Wildfire Source: TFP File
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - Due to prolonged dry conditions and a significant lack of rainfall, Pasco County has issued an imme [...]
Demitri Hunter Nichols
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. - Demitri Hunter Nichols, 20, has been sentenced to 20 years in the Florida Department of Corrections f [...]
Elite DNA Behavioral Health Launches Supply Drive To Aid Local Domestic Violence Survivors
TAMPA, Fla. – Elite DNA Behavioral [...]
RFK Jr (CSPAN)
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case that could strike down a key provision of the Affor [...]
By Christopher Denion. Photo: GLP-1
GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) have [...]
Sun (Unsplash)
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - Hillsborough County's Environmental Protection Commission activated an Air Pollutio [...]
Clearwater Beach, Florida
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - Public Works Air Quality Division of Pinellas County has issued an Air Pollu [...]
RFK Jr. Sworn In As HHS Secretary (File)
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has controversially claimed a list of environm [...]
Moo-ve Over, Methane: University Of Florida Scientists Find Promising Feed To Cut Cow Emissions
A child pets a dairy cow during Animal Sciences Family Day at the Dairy. Photo: UF/IFAS, Cat Wofford
Scientists at the University of Florida (UF) [...]
Florida Avocados: A Cinco de Mayo Delight You Can Grow At Home
Bee Haven Farms is located in Homestead, the heart of Miami-Dade County’s agricultural area. (Photo by UF/IFAS)
With Cinco de Mayo just around the [...]
Iowa Sen. Grassley Champions Biofuels, Emphasizes Economic Boost For Farmers
Farm Source: File Photo
In a Q&A, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa underscored the critical role of biofuels in bolstering the farm economy [...]
Florida Farmland Contaminated With Forever Chemicals: What Could The Relief For Farmers Hit With PFAS Act Achieve?
By Stan Gottfredson. Work being done on a farm. Courtesy, UF/IFAS photography
Forever chemicals, or per- and poly-fluoroalkyl (PFAS), are syntheti [...]
Blue-green algae toxins (File)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health in Polk County (DOH-Polk) issued an alert today, April 21, 2025, cautioning residents and visitors about the presence of blue-green algae in several local water bodies.
The algae have been observed in Lake Crago by the boat ramp, Lake Van near the end of Lak [...]
Handcuff (File)
MONROE COUNTY, Fla. - A late-night traffic stop in the Florida Keys on Friday resulted in the arrest of a Lauderhill man and a court citation for a Sunrise woman after authorities discovered illegally harvested fish and lobster in their vehicle.
Richard Rhoden, 33, of Lauderhill, was taken into custody and charged with multip [...]
Biologist lowers a Van Dorn sampler to collect water sample in the Gulf of America. (FWC)
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today released its latest red tide status report, indicating the detection of the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, at background concentrations in a single water sample collected from Northwest [...]
$1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR
The Florida Lottery today announced that Hector Anaya Jr., 27, of Homestead, has claimed a significant $1 million prize from th [...]
Angelos Shinouda
ODESSA, Fla. - The Pasco Sheriff’s Office is actively seeking the public's assistance in locating Angelos Shinouda, a 17-year-old who has been reported missing [...]