5 Things to Know in Florida for April 23

Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

FLORIDA SET TO EXECUTE MAN FOR 1990 KILLINGS

Florida is set to execute a man convicted of killing his cousin and his cousin’s wife to prevent the cousin from testifying at his burglary trial. Robert Hendrix is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Florida State Prison in Starke. He was convicted of the 1990 murders of Elmer and Michelle Scott at their Lake County home.

REPUBLICAN CURT CLAWSON WINS SPECIAL GOP PRIMARY

Curt Clawson has won a Republican primary in a special election that was called after the district’s congressman resigned in January after being arrested for buying cocaine. With 96 precent of precincts counted, Clawson had 38 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s four-way race, ahead of Lizbeth Benacquisto, who had 26 percent. Paige Kreegel had 25 percent and Michael Dreikorn had 11 percent.

FLORIDA FUNDING LEGAL HOTLINE TO HELP JUVENILES

South Florida youth advocates are creating a hotline to give legal advice for juveniles in trouble with the law. The Children’s Services Council of Broward County approved funding for LAW-line, a helpline for families in need of legal information including diversion opportunities, civil citation and expunction processes. LAW-line is slated to start in October.

US SUGAR FINISHES SEASON WITH 5.5M TONS OF HARVEST

One of the nation’s biggest sugar producers has wrapped up the season’s harvest. U.S. Sugar says its 198-day season yielded 5.5 million tons of sugarcane. That’s down from 5.8 million tons last year, in part because of wet weather that flooded some fields and affected crops. A company spokeswoman says heavy rain early in the harvest forced the shutdown of its mills for several days and cost tens of millions of dollars.

DOG IN CAR CRASH REUNITED WITH TAMPA OWNER

A dog that disappeared after her disabled owner was injured in a car crash has been found safe and was reunited with her owner. Nina, a German shepherd mix, was spotted in South Tampa on Saturday. It was about 6 miles from where the dog vanished following the car crash.