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POLK COUNTY, Fla. – On Friday, December 9, 2022, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 28-year-old Polk County Firefighter Lance Taylor Dunn of Lakeland for Grand Theft (F3) and Fraud (F3) after falsifying his time card on three separate occasions. Dunn resigned following his arrest.…

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Just a day after former Rep. Joe Harding resigned from the Florida House, the first candidate has emerged to try to replace him. Belleview Republican Ryan Chamberlin opened a campaign account Friday to run in Marion County’s House District 24, according to the state Division…

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POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a hit-and-run crash that occurred on U.S. 98 near Innovation Drive in Lakeland that resulted in the death of a 43-year-old Lakeland man. At around 7:15 am on Saturday, December 10, 2022,…

Read More Lakeland Man Killed In Hit And Run Overnight, Polk County Sheriff Looking For Truck, SUV

Kent Stermon, a Jacksonville-area businessman and member of the state university system’s Board of Governors, was found dead in an apparent suicide Thursday night, law enforcement officials confirmed on Friday. Stermon was found “deceased, alone in a locked vehicle” in the parking lot of a…

Read More Florida GOP Donor Found Dead In Locked Vehicle From Apparent Suicide

TAMPA, Fla – On Friday at 5:39 pm, the Tampa Police Department responded to a traffic crash involving a bicyclist on North Habana Avenue just south of West Hillsborough Avenue.  “The bicyclist is currently in critical condition at the hospital,” TPD said. Due to the…

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Nearly 50,000 property owners forced from their homes for more than a month by Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole could be eligible for tax relief under a bill that was being prepared Friday for a special legislative session next week. A draft of the bill…

Read More Tax Breaks Teed Up for Hurricane Damage In Florida

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Two people were arrested, and two illegally altered firearms were seized by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, December 8, 2022, near Lakeland after a Florida Highway Patrol trooper encountered resistance from the couple during a traffic stop. The driver,…

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Medical examiners have confirmed 144 deaths from Hurricane Ian, with 67 in Lee County, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported Friday. The number of confirmed Ian-related deaths has gradually increased and was 141 on Dec. 1. The Category 4 hurricane made landfall Sept. 28…

Read More Florida Hurricane Ian Deaths Up To 144

MIAMI, Fla. – A Miami woman has passed ‘Go’ and collected a $1 million prize from a $5 Florida Lottery Monopoly scratch-off ticket! The Florida Lottery announced that Rosalina Vidal, of Miami, claimed a $1 million top prize from the $5 MONOPOLY DOUBLER Scratch-Off game…

Read More Miami Woman Passes Go And Collects $1,000,000 From Florida Lottery Scratch-Off

A statewide grand jury this week called for the Legislature to expand a law targeting people who smuggle undocumented immigrants into the state. The grand jury, impaneled at the request of Gov. Ron DeSantis, issued a presentment that described smuggling of undocumented immigrants as an…

Read More Florida Grand Jury Calls For Immigration Law Changes