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TEMPLE TERRACE, FL. – Effective immediately, face coverings are required for staff and visitors to enter all City facilities, including City Hall, Omar K. Lightfoot Center, the Temple Terrace Public Library, and the Family Recreation Complex. As cases of COVID, especially the Omicron variant, are…
Read More City Of Temple Terrace Reinstates Mask Requirement For All City Facilities
POLK COUNTY, FL. – 28-year old Raheim Jamaar Johnson (AKA “City) was arrested yesterday in a burglary that took place in a Lakeland home right before Christmas. After he was taken into custody, Johnson made spontaneous statements that he should be taken to the Hillsborough…
Read More Lakeland “Grinch” Says He Would Rather Be In Hillsborough County Jail As Opposed To Polk
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – Hillsborough County’s state of local emergency enacted in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is extended for another seven-day period. Hillsborough County Administrator Bonnie Wise today signed an extension of the declaration under authority authorized by the County’s Emergency Management Ordinance…
Read More Hillsborough County COVID-19 State Of Local Emergency Extended Through Jan. 6
WESLEY CHAPEL, FL. – Pasco Sheriff deputies are seeking information on a car burglary suspect in Wesley Chapel. According to investigators, from Dec. 22 to Dec. 28, there were several attempted car burglaries reported in the Meadow Point community of Wesley Chapel. The suspect was…
Read More Pasco Sheriff Seeks Help Identifying Wesley Chapel Car Burglary Suspect
PASCO COUNTY, FL. – The Pasco County Planning Commission (PC) Meeting Thursday, January 6, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. in the Historic Pasco County Courthouse, 2nd Floor, Boardroom will not be broadcast live on Pasco Television; however, the meeting will be streamed online and members of…
Read More Pasco County January 6 Planning Commission Meeting, In Person And Online
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL. – A 55-year-old Palm Harbor man was killed when he was struck by a car walking across US-19, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say a car, driven by a 28-year-old Clearwater woman, was traveling southbound on US-19, south of Nebraska Avenue,…
Read More 55-Year-Old Palm Harbor Man Killed Crossing US-19
SARASOTA, FL. – The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred at Ackerman Park located at 400 Apex Road, Sarasota on Wednesday at approximately 10:48 pm. An 18-year-old male was struck and killed by gunfire. His information is currently being withheld pending…
Read More 18-Year-Old Shot And Killed In Sarasota Overnight
An eight-year-old Malayan tiger in a Naples, Florida zoo was shot and killed after grabbing the arm of a cleaner and dragging it into the tiger’s enclosure Wednesday evening, the zoo says. The Florida man, who is in his twenties, was airlifted to a hospital…
Read More Malayan Tiger Shot, Killed After Grabbing Florida Man’s Arm
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is sad to announce the suicide of one of their own. On Wednesday, just after 7 p.m., Hillsborough County’s 911 center received a call from a family member of Deputy Christopher Former, 49. The caller said that…
Read More Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Deputy Takes His Own Life After Barricade Situation
The United States Coast Guard Southeast is searching for two men that left a marina on Tuesday and haven’t been heard from since. According to USCG, the two men are aboard a 31-foot, 1985 Trophy recreational vessel, Dog House, Reportedly, the men departed on Tuesday…
Read More US Coast Guard Searching For 2 Missing Florida Men, Departed Marina Tuesday