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TAMPA, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 29: Mike Evans #13 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looks on before the game against the Carolina Panthers at Raymond James Stadium on December 29, 2024 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

Florida: DeSantis Declares January 10 ‘Mike Evans Day’ Across Sunshine State

GOP Governor Ron DeSantis honored football player Mike Evans for his NFL accolades on Friday, January 10th, declaring it “Mike Evans Day” in the Sunshine State.

US-WEATHER-HURRICANE-CLIMATE-MILTON Employees move an African porcupine named Chompers to a pet carrier at Zoo Tampa ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall in the middle of this week on October 7, 2024 in Florida. In the midst of this turmoil, Tiffany Burns is preparing a different kind of evacuation. The 41-year-old, director of the Tampa Zoo's animal program, oversees where the zoo's guests - elephants, rhinos, orangutans, etc. - will be spending the storm. The zoo has several hurricane-proof buildings where it plans to move all of its animals in the next few hours. "We hope they suffer as little stress as possible, that's always our goal," Burns explains. In a small enclosure, two zookeepers lure a porcupine into a cage by feeding it pieces of carrot and strawberry. Once the animal is enclosed, they carefully lift it into a golf cart and take it under cover. (Photo by Bryan R. SMITH / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Florida: ZooTampa, Florida Aquarium Staffers Plan To ‘Ride Out’ Hurricane Milton Alongside Its Animals

Volunteers of the ZooTampa and Florida Aquarium will be reportedly riding out Hurricane Milton alongside its animals, hoping to safeguard all of the animals as much as possible.

Dane Grifford describes the damage and debris left by Hurricane Helene ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall in the middle of this week in Treasure Island, Florida on October 7, 2024. Florida's governor has declared a state of emergency on Saturday as forecasters warned that Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall later this week. (Photo by Bryan R. SMITH / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Fla. Issues Largest Evacuation Warning In Almost A Decade As ‘Life-Threatening’ Hurricane Milton Strengthens To Cat. 4 Storm

Floridians have been issued urgent warnings to begin the largest evacuation in almost a decade as Hurricane Milton rapidly grew to a “life threatening” Category 4 storm containing 150 mph winds Monday, placing hundreds of thousands of residents still recovering from Helene at risk.

A sign displays evacuation orders as preparations are made for the arrival of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Florida on September 25, 2024. Thousands of residents on Wednesday began evacuating parts of coastal Florida as the US state braces for Hurricane Helene, forecast to barrel ashore as a powerful, potentially deadly storm. Helene strengthened into a hurricane mid-morning in the Gulf of Mexico and is "expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds, and flooding rains to a large portion of Florida and the Southeastern United States," the National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its latest bulletin. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Florida: Helene Set To Make Landfall As A Category 4 Hurricane

Hurricane Helen is now forecasted to become a Category 4 by the time it makes landfall in Florida.

This photo released by the Hernando County Sheriff's Office, shows Jeffrey Norman Crum, Wednesday, July 27, 2023, after his arrest. Crum, 61, who is already in prison serving a life sentence for sexual battery convictions, has been identified from DNA in the death of 12-year-old Jennifer Odom in 1993. (Hernando County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Suspect Arrested In Tampa Bay 30 Year Old Murder Case

A Florida man has been charged with murder three decades after the death of 12-year-old Jennifer Renee Odom, a Tampa-area girl who went missing after getting off a school bus near her home in Pasco County, authorities announced Thursday.