Plant City man killed on U.S. 301

By Times Staff Writer
Published January 27, 2008

TAMPA

A Plant City man was killed Friday night either crossing or standing in U.S. 301, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The patrolsaid John B. Jackson, 65, of 11940 U.S. 301, Plant City, was hit just south of Ohio Street by a Honda Accord about 6:50 p.m. He was pronounced dead at University Community Hospital. The Honda was driven by Holly K. Carter, 26, of Plant City, the patrol said. She was not arrested, and no charges had been filed Saturday evening.

ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA

Whale carcass taken for study

State wildlife officials recovered on Saturday the carcass of a North Atlantic right whale calf that washed ashore Friday night on the northern coast of Volusia County. The carcass was taken to Gainesville, to the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, for a necropsy, said Tom Pitchford, a research biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Right whales, the most endangered large whales in the world, number about 300. The whales migrate to the coast of southern Georgia and northern Florida each winter for calving and nursing their young. The calf that washed ashore in Volusia was a male, about 16 feet long and more than 1,500 pounds. He was a newborn and still had the umbilical cord attached, officials said.

MELBOURNE

Retiring rep's daughter arrested

The daughter of Rep. Dave Weldon was arrested Friday after hitting a bar bouncer with a high-heel shoe, authorities said. Kathryn Marie Weldon, 21, of Melbourne was arrested at the County Line Saloon in Brevard County, authorities said. She whacked the bouncer, who had to get stitches, during a fight among patrons, said Lt. Andrew Walters, a spokesman for the Brevard County sheriff. Kathryn Weldon was released Friday on $500 bail from Brevard County Jail. She was charged with simple battery. Rep. Weldon announced Friday that he would not seek an eighth term in Congress. The Republican doctor from Palm Bay said he wants to return to his medical practice full time. Spokesman Jeremy Steffens said the announcement has nothing to do with Kathryn Weldon's arrest. Steffens added Weldon and his wife are "going to stand behind their daughter" but would wait to find out all the facts.

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