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CLEARWATER, Fla. – A blown tire is the culprit of a massive trailer fire on the Courtney Campbell Causeway Monday. The trailer was about 20 feet long and was used as a workstation for a seamless gutter installer. The driver noticed there was a problem…
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CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – A 47-year-old Trenton man was killed in a crash that happened around 3:00 p.m. on Monday. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a pickup truck, driven by the Trenton man, was traveling northbound on US-19, south of West Dunnellon Road. Troopers say…
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Emergency-management officials advised Panhandle residents to pay attention to a storm system that moved into the northern Gulf of Mexico on Monday. The unnamed system, which had a 30 percent chance of becoming a tropical storm by the end of the week, is expected to…
Read More Storm Could Douse Northwest Florida
Florida Power & Light on Monday backed away from a controversial proposal that would have used a severe winter storm in 1989 as a basis for future power-plant projects. FPL filed a notice at the state Public Service Commission that said it was withdrawing the…
Read More Florida Power & Light Drops Controversial Winter Power Proposal
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – MichaelHubler was found and is safe, according to Pasco Sheriff’s Office. Pasco Sheriff’s deputies were searching for Michael Hubler, a missing-runaway 17-year-old. Hubler is 5’9”, approx. 130 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. Hubler was last seen around 7 p.m.…
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CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – Deputies in Citrus County need your help in identifying as Monday bank robbery suspect. On Monday at approximately 12:16 PM, a robbery occurred at Regions Bank 809 W Main St, Inverness. Deputies say the suspect is a white male 25-35 years…
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TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Police have made an arrest in the fatal Hit & Run that happened on N. 50th St. between Melburne Blvd and E 26th Ave. on Sunday night. According to investigators, Tampa Police were dispatched around 7:75 p.m. on Sunday, to the…
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CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – The Citrus County campus of the College of Central Florida has been renamed for Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, the school announced. The college’s Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved renaming the campus, which is in Lecanto, as the CF Wilton…
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TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Police are currently conducting a fatal Hit & Run investigation on N. 50th St. between Melburne Blvd and E 26th Ave. According to investigators, Tampa Police were dispatched around 7:75 p.m. on Sunday, to the report of an adult black male…
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Florida gas prices dropped 15 cents per gallon last week. The state average has now declined for four consecutive weeks, falling a total of 47 cents during that time. “Floridians are getting some welcome relief from record-high prices at the pump,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA –…
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