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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide in Riverview that occurred Monday night. Around 10 p.m., deputies responded to Tribute Drive for reports of a shooting. Once on scene, deputies located several individuals who had been injured as a…
Read More 2 Dead, 2 Injured After Shooting And Car Crash In Riverview
TAMPA, FL. – The Stanley Cup will be heading to Montreal, but only for some TLC. During the celebrations in Tampa today, the cup sustained some bumps and bruises along the parade route, and subsequent festivities. Tampa Bay Lightning beat writer for The Athletic, Joe…
Read More Oops! Stanley Cup Heading To Montreal After All
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to President Joe Biden following the historic, peaceful, and organic protests that arose throughout Havana and other provinces in Cuba. The protests are the largest to occur in the country’s 62 years of tyranny under the Castro…
Read More Rubio Outlines Steps Biden Must Take Following Cuban Protests
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Rao Musunuru and Alvaro Hernandez to the Pasco-Hernando State College District Board of Trustees. Rao Musunuru, of New Port Richey, is a Physician and Cardiologist, practicing at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point and Hudson Cardiology Associates. He…
Read More Florida Governor Appoints Two To The Pasco-Hernando State College District Board of Trustees
Four more bodies were found in the collapsed Champlain Towers South condominium complex in Surfside, Florida, bringing the death toll to 94, Democratic Mayor of Miami-Dade Daniella Cava said in a press conference Monday. At least eighty-three of the victims have been identified with 80…
Read More Death Toll Now At 94 As Four More Bodies Are Found In Florida Condo Collapse
TAMPA, FL. – AdventHealth Foundation West Florida and AdventHealth Carrollwood have partnered with the Hispanic Services Council and The Skills Center, a sports-based youth development organization, to pilot a youth version of the health system’s Food is Health® program at Armature Works and The City…
Read More AdventHealth Launches Teen-Focused Food Is Health® Initiative, Teach Healthy Habits And Reduce Food Insecurity
HERNANDO COUNTY, FL. – 15-year-old Heavyn Kies who was missing, has been located safe. According to Hernando County Sheriff, Kies was located on Sunday by Deputies. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office was seeking assistance from the public in locating Missing Endangered Juvenile, 15-year-old Heavyn Kies.…
Read More Hernando County Sheriff’s Office Locates 15-Year-Old Missing Girl Safe
What a year it’s been. Polarized politics, hate, and a country divided in a way that almost seems irreparable. No, we won’t always agree, hell that would be boring. But the hate that we are experiencing now and have been for the last several years,…
Read More ‘Nice Work Mom’ Child Caught On Camera Desecrating American Flag
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) and Enterprise Florida Inc. (EFI) have awarded several grants totaling more than $30 million to improve infrastructure, community redevelopment and job creation in small and rural Florida communities. $29 million was awarded…
Read More Gov. DeSantis Announces More Than $30 Million To Improve Infrastructure, Community Redevelopment And Job Creation In Small And Rural Florida Communities
CLEARWATER, FL. – Ruth Eckerd Hall presents GRAMMY® Award-Winning producer and vocalist Steve Tyrell in concert on Sunday, May 1 at 1 pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 16 at 10 am. Steve Tyrell is the definition of a renaissance man. In his nearly…
Read More GRAMMY Award-Winner Steve Tyrell In Concert On Sunday, May 1