Tiger Kills Worker After Cage Breach at Florida Park
A 500-pound Siberian tiger breached its cage at Savage Kingdom in Center Hill Florida and fatally mauled 49 year old Vincent Lowe during repairs. Park operator shot the animal to allow rescue crews to reach Lowe who died from neck bites and severe head and chest injuries.
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Center Hill
Fla
Florida
Vincent Lowe
Savage Kingdom
Sumter County
Gary Brannen
Robert Baudy
Jack Jordan
Jordan
Bandy
Sheriff's Deputies
Cuban migrants rescued after capsize off Key West
Coast Guard cutters plucked 22 migrants including four children from rough seas about 17 miles southeast of Key West after a go fast boat capsized. One body recovered, up to seven missing, search hampered by storms and 20 mph winds. Migrants to be interviewed for possible repatriation to Cuba.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Coast Guard
Luis Diaz
Diaz
Immigration and Naturalization Service
City Council to hear hotel and sewer service dispute
The Aug 13 meeting will consider a utility request for sewer service to a parcel tied to Bansi Patel and Gene Fleischer. They argue a 1990 City Council approval still obligates service, while City Attorney Gary Smith says the plan was for a convenience store and requires planning commission review. The hotel variance proceeds after a traffic study, with County Planning Commission resuming Thursday.
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Bansi Patel
Gene Fleischer
Fleischer
Wes Smith
Patel
Bill Tucker
Planning Commission
Aiken County Planning Commission
Czech Girls Aim for National Championship and Olympics
Barbora Surovcikova aged 11 targets national championship after returning from Aiken. Teammates Kristyna Palesova and Kamila Kopeckova, both 10 and 11, set long term goals to reach the Olympics and win gold when eligible. Krizova calls the international experience exciting and refreshing for the gymnasts.
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Aiken
Barbora Surovcikova
Kristyna Palesova
Kamila Kopeckova
Krizova
Plane crashes on golf course in Hilton Head Island
One person died when a private plane crashed onto a fairway at a Hilton Head Island golf course shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday. Beaufort County deputies and investigators were at the scene. no other details were immediately available.
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Hilton Head Island
Wsav- TV
Savannah
Beaufort County Sheriff's Office
John Rosenberg
Palmetto Dunes
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