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Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana turned up the heat on Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell over inflation and the state of the economy during a Senate hearing Wednesday. “Look, Mr. Chairman, we got a hell of a mess here,” Kennedy told Powell during…
Read More Sen. John Kennedy Says ‘We Got A Hell Of A Mess Here’ Tearing Into Fed Chair Over Economy
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Elijah Stansell, 20, has been convicted of First-Degree murder in the killing of beloved Polk City librarian, Suzette Penton, 52. Stansell will be sentenced later this year to mandatory life in prison sentence. According to the affidavits, deputies responded to the…
Read More 20-Year-Old Polk County Man Convicted In Murder Of Polk City Librarian
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the COVID vaccine for children aged six months to 5 years old for COVID-19 vaccines but Florida-based Publix will not be offering it to those youngsters. The FDA authorized emergency use of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the…
Read More Florida-Based Publix Not Offering COVID Vaccine For Kids Under 5
A federal appeals court Wednesday dealt a setback to long-running efforts by a Tampa firm to get a state medical-marijuana license. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal rejected arguments by Louis Del Favero Orchids, Inc., that its due-process rights were…
Read More Florida Court Rejects Arguments On Pot License
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. – The National Women In Agriculture Association is hosting the 1st ever Veteran Women in Agriculture Conference in the United States. This is the first of its kind and it is a national event, with the event taking place on the 6th…
Read More Minority Female Farmers Host American’s 1st Veterans Women In Agriculture Conference
Today, First Lady Casey DeSantis announced the launch of the Continue the Mission initiative, which will recruit veterans, military spouses and former law enforcement officers to be child protective investigators and Department of Children and Families (DCF) case managers, as well as mentors to children…
Read More Florida First Lady DeSantis Announces ‘Continue The Mission’ Initiative
On Tuesday the Florida Lottery announced that Lizaida Adorno, 49, of Ocala, claimed a $1 million prize from the 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at the Lottery’s Gainesville District Office. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000.00. Adorno purchased…
Read More Florida Woman Stops At ‘Quick King’ And Quickly Wins $1,000,000 On Lottery Scratch-Off
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A Pasco County man was booked on trafficking meth while parked at a business early Sunday in Dixie County. Samuel Collins from New Port Richey, Florida, was arrested on June 19, 2022, and charged with (1) Count of Trafficking Methamphetamine and…
Read More All Methed Up: New Port Richey Man Arrested In Dixie County Florida For Drug Trafficking
A federal grand jury has returned a twenty-one-count indictment against Andrew Demetric Gillum, 42, and Sharon Janet Lettman-Hicks, 53, both of Tallahassee, Florida. The Indictment alleges that between 2016 and 2019, defendants Gillum and Lettman-Hicks conspired to commit wire fraud, by unlawfully soliciting and obtaining…
Read More Andrew Gillum, Former Florida Gubernatorial Challenger To DeSantis, Charged With Wire Fraud
LAKELAND, Fla. – Police in Lakeland are seeking your help in locating a stolen travel trailer that was swiped from an auto dealer. According to police, during the first week of June 2022, an unknown suspect entered the property of an auto sales business located…
Read More Lakeland Police Need Your Help In Locating Stolen Travel Trailer