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Cancer fighter to get special honor from Tampa Bay Rays

Cancer fighter to get special honor from Tampa Bay Rays

Winter Haven, Florida -- The Tampa Bay Rays are recognizing a Polk County cancer survivor and fighter as the team's honorary bat girl at this Sunday's game.

She raised money and pushed to find a cure for breast cancer -- long before she learned she'd have to fight the disease herself.

Now Winter Haven's Cauney Bamberg will be celebrated for her work by getting time in the spotlight with the Tampa Bay Rays. Bamberg has been chosen as the team's honorary bat girl.

Here's more from the Tampa Bay Rays about what that title means and what she's done to earn it:

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Mail carriers collect food for Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive!

Mail carriers collect food for Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive!

Carrollwood, Florida - Mail carriers will take part in the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Residents can leave non-perishable food item by their mailbox and the letter carrier will pick it up. The food will be donated to food banks to distribute to needy citizens.

Last year, over 70-million pounds of food was donated across the country.

If you cannot leave food items by your mailbox, you can drop it by your local post office.

Cops: Polk bus driver stages fight between 2 students

Polk County, Florida -- A Polk County school bus driver has been arrested for allegedly forcing two students to fight outside her home Thursday.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says 29-year-old Patrice Sanders of Lakeland drove a busload of middle and high school students to her house and staged a fight between two of them in her front yard.

Family of man killed by Richard Cruz speaks out

St. Petersburg, FL -- The family of a man killed by Richard Delgado Cruz says the justice system failed, adding the 33-year-old should never have been a free man.

Cruz and his brother 29-year-old Danny Delgado Cruz were arrested this week in connection with a brutal Polk County home invasion and rape.

"I can't believe that the courts would even allow this guy to walk the streets again," Jose Segui told 10 News on Friday.

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Victim unharmed when gun misfires, suspect arrested

Winter Haven, Florida-- Winter Haven Police officials say after two weeks of searching, they have finally found and arrested an "armed and extremely dangerous" suspect- wanted for trying to shoot a victim in the head. 

10 News told you about the April 28th incident, when 27-year-old Dorale Sermons reportedly held a gun to a victim's head in front of a large crowd at the Spring Lake Plaza. 

Mother's Day deals offered all over Tampa Bay!

Tampa Bay, Florida-- Celebrate with mom at some of the free and discounted events offered in the Tampa area this Mother's Day!

10 News searched high and low and found the following fun ways for you to spoil mom and save your money this weekend:

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo and the Florida Aquarium are offering free admission for moms on both Saturday and Sunday, May 11 and 12, with the purchase of a full paid admission ticket.

Update: Man ties up elderly woman in her home, steals her car

Auburndale, Florida -- Auburndale Police officers are still searching for a man who tied up a 92-year-old woman in her home but they have found the stolen car. 

Police say Margaret Bair was working in her yard around 9:00 a.m. on May 9 when a man walked up to her door and went inside. The man tried to get Bair to come inside the house with him but she refused.

He then grabbed Bair into the house and tied her up with tape as he rummaged through the home.