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'State Park Preservation Act': Bill to stop development at Florida state parks advances
State Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, filed the "State Park Preservation Act" in December. The bill, championed in the House of Representatives by state Rep. John Snyder, R-Stuart, cleared the full ...
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Texas could be getting a new state park -- and here's where it's going.
AUSTIN, Texas — A new state park is in the works for Texas, and it just got one step closer to a reality. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced Monday that it had finalized ...
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Texas purchases a 1,100-acre swath of land, with intent to create a new state park
Wildlife photographed on land across the river from Colorado Bend State Park that was recently purchased by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.(Chase Fountain ...
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Rocky Neck State Park reopens; crews continue to monitor brush fire
EAST LYME, CT (WFSB) - Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme reopened on Monday after it had been closed for a brush fire. Crews responded to the large brush fire on Sunday afternoon. Mutual aid from ...
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Texas one step closer to new 3,000 acre state park near the Colorado River
AUSTIN, Texas (KWTX) - The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) says they recently finalized the purchase of 1,100 acres in Lampasas and Burnet Counties, bringing a new state park in Texas ...
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What’s That Building? Shabbona Lake State Park
When Gov. JB Pritzker in late March signed legislation that will give Shabbona Lake State Park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, this wasn’t just acknowledging Native people once lived on ...
Highland Park shooter sentenced to life in prison for mass killing
Robert E. Crimo III has held Highland Park, Illinois, hostage since that summer day in 2022, residents say. Some are still ...
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Security alert at Cave Hill Country Park ends after viable pipe bomb type devices found
A number of viable pipe bomb type devices have been discovered following a security alert at Cave Hill Country Park in north Belfast. Police were called to reports of a suspicious object in the ...
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POLICE: Man arrested for false bomb threat at Albany protest
Albany, NY (WRGB) — A man was arrested Saturday after police say he left a backpack unattended at a West Capitol Park protest. State Police ... assisting. The Bomb Disposal Unit and their ...
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BREAKING: Suspected Bomb Explosion Reportedly Rocks Maiduguri Prison Cell Holding Convicted Bomber Charles Okah
Initial reports from within the prison indicate that an object, likely a bomb, was lobbed into Okah ... and a previous bombing in Warri, Delta State, on March 15, 2010. SaharaReporters.com ...
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BREAKING: Convicted Independence Day Bomber, Charles Okah, In Critical Condition After Suspected Bomb Blast At Maiduguri Prison
The blast, which occurred around 9 p.m. on April 20, is now being treated by insiders as an attempted assassination. Okah, found unconscious in his cell early Monday morning, is said to have ...