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POLK COUNTY, FL. – The Silver Alert issued for a missing 72-year-old man has been canceled after Florida Highway Patrol Troopers found that man on I-4 overnight. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office issued a Silver Alert for missing and endangered 72-year-old Errol Evans, who was…
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Strawberry shortcake became Florida’s official state dessert Monday as Gov. Ron DeSantis held a bill-signing ceremony at the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City. Lawmakers gave final approval Friday to a bill (SB 1006) on the strawberry shortcake designation. “A lot of people don’t appreciate…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Strawberry Shortcake Bill
PASCO COUNTY, FL. – A 21-year-old Madeira Beach man was killed is a motorcycle crash that happened on Sunday around 3:50 pm. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the man was traveling westbound on CR-578, near Starbright Drive, when he lost control of the motorcycle. Troopers…
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LAKELAND, FL. – After two PETA Asia undercover investigations revealed the use of chained and caged monkeys in Thailand’s coconut-picking industry, locally based grocery chain Publix, with more than 1,200 stores across the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions, has ended the sale of coconut milk from…
Read More Publix Drops Coconut Milk Tied To Monkey Labor After PETA Push
TAMPA, FL. – Three sections of North Habana Avenue will be closed during the day from March 7 until March 25 for TECO utility pole replacement. All three sections that need to be closed are between Waters Avenue to the north and Hillsborough Avenue to…
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TALLAHASSEE, FL. – The Florida Senate on Monday passed a measure that would more broadly cloak information about people and businesses involved with state executions and the drugs used for lethal injection, positioning the proposal for action by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Current law includes a…
Read More Florida Senate Backs Expanding Secrecy Around Executions
A Florida man has been arrested after flashing a fake badge and stealing from Lowe’s and Walmart locations. Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives charged 52-year-old William Ira Tillman III, Sebring, with Impersonating a Law Enforcement Officer and other charges following a retail theft spree. On…
Read More Florida Man Poses As A Cop To Steal From Lowe’s And Walmart Stores
TAMPA, FL. – With rent and home prices rapidly rising across Florida and the country, affordable housing officials have had to be creative to find solutions. On Tuesday, March 8, Hillsborough County and Cove Behavioral Health will celebrate the latest non-traditional effort to provide affordable…
Read More Duplexes Transformed Into Affordable Housing
TAMPA, FL. – Three people were shot overnight at a Tampa bowling alley, according to police. Tampa Police Department PIO Jamel Lanee’ said that officers responded to a shooting at Pin Chasers located at 4847 N. Armenia Ave. just after 11 p.m. Sunday evening. As…
Read More Three People Shot At Tampa Pin Chasers Overnight
Florida lawmakers usually catch considerable grief when they want to limit the release of public information. But one effort by the Legislature to withhold public information – if only temporarily – is gaining support, including near-unanimous backing from lawmakers and from what the Mafia once…
Read More Florida Lottery Winners Deserve More Privacy Than They Are Now Given, Says A Prison Inmate Convicted Of Killing One