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TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay Lightning star defenseman Victor Hedman didn’t mince words when he was asked how big of a win was it to beat the Colorado Avalanche and do it convincingly 6-2 in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final? “We know we…
Read More Bolts Hedman ‘We Had To Win, Got To Do It Again’
A Florida Black Bear has died after the sheriff’s office was called to a residential neighborhood over the weekend. On Saturday, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office was called to Royal Beach, where there was a large black bear, approximately 6′ feet and 300 pounds hanging…
Read More Florida Black Bear Roaming Neighborhood Shot And Killed By Deputies
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A child is listed as a trauma alert after being stabbed in the chest by a catfish on Monday. While the child was being transported to the hospital by their mother, Pasco Fire Rescue said the child experienced difficulty breathing. Firefighters…
Read More Pasco County Child Flown To Tampa Hospital As Trauma Alert From Being Stabbed In The Chest By Catfish
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. – The City of Zephyrhills, Pasco County’s largest municipality, is working on a major update to the City’s comprehensive plan. A significant part of community planning is getting people from all parts of the community together to talk about community issues and needs,…
Read More Plan Zephyrhills 2035 Comprehensive Plan Update
On Monday, the Florida Lottery announced that Leonard Linton, 42, of Pinetta, claimed a $2 million top prize from the 100X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,645,000.00. Linton credits…
Read More Florida Man Wins $2,000,000 On 100X Scratch-Off, Credits His Dog For The Massive Win
Attorneys for the state and online-industry groups plan to go to the U.S. Supreme Court in a battle about a 2021 Florida law that would crack down on social-media giants such as Facebook and Twitter, according to new court filings. The filings effectively seek to…
Read More Florida Big Tech Law Fight Headed To Supreme Court
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried apparently is not as close to taking on incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis as she wants people to believe. Fried, the state government’s only statewide-elected Democrat, claimed last week that she was hot on the heels of U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist…
Read More A Tale Of Two Polls: New Survey Shows Major Departure From Fried’s Internal Poll In Florida’s Democratic Gubernatorial Primary
The big news about allegedly anti-gay Republicans over the weekend concerned a dust-up between the Texas Republican Party and the Log Cabin Republicans, a group that represents LGBT GOPers. The Texas GOP reportedly denied the Fort Worth chapter of the LCR a booth at the…
Read More Conservative LGBT Group Rips Biden Over Criticizing DeSantis, Florida’s Parental Rights In Education Law
Police in Uvalde, Texas, never attempted to unlock the door to two classrooms where a gunman shot and killed 21 people on May 24, the San Antonio Express-News reported Saturday. The police may have thought the door to the classrooms was locked because the school’s…
Read More Report: Police In Uvalde Never Tried To Open Door To Classrooms Where Massacre Happened
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis awarded $4 million to the Town of Callahan through the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund to construct a clean water supply plant at Crawford Diamond Industrial Park, which is a 1,800-acre industrial mega-site. The site is served by two major rail…
Read More Gov. DeSantis Awards $4 Million To Florida Town Through Job Growth Grant