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July 19, 2020 By: Staff Report FROSTPROOF, Fla. – A manhunt is underway in the triple murder that happened on Lake Streety Road in Frostproof Saturday. “Three very close friends, who were coming fishing last night, all three of them are dead. They’re murdered. Worse…
Read More ‘Massacred’ Manhunt Underway In Polk County Fishing Triple Homicide
July 18, 2020 By: Staff Report PR SEFFNER, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is working with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) following an in-custody death that occurred on Friday afternoon. At 3:10 pm on Friday, July 17, deputies were called to the Waffle House…
Read More Waffle House In-Custody Death Under Investigation By FDLE
July 18, 2020 By: Staff Report WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. – Pasco County is to receive $1,566,900 of the $75,000,000 allocated from the relief package that Governor DeSantis announced yesterday. The Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing) Board of Directors unanimously approved the release of $75 million to…
Read More Pasco County Mortgage and Rent Allocations, How to Get Help
July 17, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing) Board of Directors unanimously approved the release of $75 million to local governments to assist Floridians in need of rental and mortgage assistance due…
Read More Hillsborough County Mortgage and Rent Relief Allocations, How to Get Help
July 17, 2020 By: Staff Report APOLLO BEACH, Fla. – UPDATE, HCSO has removed these teens from their database as missing. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help in locating two boys from Apollo Beach. They are listed as Missing Runaway Juveniles. Carson Curry Case…
Read More Apollo Beach Missing Boys, HCSO Seeks Your Help
July 17, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – $75,000,000 for rental and mortgage assistance. That’s the number Governeor DeSantis announced in Floirda housing assistance today. DeSantis said, “Hundreds of thousands of Floridians who may have already had difficulty making ends meet, and are now…
Read More $75M for Florida Rent and Mortgage Assistance Announced by DeSantis Today
July 17, 2020 By: Deborah Childress TAMPA Fla. – Summertime is the most active season for moving in Florida. But moving company scams abound, leaving victims with furniture and other possessions they may not see for weeks or months, or ever. Meanwhile, the victims have…
Read More Moving? New BBB Study, Movers Threaten and Destroy
July 17, 2020 By: Staff PR LAND O’ LAKES, Fla. – Pasco County Animal Services (PCAS) is proud to share that it has been certified as a Service Enterprise by Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. Volunteers are the cornerstone…
Read More Pasco Animal Services Achieves Service Enterprise Certification
July 16, 2020 By: PR Staff Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced $900,000 in funding for infrastructure projects in two rural communities in Northeast Florida. Administered by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the Rural Infrastructure Fund (RIF) provides funding to local governments for…
Read More DeSantis Announces $900,000 in Awards to Two Rural Northeast Florida Communities to Improve Infrastructure
July 16, 2020 By: PR, Staff LAKELAND, Fla. – Beginning July 21st, Publix will require customers to wear face coverings while shopping in its stores. “With the number of coronavirus cases continuing to grow and current CDC guidance indicating face coverings can help slow the…
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