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AG Ashley Moody, Florida Crime Stoppers Team Up With John Walsh To Fight Crime Statewide
Source: Screengrab from video below.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and the Florida Association of Crime Stoppers announced Wednesday that [...]
July Tax Collections Top Expectations In Florida
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Florida collected about $3.311 billion in general-revenue taxes in July, $225.9 million more than had been forecast in March, accor [...]
Sarasota Police Seek To Improve Pedestrian, Bicycle Safety With HVE Program
Source: Sarasota PD
SARASOTA, Fla. - The Sarasota Police Department is again implementing a High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) program to improve p [...]
Lane Closure On West Columbus Drive Between North Armenia Ave And North Howard Ave
Source: TFP, Lane Closed
TAMPA, Fla - Beginning at 9am today, the outside eastbound lane on West Columbus Drive will be closed between North Armen [...]
Tropical Storm Lee To Become Dangerous Cat 4 Hurricane
Source: NHC
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Depression 13 has organized and intensified into Tropical Storm Lee.
As of the Tuesday [...]
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Fights Tampa House Fire
Source: HCFR
TAMPA, Fla. - Hillsborough County Fire Rescue fought a residential structure fire at 5204 S. 80th Street in Tampa on Tuesday afternoo [...]
Florida Unclaimed Property Lawsuit Rejected
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A federal judge Tuesday dismissed a potential class-action lawsuit in Florida challenging the constitutionality of a law that direc [...]
Hurricane Idalia Losses In Florida Estimated Up To $97.7M
Flooding From Hurricane Idalia (Levy County Sheriff's Office)
As claims continue to be filed, estimated insured losses from Hurricane Idalia reach [...]
Investigation Underway After 3 Adults Found Dead In Pinellas Park Home
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PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - The Pinellas Park Police Department is actively investigating the suspicious death of thre [...]
Pinellas Detectives Charge Palm Harbor Man With 20-Counts Of Child Porn
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PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children (CAC) Unit have arrested a Palm Harbor man for possessio [...]