Caroline Brauchler

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NSM.today •

Remembering Dylan Lyons, UCF alumnus and journalist

Dylan Lyons devoted his life to journalism — until the very end.

Lyons, a reporter for Spectrum News 13 and a UCF alumnus, was fatally shot Wednesday. He and photojournalist Jesse Walden, also from Spectrum News 13, were reporting at the scene of a shooting that occurred earlier in the day when the suspect returned to the scene and shot the two journalists, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office. Lyons was 24.

Walden survived and is being treated for his injuries. The suspect also sho
Ocala Gazette •

MCSO to conduct random K9 drug, firearm classroom searches

Middle and high schools in Marion County are preparing to conduct random drug and weapon searches on students “in the very near future,” according to a Marion County Public Schools news release.

Schools and classrooms will be selected at random for weekly searches through a computer program. Students, staff and faculty will be asked to exit the classrooms and leave all personal belongings, which will be searched by a Marion County Sheriff Office’s K-9 unit in coordination with the Safe Schools