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Will Spring Arrive Early? AccuWeather To Release Spring Forecast Amidst Record Cold January
Spring Flowers (Unsplash)
As Punxsutawney Phil prepares for his Groundhog Day prediction this weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists are already anal [...]
Discounted Florida Strawberry Festival Tickets On Sale At Publix
Hands holding strawberries. Courtesy, UF/IFAS photography
PLANT CITY, Fla. - Get ready for the Florida Strawberry Festival! Discounted admission t [...]
Tampa Traffic Alert: Palm River Road To Close for Water Main Repair
Road Closed
TAMPA, Fla. - Drivers in Tampa should anticipate a full road closure on Palm River Road between South 68th Street and South 67th Stree [...]
Student Arrested For Bringing Gun To Sumner High School In Riverview
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
RIVERVIEW, Fla. - A 14-year-old student at Sumner High School was arrested today after being found in possess [...]
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Captain Arrested On Child Pornography Charges
Fire Truck. Source: File Photo
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - A Hillsborough County Fire Rescue captain has been arrested on multiple counts of child [...]
Part Of County Road 39 In Lithia Closed For CSX Crossing Maintenance
Traffic Alert
LITHIA, Fla. - A section of County Road 39 in Lithia is temporarily closed this week as crews conduct essential maintenance on the C [...]
Holiday Motorcyclist Killed In Three-Vehicle Crash On SR-54 In Pasco County
Florida Highway Patrol
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - A 50-year-old Holiday man was killed in a three-vehicle crash on SR-54 on Tuesday, January 29th.
At [...]
Pending Home Sales Decline 5.5% In December
Florida Real Estate (File)
Pending home sales in the U.S. fell 5.5% in December, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). This de [...]
Winter Haven Man Arrested After Fleeing From Polk County Deputies In Stolen Vehicle
Jeremiah Franklin
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A traffic stop that turned into a pursuit ended with the arrest of a 19-year-old Winter Haven man on Wednesd [...]
How Freaked Out Should We Really Be About China’s New AI Model?
By Thomas English, DCNF. DeepSeek: The Rising Star In Open-Source AI Goes Down From Malicious Attack
DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence [...]