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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff in central Florida was arrested Thursday on charges of racketeering and conspiracy as part of what state authorities described as a probe into a massive gambling ...
A woman was killed by an alligator Tuesday afternoon while paddling a small boat near a state park in central Florida, authorities confirmed. Her husband tried to fight off the alligator but was ...
A woman canoeing with her husband Tuesday afternoon at Lake Kissimmee State Park was attacked and killed by an alligator, according to officials, News4JAX’s sister station WKMG in Orlando reported.
Alligator kills woman after tipping over her canoe near Lake Kissimmee in Central Florida Startled animal thrashed suddenly, tipping over the canoe and sending both her and husband into water ...
Wildlife officials said the attack occurred on Lake Kissimmee. A similar, though non-lethal incident happened in the same creek in March.
LAKELAND, FL — A woman in a canoe was killed by an alligator on Lake Kissimmee in central Florida on May 6, state wildlife officials said. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in ...
Lake Kissimmee is a nearly 35,000-acre lake located about 70 miles south of Orlando, Florida. The woman was canoeing when she encountered the alligator and wound up in the water, the agency said.