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RIVERVIEW, Fla – Hillsborough County Fire Rescue was working a structure fire in the Pleasant Living mobile home community in Riverview. HCFR’s Emergency Dispatch Center received multiple calls around 3:25 am from neighbors regarding a home on Indian Drive that was fully engulfed in flames.…
Read More One Person Dead, One Dog Missing After Riverview Mobile Home Fire
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Clearwater Police and Clearwater Fire & Rescue responded to a vehicle-versus-bicycle crash at Keene Road and Sunset Point Road just before 6:30 this evening. According to police, an adult male bicyclist was taken to Bayfront Health-St. Petersburg with possibly life-threatening injuries. Members…
Read More One Man Rushed To Hospital With Life-Threatening Injuries In Bicycle Vs. Car Crash
The 2022 Mid-Term elections are fast approaching with important races up and down the ballot. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has garnered the national spotlight and has focused his campaign on many issues that have made him a possible frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president…
Read More How Do I Vote In Florida Midterms?
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Clearwater Police announced Thursday they arrested a second person in the Clearwater Beach murder of Jeffrey Chapman. 18-year-old Savonne Morrison of Pasco County has been charged with first-degree murder in the homicide of Chapman on Oct. 21 on Clearwater Beach. Morrison joins…
Read More Second Pasco Man Charged In Brutal Clearwater Beach Murder
TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Police Department has arrested a suspect who shot two dogs, killing one, during an attempted armed robbery. Jayden Makell Harris, 17, was arrested on Thursday, November 3, 2022, on multiple felony charges. On October 28, just before 7 PM, an…
Read More 17-Year-Old Arrested After Shooting Two Dogs In Tampa, Killing One In Botched Armed Robbery
Entering the final stretch of the 2022 campaign, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political committee raised nearly $1.2 million on Monday and Tuesday, according to finance reports posted on the state Division of Elections website. The Friends of Ron DeSantis committee collected about $1.184 million over the…
Read More Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Committee Raises Another $1.2M
Unemployment claims in Florida decreased last week after a jump following Hurricane Ian, though resort workers and self-employed people show signs of continuing to feel the brunt of the Category 4 storm. The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday released a report that said an…
Read More Florida Jobless Claims Down After Initial Ian Increase
VALRICO, Fla. – An elderly man is in critical condition after a suspect unlawfully entered his home and attacked him. The suspect fled the scene after stealing two firearms from the home and has since been arrested on an attempted murder charge. According to deputies, on…
Read More Elderly Man Attacked In Violent Valrico Home Invasion, Suspect In Custody
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway convened a Command Review Board on November 2nd to review the Domestic Battery arrest of Lieutenant Robert Turner. The Board sustained the violation of City Rules and Regulations Group III Offense, #26; Unlawful or improper…
Read More St. Pete Police Officer Suspended After Domestic Battery Allegations
With the daily total increasing by more than 277,000 ballots, nearly 3.6 million people had voted as of Thursday morning in next week’s general election. Data posted online by the Florida Division of Elections showed that 3,581,580 ballots had been cast by mail or at…
Read More Florida GOP Outpacing Democrats In Early Voting