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May 29, 2020 By: Staff Report, Jack Cormier LAKELAND, FL – The Miss Florida Scholarship Program announced today that its summer competitions will be postponed until 2021 due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Both the Miss Florida Scholarship Competition and the Miss Florida’s Outstanding Teen…
Read More Miss Florida Scholarship Program Postpones Annual Competitions until 2021May 28, 2020 By: Deborah Childress State of Florida Attorney General, Ashley Moody, is very displeased with unscrupulous activity involving seizures of Medicaid patients’ COVID-19 stimulus checks by nursing homes and assisted living facilities. She issued a “Consumer Alert for Floridians with loved ones in…
Read More Consumer Alert on Nursing Home and ALF Stimulus Check Seizures
May 28, 2020 By: Staff Report ~~Construction work begins the week of June 1, 2020~~ HOLIDAY, FL —- The Darlington Road Pavement Rehabilitation Project is scheduled to begin the week of June 1, 2020. The road work will include milling and resurfacing of the existing…
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May 27, 2020 By: Staff Report The Department of Justice announced Wednesday the filing of a criminal complaint charging a Tampa, Florida man with “attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization,” specifically, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, more commonly…
Read More Tampa Man Arrested- Scoped Honeymoon Island for Terrorist Attack in Support of ISIS
May 27, 2020 By: Staff Report When: The launch was scheduled for today, at 1:33 p.m. PT/4:33 p.m. ET. But canceled due to weather. SpaceX has reserved backup launch times at 12:22 p.m. PT/3:22 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 30, or at 12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET…
Read More Historic SpaceX Launch to ISS Has Been Postponed Due to Weather
May 27, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano TAMPA – To commemorate Memorial Day, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Randall Kopytowski, who is stationed at MacDill Air Force Base, wanted to find a memorable way to honor fallen service members. Inspired by the 4x4x48 Challenge made…
Read More Naval Officer Runs 48 Miles Over Two Days to Honor Fallen Service Members
May 27, 2020 By: Polk County Sports and Marketing AUBURNDALE – The local vacation rental home industry breathed a collective sigh of relief today as Tallahassee lifted the Polk County portion of the nearly two-month long suspension, part of the state’s shelter in place orders, in…
Read More Vacation Rental Home Suspension for Polk County Lifted
Updated -May 27, 2020 the original story posted in Oct 2019 By Yvette C. Hammett There are very few places Hillsborough County Community Resource Deputy Jeffery Merry can go to in Sun City Center without getting a nod, a thank you, or some acknowledgment. After…
Read More Hillsborough County Sheriff Deputy- All in for Sun City Center
May 26, 2020 By: Staff Report ~~First-come, first-served grant opportunity to help small businesses with PPE expenses~~ PASCO COUNTY, FL —- The Pasco Board of County Commissioners (BCC) is pleased to offer the Pasco CARES Small Business Personal Protective Equipment Reimbursement Program, a new program…
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May 25, 2020 By: The Free Press “Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.” – Charles de Gaulle No matter your plans today, it’s important to remember the true meaning of…
Read More “Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.”