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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating and looking for additional victims of a man charged with sexual battery. On June 18, 2022, at approximately 12:40 a.m., a female victim was approached and sexually assaulted by a man as she was…
Read More Sheriff Looking For Additional Victims Of Violent Man Jailed For Sexual Battery
On Friday, the Supreme Court has reversed Roe vs. Wade, sending abortion laws back to the states. In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion in the U.S. in 1973. The ruling came more…
Read More Roe Vs. Wade Overturned In Decision By SCOTUS Friday
Researchers In Florida have captured the largest python ever recorded in Florida, or anywhere outside its native range, for that matter, weighing 215 pounds and measuring nearly 18 feet in length, according to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. The female python, which was captured in…
Read More Snake Captured In Florida Breaks Records At 215lbs, Researcher Says “There’s A Larger Snake Out There”
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a bill aimed at boosting efforts by doctors and other healthcare providers to detect Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia in patients. Lawmakers unanimously passed the bill (SB 806) during the legislative session that ended in March. It…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Bill to Boost Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – To kick off the 4th of July Holiday Weekend, St. Petersburg Fire Rescue is partnering up with Seminole Fire Rescue and Madeira Beach Fire Department for a life jacket giveaway event to help kids stay safe in and around water. According…
Read More St. Pete Fire & Rescue Kicks Off July 4th Weekend With Free Life Jacket Giveaway
Since Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked in early May, pro-abortion leftist mobs have averaged an attack on a pro-life group — a church, usually Catholic, a crisis pregnancy center, or another nonprofit — each day. Now, instead…
Read More DHS Warns Pro-Life Groups To Prepare For “Night of Rage” When Roe Opinion Drops
Florida sent an emergency response team to Montana to help with massive flooding that washed away homes and temporarily required the closure of entrances to Yellowstone National Park. Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a Twitter post that he directed a team from the Division of…
Read More Florida Sends Team To Help With Montana Flooding
MSNBC host Joy Reid blasted the Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday night over the indictment of former Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum. “As a taxpayer and as a citizen, if what we get out of four years of this attorney general and this Department…
Read More MSNBC Host Joy Reid Blasts DOJ Over Arrest Of Florida’s Andrew Gillum
On Friday, June 17, 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1808, which prohibits governmental entities, including state agencies and local governments, from contracting with common carriers who knowingly transport illegal aliens into Florida. Today, Governor DeSantis has directed the Department of Management Services (DMS)…
Read More DeSantis Says Florida Taxpayer Dollars Not Going To Fund Biden’s Border Crisis
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – This scenario is happening more and more with the Walmart located at 7450 Cypress Gardens Boulevard having its fair share. Police in Winter Haven are searching for the woman pictured below. According to officers, the woman went shopping, skipped scanning multiple…
Read More Yet Another Winter Haven Walmart Skip Scanner Wanted