Parkland Shooter Gets Life, Police Punked, Record Rebuild: FL Top News

TAMPA, FL — While Hurricane Ian continued to dominate this week's Florida news with the Florida Department of Transportation restoring access to Sanibel and Pine islands in record time, families of those killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting were caught off guard when the jury opted not to give shooter Nikolas Cruz the death penalty.

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

• Hurricane Ian Victim Targeted By Unlicensed Contractor: Venice Police
• Biden Scales Back Student Loan Forgiveness: How It Affects FL
• Utility Truck Convoy Reaches Sanibel On Temporary Bridge: Ian Update
• Sanibel Lifeline, Death Toll At 102: Hurricane Ian
• Baby Exposed To Drugs Given Narcan, Hospitalized: St. Pete Police
• Steak Knife Used To Stab Homeless Man To Death, Say Pasco Deputies
• Man High On Mushrooms Attacked Attendants On Miami To D.C. Flight
• Boy Wrote College Essay About Sexual Relationship With FL Teacher
• Hoax School Shooting Calls Worry Parents, Keep FL Police Racing
• DNA Connects Suspect Who Died In Jail To 2 Tamiami Trail Deaths: SPD
• Postal Worker Trafficked Cocaine Through USPS In Bradenton: DOJ
• FL Bodybuilder Charged After Ex-Wife's Remains Found In Burn Pile
• Nikolas Cruz, Parkland School Shooter, Sentenced To Life In Prison
• Gang Members Trafficking Drugs From Florida Prisons Arrested
• Florida Men Shoot Each Other's Daughters During Road Rage Incident: Reports
• Kidnapped Children Rescued By Hillsborough Sheriff's Deputy: Video
• Hundreds Attend Memorial For Rookie Polk Deputy Killed In Line Of Duty
• Parkland Juror Threatened By Fellow Juror, Investigation Possible
• Flight From Miami Evacuated Because Of Fumes From Carry-On Luggage