Two area Girl Scouts achieve highest award for Safe Haven Baby Boxes and a sensory room for high school students. Just 5 percent of eligible Girl Scouts earn the award.
Michael Lee King, 54, was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison in Starke for the 2008 murder of a North Port woman that resulted in changes in state law regarding 911 operators. King was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. by the state Department of Corrections. The announcement came several hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his latest application to stay the scheduled execution.