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U.S. Responds With 4 Navy Destroyers As China, Russian Warships Skirt Alaska
USS John McCain (Navy)
The U.S. Navy responded with four destroyers to the coast of Alaska last week after 11 Russian and Chinese warships were sp [...]
Lakeland Police Shooting, Florida Highway Patrol Stun Gun Incident Among 10 ‘Claim’ Bills Filed
TFP File Photo
A man shot in the neck by a Lakeland police officer more than two decades ago and a woman who was critically injured and later died [...]
VIDEO: Florida Man Rescued By U.S. Coast Guard Nearly 12 Miles Off The Coast
USCG
United States Coast Guard crews rescued 25-year-old Charles Gregory on Saturday after he went missing on a 12-foot jon boat about 12 miles of [...]
Hillsborough County Tax Collector Warns Residents Of Appointment Scheduling Fraud
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TAMPA, Fla., The Hillsborough County Tax Collector's Office is announcing changes to their appointment scheduling system following [...]
Tampa Man Killed When Struck By SUV In Pasco County
Florida Highway Patrol, Source: TFP
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - A 41-year-old Tampa man died in a crash that happened around 10:02 pm on US-19 in Pasco C [...]
Know The Pasco County Schools Cell Phone Use Policy And New Rules For Your Student
Pasco County Schools Superintendent Kurt Browning
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - Pasco County Schools Superintendent Kurt Browning released a video Monday e [...]
Missing 16-Year-Old Last Seen In Holiday Has Been Located Safe
Kathryn Effron (PSO)
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - Kathryn Effron has been located and is safe, according to Pasco Sheriff's Office.
Pasco Sheriff’s dep [...]
2 Dead In Lake Wales Shootings At The Same Housing Complex Sunday
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LAKE WALES, Fla - Two people are dead in two separate shootings that happened on Sunday night in the same housing complex just ho [...]
Florida Gas Prices Surge To New 2023 High
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Florida gas prices are inching lower again after surging an average of 18 cents per gallon last week. On Friday, the state average [...]
Winter Haven Armed Robbery Suspect Nabbed In Less Than 25 Minutes Hiding Under Truck
24-year-old Keith Rhoden of Winter Haven (PCSO)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The search for the lone suspect in an early morning armed robbery ended less t [...]