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Pastor, Coach Charged In Sex Trafficking Sting | Patch PM

79 sex trafficking arrests | $235M Powerball winner | VIP vaccine list | Red tide in 4 counties | Patch survey on prom, graduation: Patch PM

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23-Year-Old Land O' Lakes Man Youngest To Win Powerball Jackpot

Thomas Yi is on Cloud 9, or rather Cloud 235.4 million. That's the amount of money the 23-year-old Land O' Lakes man won in the Powerball drawing March 27.

Woman Who Complained To Commissioner Added To VIP Vaccine List

Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh's former neighbor emailed her to complain about the county's COVID-19 vaccine lottery system not long before being added to Baugh's VIP list for an elite vaccine event in February, the Herald-Tribune reported.

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Red Tide Found In Four Southwest Florida Counties: FWC

The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, has been found in 54 water samples from Sarasota, Charlotte, Collier and Lee counties, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

School Mask Policies, Graduations, Proms, Sports: FL Patch Survey

To gauge how Floridians feel about COVID-19 safety protocols in the schools, Patch has created a reader survey, which will be open through Monday at noon. Share your thoughts about face masks in schools, virtual learning, vaccines, graduations and proms, and more.

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Pastor, Girls Basketball Coach Arrested In Sex Trafficking Sting

A church pastor and a girls' high school basketball coach were among 79 men arrested as part of a week-long anti-human trafficking operation leading up to Wrestlemania 37 in Tampa last weekend.

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