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By: Patrick Mullen WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. – As of June 20, 2022, the future of S-19, the 10.6-acre commercial parcel next to the Wesley Chapel Sam’s Club, is still in Mediation and still confidential. Results will be made public when available. The Mediation is…
Read More S-19 Mediation Continues: 320 Apartments Next To Sam’s Club In Wesley Chapel
The Pasco Board of County Commissioners (BCC) unanimously names Mike Carballa to serve as Pasco’s next County Administrator. Carballa has been part of Pasco County Government’s senior leadership team since 2014, most recently as Assistant County Administrator for the Public Infrastructure Branch. Carballa will take…
Read More Pasco County Commissioners Name New County Leader
ORLANDO, Fla. – Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said Wednesday the state does not have a timeline for completing an investigation into the death of Tyre Sampson, a 14-year-old from Missouri who fell from a ride at an Orlando tourist attraction on March 24. “We want…
Read More Orlando’s ICON Park Ride Probe Continues After Death Of 14-Year-Old
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Clearwater Police detectives have charged a mother and her boyfriend with multiple criminal counts in a child abuse case involving a 2-year-old. Cameron Taylor, 21, and Cheyenne Gray, 21, were arrested Wednesday in connection with injuries sustained by Gray’s daughter. Taylor was…
Read More Clearwater Couple Charged In Abuse Of 2-Year-Old Girl, Child In Critical Condition
TAMPA, Fla. – Watching Bolts captain Steven Stamkos in the post-game media session after losing in overtime 3-2 to the Avalanche, you got a sense of shock, frustration, and sadness coming from the two-time Stanley Cup champion. “The feeling sucks right now,” Stamkos said. “We…
Read More Bolts Stamkos: ‘Feeling Sucks, Nothing To Lose Now’
TAMPA, Fla. – It was an odd finish to the game and an odd finish to the Lightning’s postgame press conferences. The latter certainly stood out the most. As for the outcome of Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final on Wednesday night at Amalie…
Read More Lightning Pushed To Brink As Emotional Jon Cooper Insinuates Winning Goal Should Not Have Counted
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Hillsborough County’s Pet Resource Center will hold an adoption party Saturday, June 25, in an attempt to reduce unprecedented crowding at the shelter. The shelter will waive all adoption fees, and the Summer Adoption Party from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.…
Read More Hillsborough County Pet Shelter Drastically Over Capacity, Holding Adoption Party Saturday
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. – Pasco Firefighters are on the scene of a structure fire where a child was saved from the home. Details are limited but according to Pasco Fire Rescue, crews arrived at a structure fire Wednesday on Doe Path Court in Zephyrhills. Firefighters pulled…
Read More Pasco Firefighters Save Child From Structure Fire In Zephyrhills
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers assigned to the Calexico Port of Entry seized over a half million dollars’ worth of Fentanyl, enough to kill over 12 million people. On June 6 at approximately 9:52 a.m., a 28-year-old male driver in a 2014 Ford entered…
Read More On The Border: Officers Seize Enough Fentanyl To Kill 12,439,769 People At One Border Stop
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children (CAC) Unit have arrested a Seminole man for multiple counts of possession of child pornography and transmission of child pornography. Detectives began their investigation after receiving information from the National Center for Missing and…
Read More Seminole Man Arrested On Multiple Counts Of Child Porn Using Kik Messenger