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PASCO COUNTY, FL. – The Pasco Economic Development Council’s (Pasco EDC) entrepreneurship program, SMARTstart, provides start-up businesses with an opportunity to start and grow their business. The Business Incubator Program is one of the programs that works to achieve this goal. “The SMARTstart incubator network…
Read More PASCO EDC: SMARTstart Incubator Member Moves Into Their Own Space
TAMPA, FL. – The masks are coming off at airports around the country after a federal judge in Florida struck down a requirement that travelers wear masks in airports and on planes, trains and buses, saying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority…
Read More Masks Are Now Optional At Tampa International Airport
The Coast Guard suspended the search Monday for Tang Tran, a 43-year-old man, who went missing Saturday, approximately 63 miles east of Melbourne, Florida. The Coast Guard searched approximately 2,078 square miles for 58 search hours. At 1:15 a.m., Saturday, a crew member notified Coast…
Read More USCG Suspends Search For Carnival Cruise Ship Passenger Off Of Florida Coast
LAND O’ LAKES, FL. – Pasco Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating an alleged attempted kidnapping in the area of Lake Thomas Rd. and Drexel Rd. in Land O’ Lakes. According to deputies, a juvenile was jogging in this area just after 4 p.m., when an…
Read More Pasco Sheriff Investigating Alleged Kidnapping In Land O’ Lakes
A new report suggests that a teen’s fatal fall from an Orlando amusement-park ride last month came after manual adjustments were made to sensors on two of the ride’s seats. Tyre Sampson, a 14-year-old from Missouri, died after falling from the 430-foot tower drop on…
Read More Cause Of Fatal Tower Ride Fall In Florida Determined To Be Sensor Adjustments
BRANDON, FL. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deputy-involved shooting in Brandon. On Monday, April 18, 2022, just before 12:30 pm, an adult male called 911 from the Heaven Sent Daycare Center located at 3003 S Kings Ave after running across the road…
Read More Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office Investigating Deputy-Involved Shooting In Brandon
ZEPHYRHILLS, FL. – Pasco County Firefighters are working to free two men trapped under a vehicle after it collapsed while they were working on it. Officials say the accident happened on Windknob Ct. in Zephyrhills. Both victims are listed as trauma alerts, and two medical…
Read More Firefighters Work To Free Two Men Trapped Under Vehicle, Medical Helicopters Responding
TAMPA, FL. – Senate Republican leaders Monday endorsed former state Rep. Shawn Harrison to try to unseat Sen. Janet Cruz, D-Tampa, in a redrawn Hillsborough County district. Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, Sen. Kathleen Passidomo, a Naples Republican who will become Senate president in November,…
Read More Senate Leaders Back Harrison to Take On Cruz In Hillsborough
LAKELAND, FL. — “I want people to look at The Well and see opportunity.” A new collaborative space in Midtown Lakeland is committed to providing a place for people of all backgrounds to collaborate, connect, and create. Collaborative and co-working spaces are opening up all…
Read More A New Space In Midtown Allows Collaborations Among Individuals
SARASOTA, FL. – A 24-year-old Bradenton man is facing charges of Aggravated Battery with a Firearm and Aggravated Assault with a Weapon without Intent to Kill after a shooting incident that happened over the weekend in the City of Sarasota. On Saturday, April 16, 2022,…
Read More Bradenton Man Charged In Easter Weekend Sarasota Shooting