TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state Senate's health budget proposal will increase funding to hire more child welfare investigators and boost programs for people with developmental disabilities.

Sen. Joe Negron's $30 billion proposal is an increase from this year's budget and includes state and federal money.

The Department of Children and Families would get nearly $10 million to increase salaries and help improve the high turnover rate of child protective investigators. The Agency for Persons with Disabilities would also get a boost of more than $75 million for their community-based waiver program which helps about 30,000 people a year.

But the Senate proposal also includes deep cuts for adult substance abuse and mental health programs.

The Senate Health and Human Services Appropriation is set to continue discussions Thursday.

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NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Four Pennsylvania residents died in a two-vehicle crash in southwest Florida.

The Florida Highway Patrol says the crash happened Wednesday afternoon along U.S. 41 in rural Collier County.

According to the Highway Patrol, 66-year-old James J. Rosini drove into the path of a tractor-trailer after failing to stop at a flashing red light. None of the passengers in the vehicle wore seatbelts.

Rosini and three passengers — 68-year-old William J. Rosini, 65-year-old Patricia C. Rosini and 59-year-old Deborah Korbich — died. The Rosinis are from Coal Township, Pa., and Korbich is from Elysburg, Pa.

Troopers say 63-year-old tractor-trailer driver David L. Dahl was seriously injured in the crash. His passenger — 60-year-old Joanne Dahl — received minor injuries. The Dahls are from South Williamsport, Pa.

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MIAMI (AP) — Police say officers shot and killed a man in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood.

Miami-Dade police spokeswoman Rosanna Cordero-Stutz says detectives patrolling in the area heard shots and saw a car speeding away Wednesday evening.

Police pursued the vehicle. When they stopped the SUV, the driver bailed out of the vehicle and started to run from the scene. Officers caught up with him and a confrontation ensued.

Police say an officer shot and killed the suspect during the confrontation.

Authorities say the SUV was stolen from Palm Beach County.

No further details were immediately available. The suspect's name was not released.

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Central Florida officials say a body found in a lake is presumed to be that of a woman who went missing after walking her three children to school.

Orange County Sheriff's officials say 40-year-old Lois Garcia Wilmeth was last seen Tuesday morning. Her husband reported her missing after she didn't return home after walking their children to schools less than a mile from their Lake Nona home.

The Orlando Sentinel (http://thesent.nl/xcMjFa ) reports a deputy spotted the body Wednesday as he retraced the woman's steps with one of her children.

Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings says the woman's husband told them she had been suffering depression. The family had recently moved to central Florida from Venezuela.

The body was taken to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy.

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Information from: Orlando Sentinel, http://www.orlandosentinel.com

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man and woman face child neglect charges after they were found with a toddler whose burned right hand was missing one finger and had two more "partial" fingers.

The Department of Children and Families had custody of the 2-year-old girl on Thursday. Officials say 22-year-old Irma Mastamu and 29-year-old Kenneth Chavelier are each being held at the Broward County Jail on $50,000 bail.

The Miami Herald (http://bit.ly/zYeZcC ) reports police found the girl with her right hand wrapped in a cloth after receiving a tip. The woman told police the child was injured when hot soup spilled onto her hand.

Police say a doctor treated the child Tuesday and confirmed the injury was caused by abuse.

Jail records didn't list an attorney for Mastamu or Chavelier.

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Information from: The Miami Herald, http://www.herald.com

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LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a central Florida teen killed his grandmother, who was found stabbed nearly 100 times, struck in the face with a wrench and shot in the head with a crossbow.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office reports that 19-year-old Jasper Aristotle Smiddie was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with first-degree murder.

Authorities say Smiddie's father contacted authorities Tuesday. The father said Smiddie had called him and confessed to killing 67-year-old Gloria Helfrich. Smiddie lived with his grandmother in a Lake Wales home, where deputies found the body.

Smiddie was arrested in Highlands County after he was spotted near his girlfriend's home.

A motive for the slaying wasn't immediately clear.

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