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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Highway Patrol have teamed up to crack down on aggressive driving. On Wednesday, November 18, 2020, a joint operation was conducted on I-75 and I-4 to target drivers that were violating Florida’s Move Over…
Read More 319-Traffic Stops, Hillsborough County Sheriff, and FHP ‘Crack Down’
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Saint Leo University is launching a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program beginning Fall Semester 2021 at its University Campus, north of Tampa. This program is designed to prepare students for generalist nursing practice within complex health care systems. “We…
Read More Saint Leo University Announces New Nursing Program
LUTZ, Fla. – On Sunday, November 15th, a Lutz Florida couple, Don Russ and Janice Weiner, were picking up dinner to celebrate their one-year marriage anniversary. A careless and preventable tragedy struck, and life for a family would be forever changed. Don and Janice, driving…
Read More Careless DUI Crash in Pasco County Changes Life for a Loving Family
Existing-home sales continued to trend upward in October, marking five consecutive months of month-over-month gains, according to the National Association of Realtors. All four major regions reported both month-over-month and year-over-year growth, with the Midwest experiencing the greatest monthly increases. Total existing-home sales completed transactions that include single-family…
Read More Existing-Home Sales Jump 4.3% to 6.85 Million in October
A former Army Green Beret pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with United States national defense information. According to court documents, from December 1996 to January 2011, Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 45, of Gainesville, a former member of the…
Read More ‘Russian Espionage’ Former Army Green Beret from Florida Pleads Guilty
RIVERVIEW, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Water Resources Department has issued a precautionary boil water notice for customers in an area near Gibsonton Drive and Interstate 75. Water service to the community was temporarily interrupted Wednesday night after a contractor damaged a 20-inch water line…
Read More Precautionary Boil Water Notice Issued for an Area Along Gibsonton Drive and I-75
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said this week, he has no plans of imposing new COVID-19 restrictions on the state. “The Governor will not lock down and hurt families who can’t afford to shelter in place for 6 weeks,” DeSantis’s office said in a statement, “Especially not for a virus…
Read More Florida Mayors Plead For DeSantis to Take COVID-19 Action
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. – A house fire in Brooksville today, claimed the life of serval pets and a total loss of a home according to fire investigators. At 11:18 a.m. on Wednesday, Hernando County Fire and Emergency Services (HCFES) received a 911 call from a passerby…
Read More Brooksville House Fire Claims Several Pets and Total Loss of Home
RIVERVIEW, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Water Resources Department has shut off potable water to an area along Gibsonton Drive after a contractor damaged buried piping late Wednesday afternoon. Water service to the community has been temporarily interrupted this evening after the contractor damaged a…
Read More Hillsborough County Crews Shut Off Water in Area Along Gibsonton Drive
TAMPA, Fla. – Beginning at 4 p.m. today, all westbound lanes on West Kennedy Boulevard will be closed between North Fremont and North Albany Avenues while the Tampa Water Department repairs a water main break. One eastbound lane will be temporarily converted to accommodate westbound…
Read More Lane Closures, W. Kennedy Blvd. Between N. Fremont and N. Albany Ave