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Female great white shark found dead on Florida Panhandle beach

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2 years ago

February 25, 2024

Female great white shark found dead on Florida Panhandle beach

FILE VIDEO: Department of Natural Resources Director Robert Duncanson provides shark safety tips on FOX Weather.

NAVARRE, Fla. – A massive great white shark washed up on a Florida Panhandle beach over the weekend, according to local fire rescue officials.

Navarre Beach Fire and Rescue officials said crews helped pull in the deceased great white shark on Friday. The shark was estimated to be about 13-15 feet long. Photos posted by the agency show the giant great white on the sand.

Fire rescue initially indicated the shark was a pregnant female. However, local media reported a necropsy was performed over the weekend and found that the shark was not pregnant.

The body of a female great white shark on the sand on Navarro Beach, Florida on Feb. 23, 2024.

(Navarro Beach Fire Rescue)

MASSIVE SHARK FOUND DEAD ON RHODE ISLAND BEACH COULD HELP SCIENTISTS BETTER UNDERSTAND SPECIES

Wildlife officials told the South Santa Rosa News that based on the development of the female great white, she was unlikely to become pregnant for a few years. Wildlife officials estimate the shark weighed about 1,500 pounds and was about to be 30 years old.

Navarre is located in the Florida Panhandle between Pensacola Beach and Destin. Earlier this month, FOX 10 reported that anglers caught another large great white shark and released it on Navarre Beach. Officials said the released shark had a scar on its back, and the dead female shark did not have the same markings.

The body of a female great white shark on the sand on Navarro Beach, Florida on Feb. 23, 2024.

(Navarro Beach Fire Rescue)

Nonprofit American Oceans reports great white sharks are a vulnerable and threatened species due to overfishing and human activities.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, great white sharks are prohibited from harvesting in Florida state waters.

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Secretive push to build new Florida slaughterhouse endangers Lake O

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2 hours ago

April 30, 2026

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Secretive push to build new Florida slaughterhouse endangers Lake O

America has had a long love affair with cowboys. We picture them riding, roping, and ranching and just swoon. But we don’t like thinking about what happens to the cattle they’re tending, and how these critters wind up as the millions of burgers sold by McDonalds. To go from cows on the hoof to burgers […]

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Truck driver’s body found after he disappeared in Florida

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14 hours ago

April 29, 2026

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Truck driver’s body found after he disappeared in Florida

The body of Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez, 41 was discovered in coastal Georgia, according to FBI officials.

The body of a truck driver was discovered in Georgia nearly two weeks after he went missing from a Florida rest stop, officials said.

Alejandro Jacomino González, 41, of Miami, picked up vehicles in Georgia on April 16 and was transporting them to Miami. He stopped at a rest stop in Brevard County, Florida on April 17 about 1:21 a.m. and rested for several hours.

The truck’s GPS showed shortly before 8 a.m., the truck “traveled one exit south and then turned north toward Jacksonville, Florida,” according to the FBI.

“Shortly after, González stopped responding and the truck was reported missing,” the FBI said.

The truck, without some of the vehicles González was transporting, was located in Port Wentworth, Georgia. Three vehicles were recovered in Florida, FBI officials said.

González’s body was located in coastal Georgia. Details on how he died, when and how his remains were located were not provided.

FBI seeking help from public in case of killed Florida truck driver

The FBI is seeking anyone who has photos or video from the Brevard County rest area in Grant-Valkaria, Florida between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. April 17.

Officials are especially interested in the southern portion of the rest stop, near the ramp reconnecting to Interstate-95. Images can shared through an online form.

Michelle Spitzer is a journalist for The USA TODAY NETWORK-FLORIDA. As the network’s Rapid Response reporter, she covers Florida’s breaking news. You can get all of Florida’s best content directly in your inbox each weekday day by signing up for the free newsletter, Florida TODAY, at https://floridatoday.com/newsletters.

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No. 10 Florida State softball comes up short on the road at Florida

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April 29, 2026

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No. 10 Florida State softball comes up short on the road at Florida

The Florida Gators defeated the Florida State Seminoles 4-3 in a midweek softball game.
Florida State initially led 2-0 before Florida tied the game and later took the lead.
The Seminoles tied the game again in the fifth inning, but the Gators scored the winning run in the bottom half.
No. 8 Florida defeated No. 10 Florida State 4-3 in a midweek softball game.
FSU initially took a 2-0 lead but could not overcome Florida’s subsequent scoring rallies.
The Seminoles will next play a road series against Boston College starting May 1.

No. 8 Florida handed No. 10 Florida State a narrow midweek loss, edging the Seminoles 4-3 Tuesday night at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

It was FSU’s first loss at Gainesville in five years.

FSU (43-8, 18-3 ACC) matched UF hit for hit for much of the game but could not overcome a pair of early deficit swings, falling to the Gators (46-8, 16-5 SEC) for the second time this season.

The Seminoles scored three runs on seven hits and drew three walks. Ashtyn Danley and Kennedy Harp each went 2-for-3, and five different FSU players recorded hits.

FSU struck first in the second inning. Singles by Bella Ruggiero and Harp, along with a walk to Shelby McKenzie, loaded the bases. Hayley Griggs followed with a soft single to left to plate Ruggiero, and Isa Torres added a sacrifice fly to score McKenzie and give the Seminoles a 2-0 lead.

Florida answered with two runs on two hits in the bottom of the third to tie the game, then pushed ahead 3-2 in the fourth on an RBI single.

The Seminoles responded in the fifth, again loading the bases. Anna Hinde lifted a sacrifice fly to deep right, allowing Torres to tag and score to tie the game at 3.

Florida regained the lead in the bottom half of the inning with a solo run and held the Seminoles scoreless the rest of the way to secure the 4-3 victory.

Bella Dimitrijevic started for FSU and worked three innings, allowing two earned runs on three hits with one strikeout in her 13th start of the season. Marlee Gaskell (2-1) relieved in the fourth, pitching 2 1/3 innings and striking out three while surrendering five hits. Makenna Reid entered in the sixth and recorded two flyouts to keep the Seminoles within a run.

Florida State will resume ACC play with a road series at Boston College beginning Friday, May 1, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

How to watch FSU softball vs. Boston College

Date: Friday, May 1
Time: 4 p.m. EST
Where: Harrington Athletics Village, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
TV/Stream: ACC extra

Peter Holland Jr. covers Florida State athletics and Big Bend Preps for the Tallahassee Democrat. If you like to pitch a story on a high school athlete, don’t hesitate to get in touch with him via email at PHolland@Gannett.com or on X @_Da_pistol.

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