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Indiana Task Force One deploys for predicted Hurricane Helene

Katy Szpak

The National Hurricane Center predicts Tropical storm Helene will make landfall in Florida Thursday.

A Highlands County Sheriff's SWAT vehicle is stationed out in front of a SunTrust Bank branch, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, in Sebring, Fla., where authorities say five people were shot and killed. Jury selection starts Monday in the penalty trial of 27-year-old Zephen Xaver, who pleaded guilty last year to the murders.

Sentencing trial set to begin for Florida man who killed 5 women at a bank in 2019

Associated Press

A man who moved to Florida from near South Bend in 2018 will soon learn whether he will be sentenced to death or life in prison for fatally shooting five women in a bank in 2019.

A sand hole collapse in Florida killed a child. Such deaths occur several times a year in the US

Associated Press

The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 7-year-old Indiana girl who was digging with her brother on a Florida beach is an underrecognized danger that kills and injures several children a year around the country.

The 38th Infantry Division’s aviation brigade sent over a dozen soldiers, three flight crews and mechanics and two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.

Florida to reimburse Indiana National Guard $130,000

Associated Press

On Friday, the day after they left, they were told to return home after “it was determined Florida National Guard assets were sufficient, and Indiana National Guard assists were no longer required.”

The Indiana National Guard is sending two Blackhawk helicopters to assist in deliveries and rescue missions.

Indiana National Guard heads to Florida

Ethan Sandweiss

The 38th Infantry Division’s aviation brigade is sending over a dozen soldiers to Tampa. The Shelbyville-based unit previously assisted in Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Katrina relief missions.