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An appeals court Wednesday considered whether to allow a potential class-action lawsuit that contends the University of Florida should return fees to students because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The university went to the 1st District Court of Appeal after an…
Read More Appeals Court Weighs University Of Florida COVID Refund Case
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – A Largo pizza shop turned out to double as a drug house after deputies completed a 3-month investigation. According to Pinellas County Sheriff, on April 14, 2022, Narcotics Detectives initiated an investigation into 49-year-old Blerim Ljena at Brickhouse Pizza after receiving…
Read More All Methed Up: Largo’s Brickhouse Pizza Apparently Doubled As A Drug House
Today, the Florida Lottery announced that Joseph Turchiano, 36, of Melrose, claimed a $1 million prize from the $20 MONOPOLY DOUBLER Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $798,985.00. Turchiano shared with Lottery officials that…
Read More Florida Man Wins $1,000,000 On Lottery Scratch-Off While Heading To Georgia Amusement Park
SPRING HILL, Fla. – Hernando County Sheriff’s Office is seeking your help in locating a missing and wanted teen. Christian Coleman, 17, ran away from his foster home in Spring Hill, sometime in the overnight hours on February 12, 2022. Detectives believe Coleman is traveling…
Read More Missing-Wanted Teen Who Ran From Spring Hill Foster Home Sought By Hernando County Sheriff
The quick actions of a legally-armed private citizen saved countless lives Sunday at a crowded Indiana shopping mall, and that courageous young man is being hailed as a hero. Meet 22-year-old Elisjsha (Eli) Dicken, of Seymour, Indiana. The 22-year-old’s quick actions took down the mall…
Read More HERO: A ‘Good Guy’ With A Gun Saves Countless Lives In Mall Shooting
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) failed to record the domestic addresses of nearly one third of illegal migrants released into the country, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General report obtained by The Washington Free Beacon. Between March and June 2021,…
Read More REPORT: DHS Lost Track Of Nearly One-Third Of The Illegals It Released Into The U.S.
TAMPA, Fla. – An off-duty Tampa Police Officer was arrested for soliciting a prostitute, according to Tampa Police PIO Jamel Lanee’. On Wednesday, Stanley Clerveaux was arrested by Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office on the charge of Solicitation of Prostitution in the 4800 block of W.…
Read More Tampa Police Officer Arrested Soliciting A Prostitute
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday became the second high-profile Democrat to announce testing positive for COVID-19 after attending the Florida Democratic Party’s “Leadership Blue” conference over the weekend. Pritzker, who spoke Saturday night at the event, announced the test result in a news release.…
Read More Illinois Governor Gets COVID-19 After Florida Dems Event
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist on Wednesday endorsed a slate of school board candidates in several parts of Florida, as he looks to counter Gov. Ron DeSantis’ backing of candidates in school board races. A news release from Crist’s campaign described the candidates he supports…
Read More Crist Backs Slate Of Florida School Board Candidates
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – On July 19, 2022, PCSO Traffic Homicide detectives arrested 39-year-old Mark Anthony Poe of Frostproof for DUI Manslaughter (F2). Poe was the at-fault driver in a two-vehicle crash that occurred on June 26, 2022, in Lake Wales that killed a 27-year-old…
Read More Frostproof Man Charged With DUI Manslaughter In Deadly Lake Wales Crash