Jennifer Kay, Author at Valley News

This Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, booking photo released by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office shows Zephen Xaver, 21, who was charged with five counts of premeditated murder in the shooting deaths of the four bank employees and a customer in Sebring, Fla. (Highlands County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Suspect in Florida Bank Attack Dreamed of Hurting Classmates

by Terry Spencer Associated Press, and Jennifer Kay Associated PressJanuary 24, 2019

Sebring, Fla. — A man accused of fatally shooting five women at a small-town bank in Florida had dreamed of hurting classmates in high school and had long been fascinated with killing, police and a former girlfriend said on Thursday.The slayings did…

ADDS TRUMP'S RESPONSE TO REP. WILSON - In this Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, frame from video, Myeshia Johnson cries over the casket of her husband, Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in an ambush in Niger, upon his body's arrival in Miami. President Donald Trump told the widow that her husband "knew what he signed up for," according to Rep. Frederica Wilson, who said she heard part of the conversation on speakerphone. In a Wednesday morning tweet, Trump said Wilson's description of the call was "fabricated." (WPLG via AP)

Family Says Trump Showed ‘Disrespect’

by Jonathan Lemire Associated Press, and Jennifer Kay Associated PressOctober 18, 2017

FILE- In a March 7, 2011 photo, Kelly Flaherty Clark, right, director of animal training at SeaWorld Orlando, works with killer whale Tilikum during a training session at the theme park's Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Fla. Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010, has died. According to SeaWorld, the whale died Friday, Dec. 30. 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Tilikum, Orca That Killed Trainer, Dies at SeaWorld Orlando

by Mike Schneider Associated Press, and Jennifer Kay Associated PressJanuary 6, 2017

Fla. Governor Says Zika Threat is Over

by Jennifer Kay Associated PressDecember 9, 2016

Glendina Rosebo, 54, of Miami, takes a break from cleaning the sidewalks in the Wynwood area of Miami, Friday, July 29, 2016. Florida health officials said that four patients in Florida infected with the Zika virus were infected in the Wynwood area. These cases are believed to have caught the virus locally through mosquito bites. Rosebo has seen Miami-Dade mosquito control personnel spraying in the area the last few days. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

U.S. Mosquitoes Spreading Zika

by Jennifer Kay Associated Press, and Kelli Kennedy Associated PressJuly 30, 2016

Nadja Mayerle with the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District places a mosquito trap Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Salt Lake City. Health authorities in Utah are investigating a unique case of Zika found in a person who had been caring for a relative who had an unusually high level of the virus in his blood. Exactly how the disease was transmitted is still a mystery, though the person has since recovered. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Florida Tests Mosquitoes For Zika

by Jennifer Kay Associated PressJuly 21, 2016

An aerial photo shows blue-green algae enveloping an area along the St. Lucie River in Stuart, Fla.,Wednesday, June 29, 2016 Officials want federal action along the stretch of Florida's Atlantic coast where the governor has declared a state of emergency over algae blooms. The Martin County Commission is inviting the president to view deteriorating water conditions that local officials blame on freshwater being released from the lake, according to a statement released Wednesday. (Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post via AP)

South Florida Plagued by ‘Guacamole’ Algae

by Jennifer Kay Associated Press, and Terry Spencer Associated PressJuly 2, 2016