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72-Year-Old Tailor Shop Owner In Belleair Bluffs Arrested For Molesting 14-Year-Old Child
72-year-old Petru Veresan of Clearwater (PCSO)
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit have arrested 72-y [...]
Hurricane Idalia Insured Losses Reach $230M In Florida
Flooding From Hurricane Idalia (Levy County Sheriff's Office)
Nearly a month after Hurricane Idalia made landfall, estimated insured losses reache [...]
Pasco High School Receives Generous Donation Of $10,000 From Flying J
Source: Pasco County Schools. The donation ceremony was Friday morning at the Flying J State Road 52 & I-75 location, with Superintendent Kurt Br [...]
Clearwater Police Begin Pedestrian, Bicyclist Safety Initiative
Source: CPD
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Clearwater Police Department has received a $27,233 contract to make the streets of the city safer for bicyclis [...]
Popular Trail At Pasco County’s Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park Closed For Paving Work
Source: Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - The popular multi-purpose trail at Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park in Pasco County will [...]
Florida, District Ask Judge To Toss Out Disney Case
TFP File Photo
Attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis and a revamped Central Florida special district asked a federal judge Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit [...]
Ruling Aids Tribe, But Florida Sports Betting Still Paused
Source: Unsplash
A Washington, D.C.-based appellate court on Thursday refused to put on hold a ruling that upheld a 30-year deal giving the Semino [...]
1 Man Shot And Killed In Tampa, Hillsborough County Sheriff Investigating
Source: HCSO
TAMPA, Fla. - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide that occurred on Thursday evening in the Nuccio ar [...]
17-Vehicle Traffic Crash Shuts Down Portion Of Hwy 27 In Lake Wales, Multiple Injuries
Source: LWPD
LAKE WALES, Fla - A multiple-vehicle crash shut down Hwy 27 at Chalet Suzanna Road in Lake Wales for hours overnight, according to po [...]
Pinellas Weekend DUI Wolf Pack In Memory Of Douglas Cade Jr. And Jason Rzechula
TFP File Photo
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - Deputies, in conjunction with several partner agencies, are joining this weekend to conduct a DUI Wolf Pack [...]