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A Florida school district is offering refunds or reprints after a high school yearbook featured a two-page spread dedicated to LGBTQ activism. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Seminole County Public Schools made the offer to students and parents following complaints that Lyman High School’s yearbook…
Read More School In Florida Offers Refunds, Reprints Of Yearbook To Atone For LGBTQ Section
As the annual hurricane season started last week, the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. added about 8,000 policies. Citizens had 1,308,189 policies as of Friday, up from 1,300,059 policies a week earlier and 1,292,191 policies two weeks earlier, according to information posted on its website.…
Read More State-Backed Citizens Insurance Adds 8,000 Policies
Two issues have defined Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ time in Tallahassee: fighting back against “Fauci-ism” and woke ideology, especially on gender ideology. But a new report suggests a key fundraiser for the Republican governor is a proponent of the things DeSantis routinely rails against. The…
Read More Fundraiser Organized For DeSantis By Lobbyist Who Represents Drugmakers Of COVID Vaccines, Puberty Blockers
TAMPA, Fla. – Beginning at 9 am today, the eastbound lane on East 109th Avenue will be closed between North Nebraska Avenue and North Jasmine Avenue while the Tampa Water Department conducts maintenance on the water distribution system. Traffic will be shifted to the westbound…
Read More Tampa Lane Closure: East 109th Ave Between North Nebraska Ave And North Jasmine Ave
A day after the Florida Supreme Court refused to issue a stay of the planned execution of Duane Owen, defense attorneys on Tuesday filed a brief that said he should not be put to death because of insanity. The brief, filed at the Supreme Court,…
Read More Florida Death Row Inmate Duane Owen Argues Insanity To Try To Avoid Execution
TAMPA, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested the man connected to a homicide Friday night. On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, Joel Elkanah Jr., 25, turned himself in without incident. “Our team has worked tirelessly to bring justice to the victim and the victim’s loved…
Read More Tampa Murder Suspect Surrenders To Deputies
SPRING HILL, Fla – Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three teens playing ‘Ding, Dong, Ditch’ in a Spring Hill neighborhood. Deputies responded to the 2300 block of Landover Boulevard in Spring Hill about a report of a burglary of an “occupied dwelling.” Deputies spoke to…
Read More 3 Spring Hill Teens Arrested After Overnight ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ Burglary
Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Tuesday that Florida teams have made contact with more than 5,800 undocumented migrants and assisted the Texas Department of Public Safety with more than 190 arrests. According to Governor DeSantis, these arrests included felony charges for human smuggling, drug paraphernalia,…
Read More Florida Teams In Texas Encounter Over 5,800 Illegal Migrants, MS-13 Terror Watch List Suspect
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla – A 49-Year-old New Port Richey man was killed in a crash that happened around 10:00 am on Tuesday. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the man was riding a motorcycle eastbound on Trouble Creek Road at a high rate of speed.…
Read More New Port Richey Man Killed When Motorcycle Collides With SUV
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Florida’s ban on the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy to treat three children diagnosed with gender dysphoria, calling the prohibition “an exercise in politics, not good medicine.” U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle’s ruling will affect a group…
Read More Federal Judge Blocks Florida Law Banning Child Gender Transitions