LAKE WALES, Fla. — After an hourslong standoff at a motel, police in central Florida fatally shot a man suspected of killing a mother and her three children, authorities said Wednesday. After investigators tracked Stenson to the Slumberland Motel, he said “he would kill himself or force law enforcement to kill him,” Lakes Wales police said in a news release. …
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Museum of Natural History scientists have found the first nest of Florida’s extraordinarily rare blue calamintha bee and added a new location to its known range: the Ocala National Forest. “Studying and understanding more about individual species is most impactful for us when it leads to steps for helping conserve the organism.” A marked blue calamintha …
