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A legend of Florida politics has called it quits. Marion Hammer, the decades-long lobbyist for the National Rifle Association in Tallahassee and a past president of the gun rights’ group, announced her retirement after 44 years. “It has been an honor to serve NRA members…
Read More Hammer Drops: Longtime Florida NRA Lobbyist Marion Hammer Retires After 44 Years
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Clearwater Police and Clearwater Fire & Rescue responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard just east of U.S. 19 just before 9 pm on Thursday. Police say a male pedestrian was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital with serious injuries,…
Read More Man Killed On Gulf To Bay Blvd In Overnight Pedestrian Crash
Governor Ron DeSantis’s re-election campaign today announced the launch of the DeSantis Education Agenda: Putting Students First, Protecting Parents’ Rights. This agenda is a statewide blueprint for school board candidates and members who are committed to advancing Governor DeSantis’s agenda priorities at the local school…
Read More Florida Governor’s Campaign Launches DeSantis Education Agenda: Putting Students First, Protecting Parents’ Rights
The Florida Lottery announced that Felipe Romaniz Carbajal, 36, of Tampa, claimed a $1 million prize from the 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game on May 19, 2022, at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000.00. The lottery says that he…
Read More Tampa Man Wins $1,000,000 On Florida Lottery’s 500X The Cash Scratch-Off
LAKELAND, Fla. – Police in Lakeland are searching for missing 15-year-old Daviannah Williams. Police say Daviannah was last seen on Wednesday, June 15th at approximately 11 PM at a residence in the 600 block of East Crawford Street. She is 5’3″ and weighs approximately 125…
Read More Lakeland Police Searching For Missing 15-Year-Old Girl
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed three bills, including changes to Florida’s specialty license-plate program and new restrictions on candidates for soil-and-water conservation district boards. The license-plate bill (SB 364) will cut the maximum number of specialty plates at any one time from 150 to…
Read More DeSantis Signs Specialty Florida License-Plate Changes
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Hillsborough County’s annual water quality reports have been released and are available to the public. The reports explain Hillsborough County’s drinking water quality testing results, offer information on local water resources, and outline the County’s continued investment in the local water…
Read More Hillsborough County 2021 Water Quality Reports Available To The Public
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by a Death Row inmate convicted of killing his girlfriend and her three children in 1998 in Okaloosa County. Jeffrey Hutchinson was sentenced to death for killing the children and life in prison for killing his…
Read More Appeal Denied For Florida Death Row Inmate Who Murdered Woman And Her 3 Children
The Florida missing child alert for Yvens Clervoir has been canceled and the child is safe. A Florida MISSING CHILD Alert was issued for Yvens Clervoir, a black male, 12 years old, 5 feet 3 inches tall, 125 pounds, black hair and brown eyes, last…
Read More Florida Missing Child Alert Canceled, 12-Year-Old Yvens Clervoir Located Safe
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office were able to solve six recent car burglaries in the Medulla area of Lakeland, after a 14-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the arm with a gun stolen from a burglary victim’s car. The…
Read More Lakeland Car Burglaries Solved After 14-Year-Old Accidentally Shoots Himself With Stolen Gun
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