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Additional $300 Per Week Florida Begins Paying Federal Lost Wages Benefits
Tallahassee, Fla. - Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (Department) has completed the necessary technolog [...]
Update- Missing Spring Hill Child Found Safe
SPRING HILL. Fla. - UPDATE: The Missing Child Was Found Safe
The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is seeking assistance from the public and our me [...]
‘Dozens of Drunk Drivers Off The Streets’ Hillsborough County Sheriff 10- Day Campaign
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - Deputies arrested dozens of drunk drivers throughout the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's 10-day "Drive Sober or Ge [...]
St. Pete Suspicious Package Incident Cleared
SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. - UPDATE: 34th Street S between 18th Ave. S and 22nd Ave. S is open, now that an investigation into a suspicious package has b [...]
Mulberry Clerk Charged for Selling Alcohol to a Minor
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The Polk County Sheriff's Office conducted an "Operation Pop-Top" on Friday, September 4, 2020, at nine different convenient stor [...]
COVID Panic and Loss From a Suicide, Tampa Lawyer Barred from Therapist
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla.- President Donald Trump continues to discourage future COVID-19 lockdowns amidst the nation’s increasing mental and physical he [...]
3-Dead in Westchase Crash, HCSO Investigating
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed three people in Westchase.
O [...]
Full Lane Closure on North 22nd Street Between East Hanna and East Idlewild Avenues
TAMPA, Fla.- Beginning at 9 a.m. today, North 22nd Street will be closed between East Hanna and East Idlewild Avenues while the Tampa Water Departmen [...]
Spring Hill Fraud, Suspect Sought By Sheriff
SPRING HILL, Fla. - The subject pictured below, in the slideshow, is the suspect in a fraud that occurred at Grow Financial located at 4122 Mariner B [...]
Man Struck By Lightning Near Davis Island Yacht Club
TAMPA, Fla- Tampa Fire Rescue responded to a person being struck by lightning while on a personal watercraft Monday.
The incident happened nea [...]