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Thomas Catenacci The developer of the Keystone XL Pipeline announced that it was abandoning the contested project months after President Joe Biden revoked the pipeline’s federal permit. TC Energy permanently canceled further construction of the pipeline after conducting a comprehensive review of its options alongside…
Read More Keystone XL Pipeline Project Terminated, Developer Says
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – On Tuesday, undercover detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit arrested two local men for lewd activity at two public county parks. 74-year-old Guy Wellington Rindge of Lakeland was arrested at Saddle Creek Park after he propositioned an undercover…
Read More Lakeland Man, 74 And Haines City Man, 82 Arrested At County Parks For ‘Lewd Acts’
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health in Pasco County (DOH-Pasco) is partnering with Pasco County Schools and Health Heroes to provide free COVID-19 vaccinations to Pasco County children age 12 and older. Free vaccinations will also be made available to children’s eligible…
Read More DOH-Pasco Working With Pasco Schools To Vaccinate Children 12 And Up
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – Five people that were stuck in a crashed SUV early Wednesday morning, were rescued by citizens that stopped to help. On Wednesday, at approximately 5:23 AM, officers responded to a single-vehicle crash located at 49th St N and 91st Ave. It…
Read More Five People Trapped In SUV After Crash Rescued By Citizens Who Stopped To Help
Mary Margaret Olohan MIAMI — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tore into Dr. Anthony Fauci during an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation following the release of leaked emails reigniting Wuhan lab theories. DeSantis sat down with the DCNF’s Mary Margaret Olohan Monday morning…
Read More EXCLUSIVE: Florida’s DeSantis Tears Into Fauci After Leaked Emails Reignite Wuhan Lab Leak Theories
Andrew Trunsky President Joe Biden revoked an executive order that sought to ban downloads of Chinese-owned apps like TikTok and WeChat in the United States, the White House announced Wednesday. Instead, Biden directed the Commerce Department to evaluate software applications connected with foreign adversaries like…
Read More Biden Repeals Trump’s Attempted TikTok Ban, Replaces It With Order To Review Foreign Apps
SPRING HILL, Fla. – At 5:35 a.m., Hernando County Fire and Emergency Services (HCFES) received a 911 call reporting a residential structure fire on Mead Drive in Spring Hill. Fire units arrived on the scene within eight minutes and found a working fire in a…
Read More Hernando County Fire Battles Early Morning Blaze In Spring Hill
LAKELAND, Fla. – On Monday, June 7, 2021, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 29-year-old Andrew Pierce Weaver of Lakeland, the youth pastor of Highlands Church of Christ in Lakeland, for attempting to have sex with a minor. On June 3, 2021, Highlands Church of…
Read More 29-Year-Old Lakeland Youth Minister Arrested After Attempted Sex With A Minor
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – PCSO Homicide detectives have arrested two 16-year-old suspects in the homicide of 17-year-old Taigur Taguri – both suspects have been charged with first degree murder, along with other felonies. At least two other suspects are still at large. Based upon interviews…
Read More Two 16-Year-Old High School Kids Arrested In Bartow Ambush And Murder Of Taigur Taguri
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A 49-year-old Zephyrhills man is in critical condition after a hit and run crash on I-4 Wednesday morning. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the man was driving a blue 2003 Infiniti, and was traveling westbound on I-4 west of Exit 19…
Read More 49-Year-Old Zephyrhills Man In Critical Condition After Wednesday I-4 Hit And Run