Best Places To Live, Cute Crime Fighters, Mum On Periods: FL Top News

FLORIDA — It showed up last year in New Port Richey and now the pesky giant African snail that can destroy entire fields of crops has cropped up in Lee County. Also topping the news, a father whose son was killed in the school massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was restrained and kicked out of the U.S. Capitol after shouting at Republicans during a House oversight committee discussion on gun control.

See these stories and more top news stories from the week on Florida Patch sites.

• FL Man Hits 100 MPH Taking Girlfriend To Taco Bell Interview: Reports
• Bloodhound Puppies Already Proving They Have Nose For Crime
• 12-Foot Great White Shark Tracked Off Florida Keys: OCEARCH
• Parkland Victim's Father Arrested During U.S. House Hearing On Guns
• FL Lawmaker Tricked Into Reading Inappropriate Fake Names Aloud: Watch
• Pornographic' Michelangelo Statue Viewing Ousts FL School Principal
• Permitless Carry Gun Law Passes Florida House, Moves To Senate
• FL School Textbooks Edited To Omit Rosa Parks' Race: Reports
• Sandhill Crane Scares Off 8-Foot Gator In Sarasota Neighborhood: Watch
• Clearwater Mayor Abruptly Resigns During Council Work Session
• FL Bill Would Ban Talk About Menstruation Before 6th Grade
• Clearwater Sanitation Worker Seriously Injured When Struck By Vehicle
• 7 FL Places Among Top 100 Best To Live In U.S.: New Report
• Stillborn Goat Causes Petting Zoo’s Removal From Sarasota County Fair
• 2 Nursing Home Workers Battered Elderly Residents: Pinellas Sheriff
• FDLE To Investigate Deputy-Involved Shooting Of Pasco Man Threatening Suicide
• Sheriff's Deputies Tackle Spring Cleaning In East Hillsborough, Targeting Gangs
• Ringling Bros. Circus Back Without Animal Acts, Announces Tour: Watch
• FL’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Author Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges: U.S. DOJ
• Florida Eyes 'Don't Say Gay' Law Expansion To All Grades: Reports
• Anti-Gay Comments Prompt Edwards To Walk Out Of School Board Meeting

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