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Clearwater To Celebrate Arbor Day With Free Tree Giveaway April 26
Shade Tree (File)
CLEARWATER, Fla. - In observance of Arbor Day and as part of Earth Month celebrations, the city of Clearwater is set to host a f [...]
Launch Of Amazon’s First Kuiper Production Satellites Rescheduled For April 28 In Florida
Amazon's Project Kuiper
The launch carrying the first production satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband constellation aboard a United La [...]
Hillsborough County Seeks Input On 2024 Flood Impacts At Meetings In Riverview, Carrollwood
Flooding in Hillsborough County (HCFR)
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - Hillsborough County is inviting residents and business owners to share their ex [...]
Land O’ Lakes Traffic Alert: Daytime Single-Lane Closures Planned For Eastbound SR 54 This Week
Traffic Alert
LAND O' LAKES, Fla. - Eastbound State Road 54 in Land O' Lakes will experience daytime single-lane closures this week as crews condu [...]
Pope Francis, First Latin American Pontiff, Dies At 88
Vice President JD Vance met with His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican Easter Sunday 2025. (Vatican)
Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin [...]
Investigation Underway After Shooting Leaves One Injured In Tampa
Emergency Lights (Source: File Photo)
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Police Department is currently investigating a shooting incident that occurred late [...]
Central U.S. Brace For Renewed Storms As Tornado Watch Issued Across Multiple States
Tornado Forming (FILE)
Millions of residents from the southern Plains through the Midwest faced a significant threat of severe weather on Easter S [...]
Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Displaces Wimauma Family
Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Displaces Wimauma Family
WIMAUMA, Fla. - A residential structure fire on Haddon Mist Drive in Wimauma Sunday afternoon ca [...]
Lake Wales Woman Arrested In March Water Well Theft: Polk County Sheriff
Breaking Local News (Tampa Free Press)
LAKE WALES, Fla. - A 29-year-old Lake Wales woman sought in connection with the theft of a 32-gallon water [...]
Firefighters Battle Three-Alarm Blaze At Fairwinds Treatment Center In Clearwater
Firefighters Battle Three-Alarm Blaze At Fairwinds Treatment Center In Clearwater
CLEARWATER, Fla. - A fire erupted at Fairwinds Treatment Center [...]