(Starke, FL) -- A convicted killer from Hillsborough County is dead after he was executed at Florida State Prison. The Florida Department of Corrections says Plant City's Samuel Lee Smithers died at 6:15 eastern time last night. The 72-year-old killed two women almost 30 years ago. Smithers is the 14th person the state has put to death this year. Two more executions are scheduled. The next one will be in two weeks.

A log truck collided with a small brick building in Escambia County at 7:29 am this morning at 106 South Highway 29, just south of Muscogee Road. The building, owned by Al Gulf Coast RR LLC, was unoccupied at the time of the crash. Emergency responders from Escambia County Fire Rescue and EMS arrived to find an 18-wheel log truck had crashed into the building, with its trailer blocking a train track. CSX was notified about the track obstruction. Escambia County EMS transporte

Pensacola, FL (Newsradio 92.3) -- Twenty-five new graduates have made it through the FDLE Criminal Justice Executive Institute class -- they include Major Doug Bringmans from the Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office, Chief Tom Roberson from the Pensacola State College Police Department, and Major Joshua Grace from the Crestview Police Department. The program attendees met for several weeks in Tallahassee for seminars and classes on social media, stress management, planning, and leader