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Florida Gover Ron DeSantis was involved in a crash accident on his way to a campaign event Tuesday morning. DeSantis was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, according to Fox News, and was reportedly uninjured. Campaign press secretary Bryan Griffin said in a statement, “This morning, the governor…
Read More Breaking: Florida Gov. DeSantis Involved In Car Crash In Tennessee
A Florida Highway Patrol Trooper put himself in harm’s way Monday, stopping an Arizona woman who was driving the wrong way in Orlando. According to Florida Highway Patrol, on Monday around 10:23 pm, calls came in about a wrong-way driver heading westbound in the eastbound…
Read More Florida Trooper Stops Wrong-Way Arizona Driver In Orlando
TAMPA, Fla. – Beginning at 9 am today, the outside southbound lane on North Nebraska Avenue will be closed between East Sligh Avenue and East Elm Street while the Tampa Water Department conducts maintenance on the water distribution system. All lanes will reopen to traffic…
Read More Lane Closure On North Nebraska Ave Between East Sligh Ave And East Elm Street
TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Police Department said a pedestrian was struck and killed in the roadway on the northbound approach to the Veteran’s Expressway, just south of the Memorial Highway exit. Outside travel lanes were closed for investigation. No further information was available, but…
Read More Pedestrian Struck And Killed On Veterans Expressway: Tampa Police
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is demanding that Congress take action to force U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to enforce public-safety immigration laws. In light of a recent Committee on Homeland Security Report confirming Sec. Mayorkas’s dereliction of duty, Moody is urging…
Read More Florida AG Ashley Moody Calls On Congress To “Zero Out” Mayorkas’s Salary
LAKELAND, Fla. – Polk County Sheriff’s Deputies need your help identifying a man who committed retail and car theft back to back. Deputies say he is described as a white male about 5’9″ tall and weighing around 160 pounds. He wore a dark outfit, a…
Read More Deputies Searching For Man Who Stole Pizza And A Car From Lakeland Racetrac
TAMPA, Fla. – In an expansion of current community-oriented policing efforts, the Tampa Police Department launched its new Town Hall Tuesday initiative to build on the strong bonds that make Tampa one of the safest cities of our size in the nation. The next Town…
Read More Tampa Police Hosting ‘Town Hall Tuesday’ July 25
SARASOTA COUNTY, Fl.a – The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) arrested 39-year-old Christopher Seningen for 29 counts of Possession of Child Pornography. According to deputies, on July 14, SCSO detectives executed a search warrant at Seningen’s residence, 183 Virginia Court in Englewood, following cyber tips…
Read More Sarasota Sheriff Detectives Arrest Englewood Man Charged On 40 Counts Of Child Porn
A former Florida Department of Corrections officer has gone to the state Supreme Court in a dispute about his firing for using medical marijuana. An attorney for former officer Samuel Velez Ortiz filed a notice last week that is a first step in challenging a…
Read More Florida Corrections Officer Taking Medical Marijuana Firing To State Supreme Court
A pending U.S. Supreme Court case could help decide the fate of a Florida law that prevents sales of rifles and other long guns to people under age 21. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday told attorneys for the National Rifle Association…
Read More Texas Case Eyed In Fight Over Florida Gun Law