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Sweetwater, FL - A man accused of stealing nearly 200 pairs of women's panties from two South Florida malls has been arrested. Police arrested 48-year-old Carlos Angel Ramirez Rodriguez on Tuesday for being a serial thief of women's underwear from two Victoria's Secret stores at the Dolphin Mall in Sweetwater and the International Mall in Doral. Ramirez Rodriguez was arrested after Loss prevention officers observed him stealing items on surveillance video and contacted police. Police located Ramirez Rodriguez at a Sweetwater Walgreens, where it was discovered that he was carrying a large amount of Victoria's Secret clothing and other items....

The Pioneer City County Museum director who made a social media post saying all republicans should die has resigned from her position. Melonnie Hicks formally submitted her resignation to board members Friday, effective as of 5:00 p.m. Her resignation comes three days after she made a post to personal Facebook page during primary elections that reads, “I hope every single one of you pieces of s*** that votes republican, dies today.”

As Texans headed to the polls on Super Tuesday, a museum director posted a message on Facebook expressing the hope that every person voting Republican would die that day. This threat comes amid a spate of politically-motivated violence, including a truck driver attempting to run down Republicans registering voters, a man sucker-punching a boy at a voting booth, and a man threatening Trump supporters with a cane sword. "I hope every single one of you pieces of sh*t that votes republican, dies today," Melonnie Hicks, director of the Pioneer City Museum in Sweetwater, Texas, posted on Facebook.

Aerial footage shows the aftermath of the FIU pedestrian bridge collapsing on Southwest Eighth Street in Miami on March 15, 2018. Pedro Portal Miami Herald In the hours after a 950-ton pedestrian bridge over Tamiami Trail collapsed Thursday afternoon, killing at least four people, civil engineers began to speculate about potential causes. Was it a design error? Did something go wrong during construction? The answer may be buried deep in the calculations made by workers who were conducting a stress test on the unfinished and vulnerable bridge. Any such test, experts told the Miami Herald, requires extreme care and precision...

<p>It's the fear of snakes, and the phobia is quite common. Something about the scaly, slithering, legless creatures makes us want to run away or go into attack mode with a shovel.</p> <p>Texas has more varieties of snakes than any other state, according to Houston Zoo herpetology curator Stan Mays, who writes a blog about reptiles. More than 110 species and subspecies are native to Texas.</p>

Population figures show Sweetwater slipping fast BY JOHN REYNOLDS AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Alongside its reputation as the rattlesnake capital of the world, Sweetwater has earned another, albeit unwanted, title: fastest shrinking city in Texas. 10 fastest growing cities Statistics from the Census Bureau's city-by-city population estimates for July 1, 2002, released Thursday. The estimates were considered accurate only for cities with populations of 10,000 or greater. City 2001 (est.) 2002 (est.) Percent Change Leander 9,646 11,661 20.9 Cedar Park 32,325 37,764 16.8 McKinney 63,198 73,081 15.6 Frisco 41,882 47,652 13.8 Allen 51,303 57,216 11.5 Rockwall 20,103 22,334 11.1 Sachse 11,761 13,015 10.7...