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August 29, 2020 By: Staff Report BROOKSVILLE, Fla.- During a traffic stop in Hernando County Friday, Florida Highway Patrol Troopers and a K-9, named Titan, nabbed some drug traffickers. Florida Highway Patrol said that Titan sniffed out 907 MDMA, pills during the stop. Also known…
Read More Florida Highway Patrol K-9 ‘Titan’ Nabs NC Drug Traffickers in Hernando County
August 29, 2020 By: Staff Report, FWC RP PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The recreational gray triggerfish season reopens to harvest in Gulf state and federal waters Sept. 1 and will remain open through Oct. 25, closing to harvest Oct. 26, 2020. NOAA Fisheries is reopening…
Read More Gray Triggerfish Reopens Sept. 1 in Gulf State and Federal Waters
August 29, 2020 By: Staff Report Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) announced the launch of the Florida Wastewater Treatment Plant Energy Program, a $2 million grant program to upgrade publicly-owned wastewater treatment plants with energy-efficient technology. This new grant initiative…
Read More Ag Commissioner Nikki Fried Announces $2 Million Florida Wastewater Plant Energy Grant Program
August 29, 2020 By: Staff Report MULBERRY, Fla. – The man who brutally murdered the two-boys in Melrose, has been arrested and charged. “Mark Wilson, the sick monster responsible for Tayten and Robert’s brutal murder was arrested last night,” said Sheriff H.D. “Gator” DeLoach on…
Read More ‘The Sick Monster’ is Charged With Murder of The Two-Boys in Melrose Murder
August 29, 2020 By: Jake Grissom HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Take a much-needed break from COVID-19 and political coverage, and have a laugh. This video compilation is hilariously epic. If you have a funny video, compilation, or story you would like to share, email it…
Read More Zoo Animals Vs. Kids, Not So Serious
August 28, 2020 By: Staff, HCSO PR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla.- Saturday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office DUI Enforcement Squad will saturate county roadways in an effort to combat those who violate the laws of the road and quickly identify impaired drivers. The operation coincides with…
Read More Hillsborough County Sheriff to Conduct Weekend DUI Saturation
August 28, 2020 By: Staff Report LAKELAND, Fla. – 45-year-old Mayson Armando Ortiz-Vazquez of Orlando went on a rampage through a Lakeland neighborhood Friday morning, August 28, 2020, and was fatally shot by a resident during a home invasion. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office was notified…
Read More “He Tried to Get on The School Bus” Orlando Man Killed in Lakeland Rampage
August 28, 2020 By: Staff Report BRANDON, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Brandon man for making an online threat against a private school in Seffner. On Thursday, August 27, deputies were made aware of a comment written by Zachary Brines,…
Read More Brandon Man Arrested for Making Threats to Seffner School
August 28, 2020 By: Martin Fennelly TAMPA, Fla.- The Rays and Baltimore Orioles were supposed to play baseball Thursday night at Tropicana Field. They didn’t. The Lightning and Bruins are supposed to play Game 4 of their playoff series tonight. They won’t. And I couldn’t…
Read More Sports Pauses For Reflection as The Rest of Should
August 28, 2020 By: Staff Report, PR TAMPA, Fla.-Tampa Bay’s number one family Halloween event, Creatures of the Night, returns to ZooTampa at Lowry Park with spooky scares and unforgettable eerie frights for ghouls and goblins of all ages. The mostly outdoor event will take…
Read More ZooTampa to Offer Safe Family Frights at Modified Creatures of the Night Halloween Event