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August 28, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Superintendent Addison Davis and School Board Chair Melissa Snively called an Emergency School Board Meeting for 8 a.m. Friday, to address the order vacating automatic stay entered by Judge Dodson. After public comment and comment from the…
Read More Hillsborough County School Board to Stay The Course, Brick and Mortar Schools on Monday
August 28, 2020 By: Staff Report, BayCare PR TAMPA, Fla. – At a time when individuals’ mental wellness may be under stress more than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic, BayCare Behavioral Health practitioners have found a safe way to keep serving their patients even when they…
Read More BayCare Physicians Use Telehealth to Provide Virtual Care for Mental Wellness Needs
August 28, 2020 Opinion By: Michael Reagan WASHINGTON, DC. – This week’s Republican National Convention was the best I’ve ever watched. The locations and settings were great. Melania did a fine job in the White House Rose Garden. Vice President Mike Pence praised President Trump…
Read More A Tale Of Two Conventions
August 27, 2020 By: Staff Report, PR PASCO COUNTY, Fla.- Experience Florida’s Sports Coast (FSC), the Destination Management Organization for Pasco County, is excited to announce the new 98,000 square-foot Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus of Pasco County (WRSCPC) in Wesley Chapel is officially open, kicking…
Read More Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus of Pasco County Officially Open
August 27, 2020 By: Staff Report, HCSO VALRICO, Fla. – UPDATE: Both juveniles have been located and are safe and well. Joshua Robinson, 13, and his sister, Isabelle Dwyer, 11, were last seen in the Valrico area yesterday, on August 26, 2020, at approximately 5:00…
Read More Valrico Brother and Sister Found Safe
August 27, 2020 By: Staff Report, PR PASCO COUNTY, Fla.- Make COVID-19 related modifications to your facility with Pasco County’s Redevelopment Loan Program. The Offices of Economic Growth and Community Development are partnering to assist local businesses in making improvements to existing facilities that follow…
Read More Pasco Businesses Eligible for COVID-19 Redevelopment Loan
PASCO COUNTY, Fla-. – We dodged a bullet with Hurricane Laura here in Florida. The National Hurricane Center said Laura hit the coast of Louisiana with winds of 150 mph at 1 a.m. CDT near Cameron La., about 30 miles east of the Texas border.…
Read More Drone Footage of the Devastation From Hurricane Laura
August 27, 2020 By: STATEPOINT MEDIA LAKELAND, Fla.- Social distancing guidelines across the country have made visiting a conventional movie theater difficult, if not impossible. However, what was once a relic of the past has now become an innovation in entertainment, the drive-in movie theater.…
Read More Tips for Enjoying a Drive-In Movie Experience
August 27, 2020 By: Staff Report DALLAS, Texas- Yaser Abdel Said, a capital murder suspect wanted in connection with the homicide of his two teenage daughters, Amina and Sarah, was taken into custody without incident Wednesday in Justin, Texas, by the FBI’s Dallas Field Office.…
Read More FBI 10 Most Wanted Fugitive, Yaser Abdel Said, Now in Custody
August 27, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The Pasco Board of County Commissioners (BCC) is offering another round of CARES assistance through our Community CARES program to help pay your bills directly if you live in Pasco County and have experienced economic…
Read More Pasco County Offers More Assistance Through Community CARES