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Tampa Beach Health Advisory Issued Due to High Bacteria
TAMPA, Fla. - A health advisory has been issued for Ben T. Davis Beach due to high bacteria levels. This should be considered a potential risk to the [...]
‘Guns Stolen From Cars’ Hillsborough County Sheriff Seeking Burglars
GIBSONTON, FL. -The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is searching for two juveniles who burglarized multiple vehicles in Gibsonton and stole two [...]
$400K of Meth Seized ‘This Poison is Trafficking in Death and Destruction’ Polk County Sheriff
POLK COUNTY, FL. - Polk County Sheriff’s Office narcotics detectives developed information in September of 2020 that a source of illegal narcotics wa [...]
Tiffany Tanner-Silva Wanted By Polk County Sheriff
POLK COUNTY SHERIFF's OFFICE
LAKELAND, FL. - On September 19th, an RV was stolen from a Circle K parking lot near Lake Wales. Security video showe [...]
FBI Warns of Potential Charity Fraud Associated with the COVID-19
PASCO COUNTY, FL.- Many Americans want to help during the COVID-19 pandemic by contributing to charities, but the FBI is warning that scammers also w [...]
How Will Polk County Vote in the General Election?
POLK COUNTY. Fla. - The general election is just weeks away and polls from around the nation are inundating us. What does that look like locally? Let [...]
Florida Office Manager Gets 5-Years for Stealing $790,000
ORANGE COUNTY, FL. – U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Richard Barrett Dale Walker (38, The Villages) to five years and five months in [...]
“Never Did Like that Foreign *&$!” Two Seniors Duke it Out
LARGO, FL. - On April 7, 2019, two men who were neighbors in Pinellas County Section 8 Housing had a major tiff over a television blasting throughou [...]
Georgia ‘Loretta Lightningbolt’ Heading to To Prison in a Flash
SAVANNAH, GA.- A Bryan County woman who admitted to tampering with a witness in a child sexual coercion investigation has been sentenced to nearly s [...]
Afternoon DUI Crash Claims 64-Year-Old St. Pete Mans Life
SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. - A woman under the influence, ran a red light in St. Peterburg this afternoon and took a man's life. A pickup truck, driven [...]