OTTAWA An Ottawa Valley man who died last week in a plane crash in Florida is being remembered as a spirited and happy man, and a loving father and grandfather. Mike Stockton, 67, died when the plane he was in, a Piper Aerostar 600, crashed on Thursday afternoon in a field in Labelle, Florida, about 50 km east of Fort Myers. The Hendry County Sheriff s Office said on Facebook that the plane crashed about 40 yards (36.5 m) from a local church. A second person in the plane was injured. In a statement to CTV News Ottawa, Stockton s son Chris Stockton called his father an amazing man who cared deeply for his friends and family.
Mother records school employee using paddle on daughter 01:59 (CNN)A Florida school principal did not commit a crime when she paddled a 6-year-old girl on the buttocks, as she appeared to have been asked by the child s mother to discipline the girl, according to a review by the state attorney s office.
The girl s mother secretly recorded the incident at Central Elementary School in Clewiston, Florida, on April 13 after the school phoned her to say her daughter had damaged computer equipment. The family s attorney, Brent Probinsky, said the woman was told to bring $50 to the school to pay for damages and that sometimes children were paddled.
May 9, 2021 / 06:41 AM EST
(CNN) A Florida school principal did not commit a crime when she paddled a 6-year-old girl on the buttocks, as she appeared to have been asked by the child’s mother to discipline the girl, according to a review by the state attorney’s office.
The girl’s mother secretly recorded the incident at Central Elementary School in Clewiston, Florida, on April 13 after the school phoned her to say her daughter had damaged computer equipment. The family’s attorney, Brent Probinsky, said the woman was told to bring $50 to the school to pay for damages and that sometimes children were paddled.
1 child dead, 1 injured in shooting in Clewiston
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and last updated 2021-05-07 18:52:52-04
CLEWISTON, Fla. â A shooting in Clewiston left a 4-year-old dead and a 5 -year-old sibling in critical condition Friday afternoon, according to the Hendry County Sheriff s Office.
The Hendry County Major Crimes Unit was contacted by Clewiston Police Department at approximately 2:54 p.m.
Officials said both children were immediately rushed to the hospital where the 4-year-old was pronounced dead.
The 5-year-old was airlifted and transported to a nearby trauma center.
âWe are offering our sincerest condolences to the family of these young children, said Hendry County Sheriff Steve Whidden. We are determined to provide every resource available to us to conduct this investigation to determine how this tragedy could have occurred.
5-year-old shot in Clewiston now stable, sheriff says
Published: May 8, 2021 8:13 AM EDT
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Detectives are continuing to investigate a shooting in Clewiston that killed one child and sent a second child to a trauma center Friday afternoon.
On Saturday, the Hendry County Sheriff’s Office said the 5-year-old child flown to a trauma center is now in stable condition.
The shooting was reported as accidental but the case remains under investigation.
The shooting occurred just before 3 p.m. in a vehicle parked at a Subway restaurant on Berner Road off of US-27.
Friends and family learned of the shooting through social media and gathered at Hendry Regional Medical Center.