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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida bridge tender has been arrested for manslaughter, one month after a 79-year-old woman fell to her death from a drawbridge that began rising while she was still walking on it.West Palm Beach Police said they arrested 43-year-old Artissua Lafay Paulk at her home Thursday afternoon with the assistance of US Marshals, after obtaining an arrest warrant two days earlier, which said surveillance video and deleted text messages between Paulk and her supervisor showed she lied in her statement to police.Paulk's arrest stems from the Feb. 6 incident, where 79-year-old grandmother Carol Wright fell to her death from the Royal Park Bridge.Wright was not identified by authorities due to Marsy's Law, but her identity was released by Attorney Lance Ivey, who represents Wright's family, WPTV reports.RELATED: Florida drawbridge death: 79-year-old victim's family attorney says bridge tender was 'negligent'According to Ivey, Wright had taken her bicycle for a ride to a book shop in Palm Beach and was returning home when she began crossing the bridge."She legally and lawfully gets on the bridge.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Police in South Florida have identified the victim who fell to her death from a drawbridge that began rising while she was still on it.West Palm Beach police say the victim was identified as a 79-year-old woman from Palm Beach County, but would not release her name due to Marsy's Law, WPTV reports.The accident happened just after 1 p.m. Sunday on the Royal Park Bridge, when the woman was walking her bicycle westbound from Palm Beach toward West Palm Beach.PREVIOUS: Woman falls to her death from rising Florida drawbridgePolice said she was within 10 feet of the barrier arms that halt traffic when the drawbridge began to open."The woman tried to hang on.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A bicyclist fell to her death when a drawbridge connecting Palm Beach to the Florida mainland began rising before she could reach the other side. A bystander tried to pull her to safety but lost his grip, officials said.The woman was walking her bicycle toward West Palm Beach on Sunday afternoon and was within 10 feet (3 meters) of the barrier arms that halt traffic when the drawbridge started to move, police told news outlets."The woman tried to hang on.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orange County Convention Center, which has served as both a testing and vaccination site, wraps up testing Sunday as the site prepares to close completely next weekend.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Central Florida’s largest testing site at the Orange County Convention Center will officially close by 5 p.m. Sunday after serving Central Floridians and visitors since the last week of March of 2020.  

ORLANDO, Fla. – The nation is averaging 172,000 new coronavirus cases per day, nearly doubling since the end of October, according to Johns Hopkins University.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Drivers began lining up in their cars outside the Orange County Convention Center before 6 a.m.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – All across Central Florida on Thursday, cars wrapped around buildings, ball parks and parking lots as people waited to get tested for COVID-19. The demand for testing is increasing across the region, including in Orange County.At the state-run Orange County Convention Center, officials closed the gates an hour and half earlier due to the demand.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Starting Wednesday, all state-supported COVID-19 testing sites will prioritize testing for people showing symptoms of COVID-19.That includes the site at the Orange County Convention Center, where a symptomatic lane opened up a few weeks ago."We are now running 5 testing stations for the self-swab that's for ages five and over for people who have COVID-19 symptoms," Spokesman Mike Jachles said.[MORE: Results in 10 minutes: Lake County Schools offers rapid COVID-19 tests to students]Governor Ron DeSantis announced earlier this week the change will provide self-swab tests that are sent to labs in hopes for an ultimate turnaround for results, possibly 24 to 72 hours. "We are still working for quick turnaround times at the