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LAND O’ LAKES, Fla – The median between northbound and southbound US 41 at Ensemble Boulevard is scheduled to close around-the-clock for reconstruction beginning Monday morning, June 19, 2023. The closure is expected to last approximately five to seven days. During the closure, left turns…
Read More US 41 Median At Ensemble Boulevard To Close For One Week In Land O’ Lakes
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is watching a wave that formed off the African Coast, which currently has a 50% chance of forming over the next week. According to the National Hurricane Center, the wave could develop into a tropical depression next week. “A tropical…
Read More Florida Watches As African Wave Has 50% Of Development Over The Next 7 Days
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Pasco Sheriff’s Office is teaming up with Pasco Sheriff’s Charities, Farm Share, the Pasco County NAACP, Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay, the Gentlemen’s Course, and the Samaritan Corporation of Pasco Inc. for a free community food distribution! The next…
Read More Pasco County Free Food Distribution Set For July 13, Rain Or Shine
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law a $2 million proposal to begin the process of creating a new Memorial Park across the street from the Capitol in Tallahassee. The measure (SB 2506) expands the footprint of the Capitol Complex to include the…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Measure To Expand Capitol Complex
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has announced new charges against a woman arrested on May 19, 2023. That day, HCSO responded to an emergency call in the 10000 block of US Hwy 301 for reports of a two-year-old child in distress. …
Read More 24-Year-Old Woman Charged In Murder Of 2-Year-Old Child
Nearly four decades after murdering a mother and a teenage babysitter in Palm Beach County, Duane Owen was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening at Florida State Prison. Owen, 62, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. after declining to make a last statement. He was…
Read More State Executes Florida Death Row Inmate Duane Owen By Lethal Injection
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis trimmed $510.9 million from a record-high state spending plan signed Thursday, with nearly one-fifth of the cuts coming from a single program designed to keep swaths of rural property from commercial and residential development. While DeSantis didn’t give any explanation for…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Axes $510 Million From Record State Budget
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. – The Zephyrhills Police Department, in conjunction with the Tampa Bay Human Trafficking Task Force, recently conducted a multi-agency undercover operation involving four arrests of men soliciting for sex. The two-day operation on Friday, June 9, 2023, and Saturday, June 10, 2023, targeted…
Read More Zephyrhills Police Arrest 4 In 2-Day Human Trafficking Sting
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Most Hillsborough County offices and facilities will be closed on Monday, June 19, in observance of the Juneteenth Holiday. There will be no regular solid waste collection on Monday, June 19 (including garbage, recyclables, and yard waste) in the unincorporated Hillsborough…
Read More Hillsborough County Offices, Facilities To Close June 19 In Observance Of Juneteenth Holiday
During the popular summer vacation season, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is issuing a Consumer Alert warning Floridians about online travel scams. According to a recent report, annual online travel bookings on travel apps in 2022 surpassed the previous peak set in 2019, with a $798…
Read More Florida AG Moody Warns Of Summer Vacation ‘Travel Scams’