HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Hillsborough County Fire Rescue battled a fire at a Tampa storage unit Monday morning at 815 E. Fletcher Avenue. Officials say a 911 call was received by our dispatch center at 6:18 A.M. from an individual stating that smoke was coming…
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DADE CITY, Fla. – Pasco County Libraries is pleased to usher in a new chapter! Following a complete remodel, the Hugh Embry Library will be ready to welcome back the community Tuesday, May 30, 2023. The floor-to-ceiling renovation is thanks to Pasco voters who approved…
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SARASOTA, Fla. – The Sarasota Police Department collected 30 firearms, including rifles, handguns, shotguns, and various types of ammunition, during the second Done with a Gun turn-in event held Saturday, May 13, 2023. The first event was held in January 2022, where 31 firearms were…
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TAMPA, Fla. – Beginning at 9 am today, all travel lanes on Livingston Ave will be closed between E 148th Ave and E 149th Ave while the Tampa Water Department repairs a water main break. Barricades and signs will be located in the area to…
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LAKELAND, Fla. – A Lakeland man was killed in a fatal ATV crash on Saturday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said 35-year-old Roger Tyler Jr., of Lakeland, was riding a Polaris Sportsman 570 ATV on Wildlife Trail north of Lakeland when it…
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TAMPA, Fla. – A 19-year-old Palm Harbor woman was killed in a crash that happened around 7:05 pm on Saturday. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a car was traveling southbound on I-275, north of Busch Boulevard and the Palm Harbor woman had stopped southbound on…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill that will lead to many high school students having later school start times in the future. Lawmakers passed the bill (HB 733) during the legislative session that ended last week. It will prevent middle schools from…
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Two St. Petersburg men have pleaded guilty to possessing controlled substances intending to distribute them after a shooting and high-speed chase. Armani Dilworth, 28, and Lemar Cowart, 27, each faces up to 20 years in federal prison. Armani Dilworth, 28, has…
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A Florida appeals court Friday rejected a defamation lawsuit filed by a patient against a physician, saying it involved allegations of medical malpractice — not defamation. A three-judge panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal overturned a circuit judge’s ruling in the lawsuit filed…
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Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill (SB) 7054 and SB 214 to protect the personal finances of Floridians from government overreach and woke corporate monitoring. SB 7054 prohibits the use of a federally adopted central bank digital currency (CBDC) by excluding it from…
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