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July 1, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – Protesters are planning multiple assemblies this 4th of July weekend throughout the Tampa Bay area. Riverview and Tampa being the most prominent. One scheduled for Tampa, in particular, will be different than other protests Tampa has…
Read More Tampa ‘Sleep In’ Protest Planned for the 4th of July
July 1, 2020 By: Staff Report RIVERVIEW Fla. – Protest organizers are planning a Riverview assembly this Saturday, July 4th. The location on the flyer that The Free Press received, states, “Riverview Equality and Change – Hwy 301 and Boyette” Riverview has been the scene…
Read More Riverview Protest Planned for July 4th
July 1, 2020 By: Staff Report LAND O’ LAKES Fla. – Bonnie, a 7-Year young mixed breed lady, needs a forever home. As you can see from her photo, Bonnie is quite hip with a Hawaiian Lei and a pink starry cowgirl hat. Bonnie is…
Read More Bonnie in Land O’ Lakes, Needs a Forever Home
July 1 , 2020 By: Staff Report and Presser WINTER HAVEN Fla. – Wednesday Polk County Sheriff’s fraud detectives obtained an arrest warrant and took 62-year-old Sharon McClelland Bradley of Lakeland into custody. Charges against McClelland are as follows: Grand theft over $100,000 (F1)Fraud (F1)Criminal use of…
Read More Sheriff Grady Judd Says, “It’s a good thing I ain’t Jesus” $768,000 Church Embezzlement Investigation
June 30, 2020 By: EDC Press Release PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA — The Pasco Economic Development Council (Pasco EDC) is pleased to welcome Baymar Solutions to the county. Baymar Solutions is investing $2,090,000 in an existing facility off of Gunn Highway in Odessa. The company has been…
Read More Baymar Solutions Investing Over $2 million Pasco County Manufacturing and Life Sciences
June 30, 2020 By: Staff Report APOLLO BEACH Fla.- These days, while in public, everything we do or say can be captured in photos or video and in most cases ends up on social media. Mike Zuzack from Zuzack Lawn Services, located in Apollo Beach…
Read More Disturbing Racist Exchange in Apollo Beach
June 30, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla.- This accident is cleared. Interstate 75 northbound is closed past the I-4 interchange. A jackknifed truck is in the middle northbound lanes. The southbound Lanes of I-75 are open with heavy traffic. We will update the story…
Read More I-75 Northbound closed by I-4 Interchange
June 30, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – After last weekend’s Hyde Park protest, turned into a second protest at the Orient Road Jail, the hashtag #dumpdugan has picked up steam on Twitter with more people calling on Tampa Mayor Jane Castor to force…
Read More Calls for Tampa Mayor Castor and Chief Dugan to Resign, Heat Up
June 30, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY – Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the June 30, 2020, Board of County Commissioners(BCC) Meeting is being held online and broadcast live. *The meeting is being conducted virtually to reduce the risk to residents, elected officials and…
Read More Pasco BOCC Meeting Live Now
June 30, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, FL —- The much-anticipated acquisition of the FGUA/Pasco Aqua Utility System by Pasco County Utilities (PCU) begins Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in the Jasmine Lakes, Palm Terrace Gardens, and Zephyr Shores communities. PCU team members are pleased…
Read More Pasco County Utilities Welcomes New Customers with Acquisition