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Vacant dreams Lots sit empty as new-home permits drop drastically
Ocala
About 150 homes a month are started in the Sumter County portion of the sprawling, tri-county retirement community, according to Vandeven. ...

Daily Mail
What you need to know if you see a Burmese python
Orlando Sentinel
... to capture and euthanize the pythons in South Florida and prosecutors try to determine whether charges should be filed against a Sumter County man whose ...
Counties Want New Regulations On Pet SnakesCBS 4

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Hernando County Cooperative Extension Service director focuses on ...
Tampabay.com
• A visit to a farm in Sumter County, where a new producer had inherited a herd of beef cattle and had little knowledge ...

Lake County unemployment rates soar in June
Orlando Sentinel
Lake County had a 11.2 percent jobless rate in June, according to preliminary figures released by Workforce Central Florida this morning. ...

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Lake County well-represented in minor leagues
Daily Commercial
Area ties would include playing for a Lake or Sumter County high school, with LSCC, or with either of Lake County's Florida Collegiate Summer League teams. ...

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Melton Haynes brought sweet orange industry to Lake County
Daily Commercial
Our source, The South Publishing Company's Florida State Gazetteer and Business Directory of 1886-87, listed 44 communities in Orange (22) and Sumter (22) ...

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Daily Commercial
Useful Information : Snake Strangles Child In Sumpter County!
Bay County Press
“We've never had anything like this in Sumter County or even Florida. To keep a large, unsecured snake in the house is just asking for trouble. ...
Killer snake remains aliveDaily Commercial
Very angry about snake killing girlSun newspapers
One outraged reptile keeperHernando Today

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ABC News
Florida's first fatal python attack prompts concern, legislation
Tampabay.com
Since a Burmese python strangled a Sumter County toddler last week, about two dozen people have called Yates' Wildlife ...
New python-banning law could come from girl's deathTampa Tribune
Florida Sen. Nelson wants to put squeeze non-native crittersThe News-Press
Senator Fights To Ban Snake That Killed ToddlerWFtv.com
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Florida woman's death believed to be meningitis
MiamiHerald.com
As a precaution, 12 people in Levy County and one person in Sumter County are being treated with antibiotics. Locke says the woman became sick very quickly ...

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Times Online
Autopsy: 2-year-old girl killed by python died of asphyxia
Los Angeles Times
Late Wednesday, Sumter County Sheriff and state wildlife officials captured the python inside the small home on County Road 466 and placed it inside a bag. ...
Python kills 2-year-old in Sumter County homeDaily Commercial
Emotional 911 Call in Deadly Python AttackABC News
Officials: Escaped pet python strangled Fla. childThe Associated Press
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