Rhett Brun will attend sixth grade this fall at Howard Middle School in Orlando, and Sherri Brun isn't wild about sending her 11-year-old to a bus stop in the dark. Brun, who is blind, worries about her son's safety. We talked with critics and advocates of the swap, which will see middle schools start the day first and high schools later. This is the fourth and final report.
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A fisherman in Indian River County survived a bolt of lightning Monday, a few days after a 6-year-old girl in the Panhandle was struck and killed while standing beneath a tree.
Florida's lightning season has arrived. And if it's an average year, nine Floridians will die from lightning strikes between mid-May and mid-October. Another 37 will be injured, according to Matt Bragaw, a lightning specialist with the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
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A police pursuit east of downtown Orlando ended Thursday when an officer shot and killed a suspect.
The incident began about 1p.m. with a report of an aggravated assault at Home Suite Homes, a long-term-stay hotel at 2801 E. Colonial Drive. A maintenance man who was trying to lock a hotel-room door encountered two men and two women inside, police Sgt. Barbara Jones said.
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