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Georgia Man Arrested For DUI By Florida Troopers After Crashing Frozen Food Semi-Truck
Source: FHP
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. - A 42-year-old Georgia man has been arrested after a crash that happened around 8:40 am on Saturday.
Accordin [...]
Riverview Domestic Violence Hostage Situation Resolved Peacefully
Source: HCSO
RIVERVIEW, Fla. - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating a domestic violence-related incident in Riverview.
On [...]
Florida AG Moody Pushes Congress To Act To Combat Deadly Xylazine
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody urged congressional leadership to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine [...]
Citrus County Sheriff’s Office Partners With FDOT In Safer Roads Initiative
From May through October 2023, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office will expand officer presence on state roadways with high crash rates, increasing pu [...]
St. Petersburg Man Gets 7 Years For Distributing, Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material
TFP File Photo
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - David Blackmer, 34, St. Petersburg, has been sentenced to 7 years in federal prison, to be followed by 20 y [...]
Bradenton Man Sentenced To 17 Years For 5 Kilos Of Cocaine Mailed From Puerto Rico
Source: Pexels
BRADENTON, Fla. - Angel Hernandez Coss, 38, Bradenton, was sentenced to 17 years and six months in federal prison for conspiring to [...]
Disney Ditches $1 Billion Central Florida Effort
Epcot Center By Photo by Brian McGowan on Unsplash, Florida Gov. DeSantis
Walt Disney Company on Thursday scrapped plans to build a nearly $1 bil [...]
Florida Power & Light Proposes Rate Decrease
Source: TFP File Photo
Florida Power & Light customers could see a slight reduction in their bills starting in July, under a request to reduce [...]
DeSantis Appoints Joe Jacquot To New College Of Florida Board
Joe Jacquot, SOURCE/Gunster
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday appointed Joe Jacquot to the New College of Florida Board of Trustees, after the Florida S [...]
32-Year-Old Man Shot And Killed In St. Petersburg
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - At 5:39 p.m., officers responded to a call of a person shot at 11901 4th Street North. Up [...]