Alex Cejka has won the 2021 Senior PGA Championship. The tournament wrapped up around 6 p.m. Sunday, May 30 with the 50-year-old pro taking the title.
Alex Cejka makes history with Senior PGA title! Cards a 67 and becomes the only player ever to win his first two major starts. pic.twitter.com/YIrAteqJ1A— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) May 30, 2021
Cejka turned pro in 1989, ESPN reports.
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NAPLES, Fla. – A brush fire has ignited in Collier County. The fire started around 4 p.m. Sunday and is currently burning off of Sabal Palm Road and Sanders Boulevard in Naples, according to the Florida Forestry Service. Officials said the brush fire is estimated at 10-15 acres as crews work to extinguish the blaze.
#wildfire in #CollierCounty – Sanders Blvd. Size estimated at 10-15 acres. 2 @FLForestService dozer units on scene. @CollierSheriff Air rescue 1 is E/R. pic.twitter.com/5MdLxwcgTG— FFS Caloosahatchee (@FFS_cafc) May 30, 2021
Greater Naples Fire and FFS are...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida Department of Health employee has received whistleblower status a year after being fired for repeatedly violating the agency’s policy about communicating with the media. The employee, Rebekah Jones, had raised questions about Florida’s COVID-19 data after being ousted as the data’s curator. State officials said she was fired for insubordination after being reprimanded several times, according to state records. The Miami Herald reported that the Office of the Inspector General told her attorneys on Friday that “the information disclosed does meet...
2:00 p.m. Eastbound lanes of Trafalgar Parkway at SW 4th Court are blocked due to a crash – Avoid the area and seek an alternate route
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – The Punta Gorda Police Department is searching for a suspect or suspects involved in two home burglaries in the Burnt Store Isles area. Police said they believe the white 2005 Chevrolet pickup truck pictured is involved in the burglaries. Investigators are asking residents to keep an eye out for the pickup truck that has a license plate reading 644QQD. Authorities are asking anyone who spots the truck to call 911 or contact SWFL Crime Stoppers with any information on the crime at 1-800-780-TIPS.
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(CNN) — A further 92 earthquakes and tremors have been recorded in the past 24 hours around the Mount Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a local government official told CNN on Sunday. The 11,500-foot-high volcano first erupted last Saturday, killing at least 31 people. Since then, the area has experienced a series of earthquakes and tremors, some felt as far away as the Rwandan capital of Kigali, 65 miles from the volcano in the Virunga National Park. “There were 92 earthquakes and tremors in the last 24 hours. Only 4 were...
(CNN) — Despite their portly frame and inherent meekness, Florida’s manatees are survivors. When power plants began popping up along Florida’s East and West coasts, manatees learned to follow the flow of the unseasonably warm water. When boats with sharp motors increasingly flooded their habitats, they learned how to live with debilitating injuries, or tried to. And when their favorite source of food began to disappear when toxic algae infested the water, they learned to eat less, often at the cost of their health. Their gentle nature...