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• Hundreds of jobs are coming to Lake County, thanks to one of the country’s largest grocery chains. Kroger has chosen Groveland as home to a massive e-commerce warehouse.
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• The Groveland Four have become a symbol of racial injustice in the Jim Crow Era. Florida state leaders want to acknowledge the state’s failure with a pardon.
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• Animal shelters often find themselves at capacity during the summer. In Orange County, 50 to 100 animals arrive at the shelter each day. Diane Summers with Orange County Animal Services and Whitney Boylston, director of Lake County Animal Shelter, join us to talk about why they tend to see an increase in animals during the summer and what the shelters do in an effort to find these pets a home.
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• Lake County’s rolling out a new batch of bear-resistant trash cans. Lake is one of the top five counties for bear-human interaction in the state, according to complaint call data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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• Gilbert King won a Pulitzer prize for his book Devil in the Grove, a deep dive into the case of four young African American men who were falsely accused of rape in 1949. His new book, Beneath a Ruthless Sun, chronicles the story of another young man from Lake County who was railroaded for a crime he didn’t commit.
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• Lake County is following Seminole County in its ban of the retail sale of cats and dogs. This won’t affect shelters or rescue organizations that charge minimal adoption fees.
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• Leaders in Lake County want to rethink public transit. The county is floating the idea of cutting some bus routes and piloting ride-hailing services. No routes are on the chopping block yet. But the commission said some fixed routes have low ridership.
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• Lake County commissioners voted 3-2 to put a gas tax increase on the November ballot. If approved by voters, it would add a nickel tax per gallon. The money would fund road repairs.
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• Lake County Sheriff’s Office will offer blood cessation training in response to the Parkland High School shooting. Community centers like churches and schools can host the classes.
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• Local fabric shop donates handmade quilts to Puerto Rico.
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