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PLANT CITY, Fla.- Wish Farms, an international grower, shipper, and marketer of berries, in conjunction with the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce, hosted a ribbon-cutting event at its new headquarters today. The company is owned and operated by the Wishnatzki family and is the…
Read More Wish Farms Hosts Ribbon-Cutting For New Plant City Headquarters
On Tuesday, the Boulder Police Department named the 10 victims killed in a shooting incident at King Soopers store in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday. Officials also named a suspect, currently in the hospital, who will be charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder. The suspect’s…
Read More Facebook Wipes Colorado Shooting Suspects Page, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa Charged
A federal grand jury has indicted two South Florida residents in connection with the alleged sex trafficking of a 16-year-old girl. According to allegations in the criminal complaint affidavit previously filed in this case, the minor victim was a runaway from a group home, with…
Read More Florida Man and Woman Face Life In Prison For Sex Trafficking 16-Year-Old Girl
SPRING HILL, Fla. – On Sunday, Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence on the 11000 block of Elgin Boulevard in reference to the report of a conveyance burglary and a petit theft. The victim reported he was inside of his home when he…
Read More Florida Man, San Antonio City Employee, Crashes City Truck After Stealing Grills From Spring Hill Home
SPRING HILL, Fla. – On Sunday at 10:17 p.m., Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies conducted a traffic stop on Ken Lake Avenue in Spring Hill on the driver of a vehicle who failed to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. The driver of…
Read More Traffic Stop Leads to Drug Arrest in Spring Hill
TAMPA, Fla. – Ricky Wade Jr., a native of Tampa, Florida, recently received the Civilian of the Year and NAVWARRIOR of the Quarter for the third quarter of Calendar Year 20, serving at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic in Charleston, South Carolina. Wade is…
Read More Tampa Native Earns NIWC Atlantic Civilian of the Year
Starting April 1, new protections for multi-species fish spawning aggregations near an area known as Western Dry Rocks go into effect. This includes the prohibition of all fishing from April through July in a 1-square-mile area near Western Dry Rocks. This area is bounded by…
Read More New Protections for Multi-Species Fish Spawning Aggregations Near Western Dry Rocks Effective April 1
Kandis Mills, 47, who worked as a registered nurse at a health care facility, was sentenced on March 19, 2021, to serve six years in federal prison for tampering with morphine intended for hospice patients and using it herself. Mills was ordered to report to…
Read More Illinois Nurse Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Using Patients’ Morphine
TAMPA, Fla. – Beginning at 9am today, the outside northbound lane on North Nebraska Avenue will close between East 122nd Avenue and East 124th Avenue while the Tampa Water Department conducts scheduled maintenance on the water distribution system. Barricades and signs will be located in…
Read More Lane Closure on North Nebraska Avenue Between East 122nd Avenue and East 124th Avenue
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. – On Friday, March 19th, at 6:37 p.m., a Hernando County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a Brooksville residence on Campbell Drive in reference to a female who was unconscious and not breathing. When Deputy J. Arnold arrived on scene the female was lying…
Read More Hernando County Deputy Helps Save Woman in Medical Crisis