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July, 3, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – The Free Press has launched a Virtual Career Fair and will be adding jobs daily as they come in, We have also partnered with South Eastern University to offer a free resume service through their compass…
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July 3, 2020 By: Kim Droege, SCC Resident SUN CITY CENTER Fla. – I love the movie NETWORK and its tag line, I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore. I find myself at this point today within 5 weeks of…
Read More Letter – SCC Needs a Solution For Voting
July 2. 2020 By: PASCO PRESS RELEASE PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Pasco County has issued an amendment to the county’s face coverings executive order, adding an exemption for children attending formal daycare or childcare programs. Those facilities must have a health and safety plan in…
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July 2, 2020 By: Staff Report WIMAUMA Fla. – Frank Ochoa Jr., is being held in Hillsborough County Jail today on a $26,000 bond. Ochoa, 47 years of age, from Wimauma Fla., has been charged with 13 felonies including: Charge Description: UNLAWFUL USE OF TWO…
Read More Wimauma Man, 13 Felonies Transmission of Harmful Material to a Minor
July, 2, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – The total number of COVID-19 cases in Florida is now 169,106, up over 10,000 from what was reported yesterday. Florida Health officials are reporting the number of Florida resident deaths has reached 3,617, an increase of…
Read More Florida Reports Record COVID-19 Cases But Deaths Remain Flat & Trending Down
July 2, 2020 By: Deborah Childress TAMPA Fla. -Dr. Angela Schroden is a candidate to serve on the Hillsborough County School Board with intentions of utilizing twenty years of experience in Education. Dr. Schroden obtained her Educational Doctorate degree: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from…
Read More Hillsborough County Public School Board District 7 Candidate Dr. Angela Schroden
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