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Jeter Home To Be Razed, Artemis Launch Date, Ron's Free Trip: FL News

In top FL news, a surge of guns found in schools, Derek Jeter mansion sold, and a police chief was cleared of illegal search charges.

A $22 million Tampa home once owned by baseball great Derek Jeter may be demolished, reports said.
A $22 million Tampa home once owned by baseball great Derek Jeter may be demolished, reports said. (Courtesy of Smith & Associates Real Estate and Uneek Luxury Tours)

FLORIDA — It's been 4 1/2 years since the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 students and staff. With an increasing number of students caught bringing guns to school and social media threats causing school lockdowns on a weekly basis in Florida, parents want to know what's been done to keep students safe.

Plus baseball great Derek Jeter's former mansion will be demolished; Gov. DeSantis gets national attention for sending migrants to Martha's Vineyard; 160 arrests made in a human-trafficking sting; and a police chief is cleared of illegal home search claims.

See these stories and more on this week's Florida Patch sites.

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