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Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Battles Morning Kitchen Fire In Tampa
Source: HCFR
TAMPA, Fla - Hillsborough County Fire Rescue fought a residential structure fire this morning in Tampa.
"We received 911 calls at [...]
Florida Hurricane Season Right Around The Corner. Are You Prepared?
Source: NWS
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, and Florida is one of the most vulnerable states to hurricanes. In fact [...]
New Port Richey Woman Killed In DUI Crash On US-19 In Hernando County
Florida Highway Patrol, Source: TFP
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla -A woman is dead, and a man has been charged with DUI Manslaughter after a crash that hap [...]
Lane Closure On South Dale Mabry Highway For Water Main Break
Source: TFP, Lane Closed
TAMPA, Fla. - Beginning at 9 am today, the outside southbound lane on South Dale Mabry Highway will be closed between Wes [...]
JPMorgan Chase To Buy First Republic Bank Assets In 2nd-Largest Bank Failure
TFP File Photo
JPMorgan Chase is buying most assets of First Republic Bank after the nation’s second-largest bank failure, in a deal announced ear [...]
Florida Gas Prices Decline Slightly As Fuel Supply Stabilizes
Source: TFP
Florida gas prices are moving lower again, now that the fuel supplies have largely recovered from the record flooding that caused wide [...]
VIDEO: Tornado In Florida Flips Cars, Rips Palms With 130 MPH Wind
Screengrab From Video Below
A powerful storm system brought heavy rain and powerful winds across Florida, overturning cars, damaging homes, and sn [...]
Florida Measure To Lower Gun-Buying Age Draws Controversy
Handgun and Ammo (Source: Unsplash)
The Florida House on Friday passed a measure that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to buy rifles and [...]
Florida Senate Backs Controversial Immigration Changes
Source: USBP
With Democrats saying the proposal could lead to racial profiling, the Florida Senate on Friday passed an immigration package that Re [...]
Florida Death Row Inmate, Who Stabbed Woman 37 Times, Scheduled To Die Wednesday
Darryl Barwick, 56 (Source: FDLE)
In 1986, Florida man Darryl Barwick was only 19 years old when prosecutors say he saw a pretty young woman sunba [...]