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PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Enjoy views high above Crews Lake Wilderness Park once again. Pasco County Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources is excited to announce construction on a new observation tower beginning Monday, August 15, 2022. Attractions Include: ADA Accessible (first floor) Beautiful Scenery Unique…
Read More Construction To Begin On New Crews Lake Observation Tower
Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd joined 14 other Republican secretaries of state in requesting the White House rescind a 2021 executive order labeled “Promoting Access to Voting.” A letter signed by Byrd and the other state elections officials said the March 7, 2021, executive…
Read More Voter Registration Executive Order Draws Fire From Florida, 14 Other States
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has canceled the Silver Alert for 77-year-old Jennifer Tuyet Harris of Orlando. She has been located safe and sound and is being reunited with her family. Earlier the Polk County Sheriff’s Office issued a SILVER ALERT…
Read More Polk County Sheriff Cancels Silver Alert For 77-Year-Old Orlando Woman, Found Safe
TAMPA, Fla. – Johnny Flores, 43, Tampa, has been charged with three counts of interference with commerce by robbery and three counts of brandishing a firearm. If convicted, Flores faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each of the robbery counts,…
Read More Serial Armed Robbery Suspect In Tampa Indicted
After a federal judge invalidated a gambling “compact” between the state and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, economists released a report Wednesday that eliminated hundreds of millions of dollars a year in expected state revenue from the deal. Florida received $187.5 million from the deal…
Read More Expected Gambling “Compact” Cash Zeroed Out
Pointing to the First Amendment, voting-rights organizations Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to reject part of a controversial Florida elections law that prevents groups from providing food and water to people waiting in line at polling places. Attorneys for the League of Women Voters…
Read More Sides Battle Over Florida Election Law ‘Solicitation’ Restrictions
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – The Winter Haven Fire Department, responded to a structure fire this morning on Farnol St. in Winter Haven. There were no reported injuries to civilians or firefighters. At approximately 10 a.m., three engines and one Tower from Winter Haven Fire along…
Read More Winter Haven Firefighters Rescue 2 People And Family Pets In Morning Fire
With Democrats outdistancing Republicans, nearly 930,000 Floridians had voted by mail as of Wednesday morning in the Aug. 23 primary elections. Data posted on the state Division of Elections website showed that a reported 929,569 vote-by-mail ballots had been cast, including 424,528 by registered Democrats.…
Read More Florida Democrats Outnumber Republicans In Mail Voting
State Attorney General Ashley Moody and other Republican politicians from across the country urged an appeals court this week to uphold a Florida federal judge’s ruling that blocked a mask requirement on airplanes and in other transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moody’s office, taking the…
Read More Florida, Other States Target Transportation Mask Requirement
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s re-election campaign announced today the latest television and digital advertisement supporting Governor DeSantis being aired by the Republican Party of Florida entitled “Freedom is Here to Stay.” The 30-second ad will run statewide to share with Floridians how Governor DeSantis is…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Re-Election Campaign Launches New Ad: “Freedom is Here to Stay”