Dear reader,
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HURRICANE HUNTERS: NOAA’s Lakeland-based storm team is slated to get a $122 million, updated Gulfstream jet under the omnibus spending bill being considered by Congress.
HOUSE DESTROYED: Fire totaled a two-story house on Lake Deeson (map) Thursday afternoon. Nobody was home at the time.
Source: The Ledger
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