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August 27, 2020 By: Staff Report PORT SAINT LUCIE, Fla. – The Florida Lottery announces that Kenneth Trolenberg, 56, of Port Saint Lucie, claimed a $1 million top prize from THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 Scratch-Off game using a secured drop box located at Florida…
Read More Florida Man Is $1 MILLION RICHER on Scratch-Off Ticket
August 27, 2020 By: Staff Report: SHREVEPORT, LA. – Unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves will cause catastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisiana, including Calcasieu and Sabine Lakes. This surge could penetrate up to 40 miles inland…
Read More Flooding Rainfall Spreading Inland Over Louisiana, Update on Warnings and LIVE Stream
August 27, 2020 By: Staff Report HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Tonight is the fourth and final night of the RNC, and President will be speaking from the White House, accepting the Republican nomination for president. Scheduled to speak tonight: President Donald Trump Housing and Urban…
Read More Night Four and Final of The RNC, Speaker Lineup and Live Stream
August 27, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – We will be compiling images and videos from folks on the ground in Louisiana. Below are some of the initial embeds and more coming throughout the morning. We do know that the storm surge was…
Read More Hurricane Laura Wreaks Havoc Overnight, Video and Images from the Impacted Areas
August 26, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – CLICK HERE FOR LIVE FEED FROM HURRICANE DELTA. We have a live feed from Cameron and Lake Charles Louisiana. Some streets are flooded and sustained winds have picked up.
Read More Cameron Louisiana Already Seeing Flooded Streets LIVE CAM
August 26, 2020 By: Staff Report Ocala, Florida – Miller Wilson, Jr. (50, Sparr), his daughter, Myoshi Wilson (26, Citra), and Erica Wilson (43, Ocala) have each pleaded guilty for their roles a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health care benefits.…
Read More 3-Family Members Plead Guilty In Connection With Defrauding Veterans Health Care In The Villages
August 26, 2020 By: Staff Report, PR Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) will submit Florida’s application to participate in the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) Program. This program, authorized by a memorandum from President Trump, provides…
Read More Governor Ron DeSantis On Florida’s Participation in the Federal Lost Wages Assistance Program
August 26, 2020 By: Staff Report Intracoastal City, LA.- Unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves will cause catastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisiana, including Calcasieu and Sabine Lakes. This surge could penetrate up to 30 miles inland…
Read More ‘Unsurvivable Storm Surge’ Hurricane Laura Now a Dangerous Category 4
August 26, 2020 By: Staff Report, PR RIVERVIEW, Fla. – Sumner High School, our district’s brand new high school, has been awarded the distinction of becoming an official Cambridge AICE school, one of the first-ever in Hillsborough County Public Schools. This innovative curriculum will be…
Read More Sumner High School In Riverview Receives Prestigious Cambridge AICE
August 26, 2020 By: Staff Report, PR POLK COUNTY, Fla. – On August 26, 2020, 35-year-old Winston Sanchez of Fort Meade was arrested for burglary (F3) and grand theft (F3) of a tandem bicycle. On August 22, 2020, the victim contacted the Polk County Sheriff’s…
Read More “Stealing from someone with a disability is reprehensible,” Fort Meade Man Charged