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LAKELAND, Fla. – Four students from Southeastern University’s (SEU) Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership program will have their work featured in the publication of “Biblical Organizational Spirituality: New Testament Foundations for Leaders and Organizations” through Palgrave Macmillan. The project was led by Associate Professor of Leadership…
Read More Southeastern University Faculty Member And Doctoral Students Publish Book
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – On Friday, detectives from the Pinellas Park Police Department arrested a suspect wanted for more than 37 commercial burglary offenses with a conservative estimated loss to the businesses in excess of $100,000. Ismar Becirovic, 38 was arrested without incident at his…
Read More Pinellas County Man Arrested In County-Wide Commerical HVAC Business Crime Spree
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – At 5 p.m., police officers responded to a call about a child with a gunshot wound in an apartment at the Reserve at Lynn Lake Point, on Lynn Lake Circle S. Officers confirmed a boy, 9-year-old Julian Ali, died at the…
Read More 9-Year-Old Child In St. Petersburg Dies After Accidental Shooting
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it will investigate the City of Houston for civil rights violations in relation to enforcement of illegal dumping laws in black and Latino neighborhoods. The investigation seeks to determine whether the city’s waste management programs, specifically the…
Read More DOJ Opens ‘Environmental Justice’ Investigation Into The City Of Houston
TAMAP, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left one man dead outside of the IQ Apartments, located at 12708 Bruce B Downs Boulevard in Tampa. At approximately 3:30 p.m. on July 22, 2022, the complainant called HCSO to report an adult…
Read More One Dead In Shooting At Tampa Apartment Complex
A 42-year-old Florida woman is facing a felony and a misdemeanor charge after lighting bed sheets on fire while her boyfriend slept Thursday. Deputies say the 24-year-old male victim suffered only a burnt foot, luckily. Melody Sunshine McCarter, 42, was charged with felony battery as…
Read More Florida Woman Charged After Catching Her Boyfriend’s Sheets On Fire While He Slept
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis directed the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and Enterprise Florida to issue an alert warning Floridians not to let the communist Cuban regime steal their money through a recent scheme seeking to attract foreign investment for the “non-state sector.” According to…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Issues Alert, Warning Of Cuban Regime Scheme To Steal From Floridians
Twitter’s second quarter earnings report released Friday underperformed analysts’ expectations, which the company chalked up to shaky dynamics in the advertising industry and “uncertainty” about the company’s pending acquisition by Elon Musk. Twitter’s revenue for the quarter came in at $1.18 billion, shy of the…
Read More Twitter Blames Musk For Brutal Second Quarter Earnings
The MEGA MILLIONS® jackpot has been rolling since the April 19, 2022 drawing, and Thursday increased to an estimated $660 million jackpot for tonight’s July 22 drawing! Florida players have the chance to become the state’s third MEGA MILLIONS jackpot winner by purchasing a $2…
Read More Florida Players Get Your Ticket For The $660,000,000 Mega Millions Jackpot
TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa man has been arrested and charged with multiple child pornography offenses after an investigation by Tampa Police Department. According to investigators, in March of 2022, the Tampa Police Department received a cyber tip relating to the defendant having uploaded child…
Read More Tampa Man Charged With 40 Counts Of Child Porn After Four Month Investigation