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Osprey Observer
Published July 30Seniors Bring Skill And Spirit To Brain And Body Challenge
More than 400 energetic seniors ages 50 and up came together for Hillsborough County Aging Services’ annual Brain and Body Challenge, transforming the event into a playful showdown between superheroes and supervillains. The day was packed with high-energy activities, plenty of…
Former Pendleton corrections sergeant sentenced for 'excessive, unlawful force' against inmate
Shaunacy Edmonds, 36, of Muncie, was sentenced to five months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release.
Osprey Observer
Published July 30Avelo Airlines Announces Four New Nonstop Routes
Avelo Airlines recently announced four new routes from its Central Florida airports to Charlotte/Concord, North Carolina, and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Avelo is the only airline offering nonstop service on these routes. Avelo will operate these routes using Boeing Next-Generation…
Braun: Some Indiana Medicaid recipients can have access to select GLP-1 medications
INDIANAPOLIS -- Some Indiana residents who are on Medicaid will now be able to have access to select GLP-1 medications, according to the office of Indiana Gov. Mike Braun, a decision that Braun said continues the state's commitment to "Make Indiana Healthy Again." A news release…
Gov. Braun launches nuclear energy readiness program
Gov. Mike Braun announced the launch of the Indiana Advanced Nuclear Ready Community program on July 16. The initiative supports Hoosier communities seeking designation as sites for nuclear energy-related development. […]
Osprey Observer
Published July 30Frontier Classrooms To Lasting Legacies
By Preserving Brandon — Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future Before Eastern Hillsborough County became a landscape of busy roads, subdivisions and crowded school campuses, its first classrooms rose from pine flatwoods and sandy trails. Some were plain, one-room wooden…
KPD: 2 arrested, 3 wanted in relation to mid-June fatal shooting at Kokomo restaurant
KOKOMO, Ind. -- Two individuals have been taken into custody, and law enforcement is searching for three others in relation to a fatal shooting in mid-June in Kokomo. According to previous reports, officers responded to a report of a fight involving weapons in a parking lot of a…
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Published July 30‘Floridians deserve answers’: Dems calls on Ashley Moody to release grand jury report on Hope Florida
Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried is calling on Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody to use her power to seek release of a grand jury report into the $10 million in taxpayer funds diverted to the Hope Florida Foundation in 2024. Hope Florida is the community-based,…
Recorder to host Taste, Toast & Talk: Professional Networking Mixer
Hoosiers can celebrate Black Business Month at the Indianapolis Recorder’s Taste, Toast & Talk Professional Networking Mixer from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30 at SipEasy SocialHaus, located […]
Weapons, Drug-Saturated Paper Seized in Mohawk Correctional Facility Dorm Search
Correction officers recovered weapons, drug-saturated paper and gang material during a planned search at Mohawk Correctional Facility.
Road closures in Amsterdam remain as state of emergency ends
Roads were closed in Amsterdam after intense rainfall led to a state of emergency. Flash flooding was reported in some areas.
Inside the lobbying push that fueled arrests at Indy hospitals
Over the past decade, the Indiana Hospital Association has successfully lobbied for expanded police authority within hospitals and enhanced criminal penalties for battery against healthcare workers, raising concerns regarding transparency and the potential targeting of vulnerable…