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Florida’s Toll Relief Program Delivers Over $164.5 Million In Savings To Drivers In First Four Months
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Announcing 2024 Toll Relief
Florida’s Toll Relief Program, designed to offer financial relief to frequent toll road user [...]
Plant City Teenager Indicted For Online Threat In Front Of Hillsborough County High School: FBI
FBI Agent, Source: FBI
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - An 18-year-old from Plant City, Janye B. Evans, has been indicted on federal charges for allege [...]
Lakeland To Winter Haven: Polk County Deputies Apprehend Two In Stolen Truck Out Of Plant City
Jason Thomas Aaron (25) and Randy Thomas (38) (PCSO)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Two men are behind bars after a dramatic early morning pursuit in Polk Co [...]
Hillsborough County Seeking Residents To Serve On HART Board
Hillsborough County HART
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners is inviting residents to apply for a position [...]
Small Plane Veers Off Runway At Clearwater Airpark
Small Plane Veers Off Runway At Clearwater Airpark
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Clearwater Police and Clearwater Fire & Rescue responded to an incident [...]
Post-Idalia Adaptations Help Nature Coast Biological Station Weather Subsequent Storms
Matt Suggs shovels mud outside the old Nature Coast Biological Station lab following Hurricane Idalia. (Tyler Jones, UF/IFAS)
One year ago this we [...]
Tampa Traffic Alert: Lane Closure On North MacDill Avenue
Lane Closed (File)
TAMPA, Fla. - Drivers in Tampa should be aware of a lane closure on North MacDill Avenue starting today at 9 a.m. The outside n [...]
Florida Gas Prices Hit Two-Month Low Ahead of Labor Day
Gas Pumps Source: TFP File Photo
Gas prices in Florida have dropped to their lowest point in two months, averaging $3.29 per gallon on Sunday. Thi [...]
Tampa Traffic Alert: Lane Closure On East Bougainvillea Avenue
Source: TFP, Lane Closed
TAMPA, Fla. - Starting at 9 a.m. today, the westbound lane of East Bougainvillea Avenue will be closed between Woody Trac [...]
Eastern Pacific Braces For Hurricane Gilma And Tropical Storm Hector
Eastern Pacific Braces For Hurricane Gilma And Tropical Storm Hector (NOAA)
The Eastern Pacific is currently facing the threat of two active tropi [...]