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A dozen Florida Forest Service firefighters are going to help combat wildfires in Texas, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said Monday. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, more than 108,000 acres have burned during the past week outside Del Rio, San…
Read More Florida Firefighters To Combat Texas Blazes
TAMPA, FL.- Local developers awarded city-owned lots to build affordable housing are breaking ground and starting to build single-family homes on their newly acquired property. Through Mayor Jane Castor’s Infill Housing Phase II initiative, a total of 15 vacant, city-owned lots were distributed among seven…
Read More Local Developers Break Ground On Tampa Affordable Homes
LAKELAND, FL. – The Lakeland Police Foundation will host the 6th Annual Fallen Heroes Memorial 5K on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Lakeland’s beautiful Three Parks Trail. This year’s run/walk theme is United for Blue, honoring all those who support the men and women of…
Read More 6th Annual Lakeland Police Memorial 5K To Take Place On May 21st
A $112.1 billion budget that lawmakers passed last week covers more than the state’s basics for education, health care, and law enforcement. The budget and a series of accompanying bills include spending on everything from new state planes to zoos. Gov. Ron DeSantis has line-item…
Read More Florida Planned Spending Ranges From Airplanes To Zoos
The price of oil suffered steep losses last week, enabling the price of gasoline to back off from record highs. The state average price for gasoline is on a 9-day streak of declines, dropping a total of 20 cents per gallon. On Sunday, drivers paid…
Read More Florida Gas Prices Decline 20 Cents In Nine Days
CLEARWATER, FL.- Clearwater Police and Clearwater Fire & Rescue responded to a crash with serious injuries late Sunday morning. The call came in at 11:34 a.m. from Sunset Point Road and Hercules Avenue and involved a vehicle and a bicycle. The bicyclist was flown to…
Read More 57-Year-Old Clearwater Man In Critical Condition After Crashing His Bicycle Into Car
ST. PETERSBURG, FL. – A 41-year-old motorcyclist died at the hospital following a crash Sunday in the city’s Grand Central District. Police say at 5:04 p.m., on Sunday, a red Mini Cooper was in the center lane of 1st Avenue North traveling east. A black…
Read More 41-Year-Old Motorcyclist Dies Following Crash In St. Petersburg
The industry group Florida Realtors released a report Friday that showed the statewide median sales price in February for single-family existing homes was $381,481. Here were the median prices in the state’s metropolitan statistical areas: — Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island: $700,000 — Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach: $530,000…
Read More By The Numbers: February Home Prices In Florida
Searches for new presidents at state universities are ramping up after Gov. Ron DeSantis this week signed a bill that will shield personal information about applicants for the top jobs at colleges and universities. DeSantis on Tuesday signed the measure, which went into effect immediately.…
Read More New Florida Law Quickly Plays Part In University Searches
Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy Florida, and Tampa Electric Co. are backing state regulators in a legal challenge by AT&T to a proposed rule about the use of poles. The three utilities on Friday filed a motion to intervene in a case that AT&T…
Read More Utilities Back Florida Public Service Commission In Pole Fight