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Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that since the Hometown Heroes housing assistance program launched on June 1, Florida Housing Finance Corporation has provided more than $12 million in down payment assistance to Florida’s hometown heroes. Florida Housing received $100 million from the state Legislature this…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Announces $12 Million For Hometown Heroes Down Payment Assistance
Florida House District 16 Republican candidate Kiyan Michael, was endorsed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday. “Kiyan Michael is an Angel Mom, military spouse & lifelong Jacksonville resident, said DeSantis on Tuesday via Twitter. “@kiyanforfl has stood with me in the fight against illegal…
Read More Florida House D-16 Republican Candidate Kiyan Michael Endorsed By Governor Ron DeSantis
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Clearwater Police and Clearwater Fire & Rescue responded to a call just before 11 this morning in the 2000 block of San Sebastian Way South. According to the officials, a city of Clearwater yard waste truck equipped with a boom came in…
Read More Downed Power Pole Leads To Evacuation Of Six Homes In Clearwater
Parents, students, and a non-profit organization have filed a federal lawsuit against four Florida school districts, challenging the constitutionality of a new state law that restricts instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Orlando, seeks…
Read More Florida School Boards Sued Over Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation Law
For the second month in a row, Tampa and Miami topped other metro areas across the country in an analysis of housing price increases. The Tampa area had a 36.1 percent price increase in May when compared to a year earlier, according to the S&P…
Read More Tampa, Miami Tally Countries Highest Home Price Hikes
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a homicide investigation in Thonotosassa at the Baker Creek Boat Ramp. On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, just before 8 a.m., HCSO deputies responded to the 12000 block of Thonotosassa Road to the report of a…
Read More Hillsborough Deputies Investigating Homicide At Thonotosassa’s Baker Creek Boat Ramp
A textbook company is pushing back against a subpoena issued by Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office in an investigation into pricing of school instructional materials, saying the state’s request for documents involves scrutinizing millions of emails and would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Moody’s…
Read More Florida Spars With Textbook Company In Pricing Probe
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Pasco Sheriff’s Office is teaming up with Farm Share, the Gentlemen’s Course, and the Pasco County NAACP for a free community food distribution! The next food distribution event will be at the Big Lots Parking Lot on Allen Rd., in Zephyrhills…
Read More Free Food Distribution In Pasco County On Thursday, August 11
TAMPA, Fla. – A lightning strike is to blame for an attic fire at an apartment in Tampa. On Monday afternoon, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR) responded to a reported structure fire at 2021 Blue Rock Drive in Tampa. A 911 call came into HCFR’s…
Read More Lightning To Blame For Tampa Apartment Attic Fire
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the man seen here who took an orange 2007 Chevy HHR from a residence in The Shores at Lake Sears in Winter Haven near SR 540 & Spirit Lake Road. The theft happened…
Read More Polk County Detective Wants To Return A Bicycle To Man Who Stole Chevy HHR