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  1. Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared at a news conference Wednesday in Crystal River, where he announced a new vaccination site and addressed a question about which Florida school employees are eligible to receive doses.
  2. The Pinellas County Justice Center at 14250 49th Street N.
  3. Resident physician Mikaela Aradi, Tampa, left, joined nurses and health care workers from St. Petersburg General Hospital, Friday, May 29, 2020 in a protest against HCA Healthcare, outside of the hospital. Nurses and healthcare workers are protesting the possibility of layoffs and adequate protection for workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
  4. From left, Mitchell High yearbook editors Cate Miller, Jillian Misemer and Sophia Henges work on page layouts for their 2021 publication, "Stampede."
  5. An aerial view of the University of South Florida campus in Tampa, where officials said Wednesday that the school plans a return to in-person classes and activities for the fall 2021 semester.
  6. In 2019, Hernando County residents urged the county to ban unattended tethering of dogs. The ban eventually passed. This is Honey, a dog found in Palm Harbor in 2010 with a rope embedded in her neck. It's believed she was tied as a puppy, got away and grew into the too-tight rope. She eventually received surgery. In 2021, Tallahassee lawmakers took up a statewide tethering ban.
  7. The Pasco County school district has arranged for employees 50 and older to receive 2,500 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine this Saturday. The highly recommended second dose will be given out on April 2.
  8. Ex-Port Richey mayor Dale Massad pled guilty on Wednesday to lesser charges in the attempted murder case against him during a plea hearing held before Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court judge Mary Handsel at the West Pasco Judicial Center in New Port Richey. Authorities say Massad fired on Pasco sheriff's deputies raiding his home in a 2019 investigation of allegations he was practicing law without a license. He was sentenced to 3-years in prison, but will get credit for the two years he has spent in county jail awaiting trial.
  9. Brooks and Bucco Bruce are two of many animals looking for loving homes.
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  11. Students at Sanders Memorial Elementary magnet in Land O'Lakes use technology in most aspects of their STEAM curriculum. Pasco school district officials want to expand the concept to Marlowe Elementary on the west side and Centennial Elementary on the east side.
  12. Pasco County Commissioner Kathryn Starkey
  13. Alanis Sophia during her audition for "American Idol" in an episode that aired Feb. 28, 2021.
  14. The seven-day forecast from Spectrum Bay News 9.
  15. Superintendent Kurt Browning attends a December School Board meeting.
  16. Former Port Richey Mayor Dale Massad appears in court in 2019. Massad will plead guilty to several charges, attorneys said in court Friday, two years after he was charged with attempted murder after authorities said he shot at a Pasco County Sheriff's Office SWAT team as they tried to raid his house in an investigation into practicing medicine without a license.
  17. A 39-year-old Wesley Chapel man has died from injuries he suffered in a crash in Polk County earlier this week, The Florida Highway Patrol reported Friday.
  18. Graduate assistants Dylan Allen and Marisa Garrison work on the genetic sequencing project at the University of South Florida.
  19. Pasco eSchool assistant principal Erin Senior records her portion of her school's 2020 virtual graduation ceremony in advance of the event. This year's ceremonies will be in-person.
  20. BayCare Health System, which operates a number of hospitals on the Suncoast, is expanding its behavioral health services over the next few years.
  21. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis looks on during a news conference in Hialeah on Tuesday. At another stop in Fort Pierce on Thursday, he said he plans to take the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine once his age group is eligible.
  22. LEAH MILLIS | Times  A full cup of "I Voted" stickers.
  23. Copi and Claude are two of many animals looking for forever homes.
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