WESLEY CHAPEL, FL- Experience Florida’s Sports Coast (FSC), the destination marketing organization for Pasco County, and Pasco Economic Development Council (Pasco EDC) hosted their first-ever joint event, Team Up!, on May 6th at AdventHealth Center Ice in Wesley Chapel. As the two marketing organizations charged…
Read More Pasco EDC & Experience Florida’s Sports Coast Team Up! For Joint Economic Celebration
CLEARWATER, FL. – The following road closures are happening in the city of Clearwater: The northbound lane of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue between Drew and Plaza streets will be closed to traffic on May 6, due to sewer line maintenance. Flaggers will be on-site…
Read More City Of Clearwater Road Closures
TAMPA, Fla. – Mr. Firlow has been located safely & is being reunited with family. Tampa Police were looking for 90-year-old Willie Firlow. Mr. Firlow was last seen at his home in the 2600 block of E. 25th Ave last night and reported missing this…
Read More Missing-Endangered 90-Year-Old Man Has Been Found Safe
TAMPA, FL. – Beginning at 9 am today, the outside northbound and the outside southbound lanes of North Florida Avenue will close between East Fletcher Avenue and 138th Avenue while the Tampa Water Department conducts scheduled maintenance on the water distribution system. Barricades and signs…
Read More Lane Closures on North Florida Avenue Between East Fletcher Avenue and 138th Avenue
CLEARWATER, FL. – Clearwater Fire & Rescue and Clearwater Police crews were on scene of a fire involving a boat and part of the dock. The fire was behind the city’s recreation center on Clearwater Beach. Officials say firefighters extinguished the fire and reported no…
Read More Overnight Fire In Clearwater Beach Involving A Boat And Dock
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Lottery announced that Jacqueline Bass, 29, of Seffner, claimed a $1 million top prize from the 50X THE CASH Scratch-Off game a using secured drop box located at the Tampa District Office. She chose to receive her winnings as…
Read More 29-Year-Old Seffner Woman Hits $1,000,000 On 50X The Cash At Tampa Sunoco
ZEPHYRHILLS, FL. – One person was injured in a shooting at Zephyr Plaza on Wednesday, in Zephyrhills. Police say there was a disturbance between two individuals at approximately 2:53 pm and shots were fired. The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries and the suspected shooter has been…
Read More One Person Injured In Zephyrhills Shooting Wednesday
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – On Tuesday, May 4, 2021, undercover detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit arrested two local men for lewd activity at two public county parks. 74-year-old James Charles Leamy of Dundee was arrested at Lake Fannie Boat Ramp after…
Read More ‘Exposing Themselves’ Two Arrested In Polk County Parks Trying To Engage In Sex
By: Lourdes Mederos HOMESTEAD, Fla. — The highly coveted vanilla spice, along with mangoes and passionfruit are at the root of a collaborative agreement between two entities that are continents apart. UF’s Board of Trustees, on behalf of the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center…
Read More UF/IFAS, Australia Formalize To Collaborate On Fruit, Crop Research
By Stephanie Fox, Navy Office of Community Outreach TAMPA, Fla. – Hospitalman Jnae Corriette, a native of Tampa , Florida, assists the vaccination support team at the Dome at America’s Center, the current location of St. Louis’ Community Vaccination Center, in St. Louis, Missouri, during…
Read More Military Recognition: Tampa Native Supports St. Louis COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts