WAKE UP! HEROIN USE IS AN EPIDEMIC IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
SpotlightBryan April 23, 2016
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WAKE UP! HEROIN USE IS AN EPIDEMIC IN CENTRAL FLORIDA

Here are the statistics: the State of Florida reported heroin killed more people in 2014 than any year on record.  For a more local statistic the number of heroin related overdoses increased in almost every Central Florida county during 2013 and 2014. Orange and Osceola counties (which are very close to Brevard county) were hit the hardest with an 84 percent increase. A reason for heroin’s popularity is cost. Due to Florida’s recent crackdown on […]

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Employment: The next step after graduation
SpotlightBryan April 21, 2016
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Employment: The next step after graduation

Graduation is an exciting time in the lives of students. After years in the classroom preparing for life after school, graduation marks a time when students are finally ready to enter the “real world” and land their first professional job. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics advises that earning a college degree can greatly improve a person’s chance of landing a job. The more education a person receives, the lower his or her prospects of […]

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Distracted driving a real threat
SpotlightBryan April 19, 2016
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Distracted driving a real threat

Dating back to the days of the first automobiles, drivers have always taken on a degree of risk when getting behind the wheel and hitting the open road. While technology has done much to mitigate that risk, it’s also contributed to the growing number of distractions drivers face on the road. Distracted driving is a significant threat. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2012 more than 3,300 people were killed in […]

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