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The 2022 Florida spiny lobster season opens with the two-day recreational mini-season on July 27 and 28, followed by the regular commercial and recreational lobster season, which starts Aug. 6 and runs through March 31, 2023. “Spiny lobster season is an exciting time for anglers…
Read More 2022 Florida Spiny Lobster Season Starts July 27
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – Police in Pinellas Park are searching for the driver of a stolen car that ran from officers and crashed into a home early Friday morning. This morning at approximately 5:30 am a white Kia Van was seen swerving between lanes of…
Read More Police: Driver Of Stolen Car Runs From Cops Before Crashing Into Occupied Home
An appeals court Thursday allowed Florida’s new 15-week abortion limit to remain in effect and signaled it will overturn a circuit judge’s ruling that would have temporarily blocked the law. A panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 decision, said abortion…
Read More Florida Appeals Court Keeps Abortion Law In Effect
With both claiming to be Florida Democrats’ best bet to defeat Gov. Ron DeSantis in November, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist and Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried traded barbs Thursday in their only debate before next month’s primary election. The verbal sparring came amid an increasingly acrimonious…
Read More Florida Democrats Duke It Out In Debate
Intellectual consistency or simple honesty are not hallmarks of contemporary woke liberalism. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried helps illustrate that point. Last month, Fried, a Democrat who seeks to oust incumbent Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, fired off an angry op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel calling…
Read More Florida Ag Commissioner Fried Simultaneously Fights For Gun Control And The Second Amendment
Despite his latest setback in federal court, a Dunedin man vows to keep fighting a nearly $30,000 fine imposed by the city for not mowing his grass. “I’m astounded the court agreed the city could fine me $500 per day, without my knowledge, and then…
Read More Florida Man Vows To Keep Fighting $30,000 Fine For Not Mowing His Grass
A Florida Highway Patrol captain has been arrested and is facing a child pornography charge. 45-year-old Christopher Chappell was taken into custody Wednesday and is being held at the Broward County Jail in Ft. Lauderdale. Chappell is facing at least one charge for access with…
Read More Florida Highway Patrol Captain Arrested On Child Porn Charge
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health in Citrus County (DOH-Citrus) is monitoring the monkeypox outbreak. There are cases of monkeypox in at least 43 states and Washington DC. To date, there have been no monkeypox-related deaths outside of endemic countries. The risk…
Read More Florida Department Of Health In Citrus County Monitoring Monkeypox Outbreak
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Pasco Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a shooting that occurred around 3 p.m. today, July 21, near the intersection of US 19 and Darlington Rd. in Holiday. Deputies say that the preliminary investigation shows that an adult man shot another adult…
Read More One Man Shot In Holiday, Pasco Sheriff’s Office Investigating
As summer break winds down and students gear up for the academic year, a back-to-school tax “holiday” on items such as clothes and school supplies is set to begin Monday. Sales-tax exemptions on school-related purchases will run through Aug. 7. The holiday, which has become…
Read More Florida Tax ‘Holiday’ Helps Usher In School Year