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12-Year-Old Girl Critically Injured In Sarasota Accident
12-Year-Old Girl Critically Injured In Sarasota Accident (FHP)
SARSOTA, Fla. - A 12-year-old girl from Sarasota is in critical condition after a t [...]
Largo Police Apprehend 2 Teens In Connection With Shooting, One Linked To Prior Robbery
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LARGO, Fla. - A targeted shooting in Largo left a 17-year-old hospitalized and his family traumatized. Swift [...]
Sarasota Police Respond To Incident On Temple Street
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SARASOTA, Fla. - The Sarasota Police Department is currently on the scene of an active incident near the 2100 [...]
St. Petersburg Teen Arrested For Manslaughter In Fatal Shooting Of 11-Year-Old
Gavin Lorenzo Santos-Brown
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - St. Petersburg Police detectives have arrested 14-year-old Gavin Lorenzo Santos-Brown in connect [...]
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Aviation Unit Locates Missing Alzheimer’s Patient In Tampa
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Aviation Unit Proves Vital In Locating Missing Alzheimer's Patient
TAMPA, Fla. -When a vulnerable individual goes mi [...]
Florida AG Ashley Moody Issues Warning On Rising Teen Drug Overdoses, Urges Parental Awareness
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is raising alarms about a disturbing rise in teen drug overdoses. A re [...]
Up To $10,000 Mini-Grants Available For St. Petersburg Communities To Plant Shade Trees
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The City of St. Petersburg has announced the return of its Neighborhood Tree Matching Mini-Grant Program [...]
Woman Dies Following Three-Vehicle Crash In St. Petersburg
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A 38-year-old woman has tragically passed away due to injuries sustained in a three-vehicle ac [...]
Tampa Traffic Alert: Emergency Sewer Repairs Cause Lane Closures On N MacDill Ave
Traffic Alert (File)
TAMPA, Fla. - The Wastewater Department has initiated emergency repairs on a broken sewer mainline pipe and road depression o [...]
Tropical Storm Warning Issued For Northeast Caribbean Islands
Tropical Storm Warning Issued For Northeast Caribbean Islands
A tropical storm warning has been issued for several islands in the northeast Caribb [...]