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August 25, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Hillsborough School Superintendent, Addison Davis, confirmed Tuesday, that the plan to reopen school remains in place. Students in Hillsborough County will continue e-learning for the first week with brick and mortar opening next week, August 31st.…
Read More Hillsborough County Schools Reopening Plan Remains In Place
August 25, 2020 By: Tim Bryce, Bryce On Politics TAMPA, Fla. – For as long as I can remember, there has always been turmoil in the Middle East. For example: – The Six-Day War between Israel, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan in 1967.– The War between…
Read More What The Israel-UAE Peace Treaty Means
August 25, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help to identify the suspect(s) responsible for a shooting death that occurred on eastbound Interstate 4 on Monday afternoon. At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Monday, a 911 call…
Read More 3 Juveniles Targeted in Shooting Death on I-4, HCSO Seeks Info
August 25, 2020 By: Staff Report MORGAN CITY, LA. –CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST UPDATE. Laura is now just below Hurricane strength and forecasted to become a major hurricane over the Gulf on Wednesday. Laura is forecast to reach the northwestern Gulf Coast as a…
Read More Laura Is Now a Hurricane, Watch and Warnings Updated
August 24, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – On Saturday, the Pasco Sheriff’s Office Maritime Operations Detachment responded to a report of a capsized boat approximately 15 miles off the coast. Cpl. Bollenbacher was able to rescue all five individuals from the overturned…
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August 24, 2020 By: Staff Report, PR LAKELAND, Fla.- Publix Pharmacy and Jupiter Medical Center opened the doors today to a new pharmacy in the Anderson Family Cancer Institute at Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter, Florida. In addition to services available at Publix pharmacies, this…
Read More Publix Opens In-Hospital Pharmacy at Jupiter Medical Center
August 24, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – You can watch the GOP Convention, commercial free, here tonight starting at 830 PM. Today, delegates of the Republican National Convention officially declared Donald J. Trump and Michael R. Pence the 2020 Republican Nominees for…
Read More Watch The RNC LIVE Tonight Here at 8:30 PM, Mobile or Desktop
August 24, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – A temporary injunction against Commissioner Richard Corcoran’s executive order forcing all brick-and-mortar schools in Florida to reopen in August, has been ruled by Judge Dodson. Judge Dodson said the executive order was ‘unconstitutional’ to require ‘brick…
Read More Judge Rules Against Corcoran’s Executive Order That Schools Must Reopen
August 24, 2020 By: Staff, PR TAMPA, Fla. – The Krewe of Europa®, a Tampa based 501c3 social and philanthropy organization with members across the United States and many other countries will be attending in full Krewe fashion, the 45th Annual Fantasy of Lights Christmas Parade December 4th, 2020.…
Read More Tampa ‘Krewe of Europa’ has Been Selected to Appear in the 2020 Fantasy of Light Parade in Gatlinburg Tenn
August 24, 2020 By: Staff Report CHARLOTTE, NC. – Today, delegates of the Republican National Convention officially declared Donald J. Trump and Michael R. Pence the 2020 Republican Nominees for President and Vice President of the United States. “This is an historic moment in the…
Read More Republican National Convention Officially Re-Nominates President Trump and Vice President Pence