Deputies and Officers save paddleboarders 

Multiple Sheriff’s Office Deputies and our law enforcement partners saved three female paddleboarders Saturday who were being pushed out to sea amid high winds off Bahia Honda State Park.

Deputies Aaron Roddy, Jonathan Lane, Michael Watkins and Sgt. Greg Korzen as well as a U.S. Border Patrol Agent and FWC Officers responded after receiving reports of three paddleboarders drifting away.

They positioned themselves on the bridge and kept an eye on the paddleboarders while Deputy Ty Torres and a good Samaritan with a dinghy went out and brought them back ashore.

They estimated the paddleboarder furthest adrift was approximately a mile from Bahia Honda Key.

There were no major injuries reported.

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Traffic advisory for the Seven Mile Bridge 

Contractor construction crews for the Florida Department of Transportation will be repainting traffic stripes on U.S. 1 on the Seven Mile Bridge Tuesday and Wednesday this week.

The work will occur from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. and will require flaggers to alternate traffic.

Expect minor delays during these times.

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