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Tallahassee Vision Walk
Last Updated: 10:04 AM 11/07/092nd Annual Tallahassee Vision Walk Set to Raise $90,000 for blindness research. 
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Veterans Celebration
Last Updated: 10:05 AM 11/07/09Wakulla County's 3rd annual celebration to Support Our Troops and Honor our Veterans.
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Last Updated: 8:56 AM 11/07/09Authorities have released the names of the two people on board a single engine plane that crashed in Tallahassee Wednesday. 
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Last Updated: 9:10 AM 11/07/0911 year old boy chokes himself inside a closet in a family home.
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Last Updated: 10:23 PM 11/06/09There’s good news tonight for the state’s jobless. The President signed legislation to keep unemployment checks flowing to people at risk of running out or who have already exhausted their benefits. Eligible jobseekers need to know to make sure they’re ready to claim the extra cash.
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Wildwood Country Club Responds to Liquor License Accusation
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Last Updated: 6:25 PM 11/06/09 - The club will be requesting a formal hearing to dispute the complaint. And the Department of business and professional regulation received that request yesterday 11-4. The Club may be business as usual today but in the next coming weeks...patrons may see some changes. (Full Story) |
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High School Coach Sent To Prison For "Sexting" With 15-Year Old Student
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Last Updated: 11:42 AM 11/06/09 - A former Lowndes High School coach is going serve time for "sexting" a student. (Full Story) |
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Last Updated: 9:04 AM 11/07/09 - Tallahassee Police say a woman was able to escape to safety after a man attempts to get her into his car in a parking lot. (Full Story) |
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Last Updated: 9:00 AM 11/07/09 - Two registered sex offenders have relocated to Madison County. (Full Story) |
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