUESTIONS

For the second time in six weeks, a company connected to lawyer Roy C. Skelton stood poised to profit from a Pinellas County foreclosure auction that confused even experienced real estate investors. Similar to the case of a gulf-front condo that sold for $458,100 in June to an unsuspecting bidder, a Largo townhouse sold for $112,300 last week to a man who thought he was bidding on a first mortgage and would own the home free and clear. In both cases, the auctions involved second mortgages and final judgment amounts much higher than what a Skelton-connected company had paid for the properties.

INVESTIGATOR: CLEARWATER DRIVER PART OF LARGER HUMAN-SMUGGLING SCHEME

Investigators believe a truck driver accused in the deaths of 10 people found inside a packed, sweltering tractor-trailer is part of a larger organization involved in human smuggling that authorities are trying to identify and dismantle, a U.S. immigration official said.

BROOKSVILLE MAN THREATENS COUPLE WITH SAMURAI SWORD

A Brooksville man is facing multiple charges after he threatened to kill a couple with a samurai sword during a road rage incident Tuesday afternoon, according to the Brooksville Police Department.

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