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July 1 , 2020 By: Staff Report and Presser WINTER HAVEN Fla. – Wednesday Polk County Sheriff’s fraud detectives obtained an arrest warrant and took 62-year-old Sharon McClelland Bradley of Lakeland into custody. Charges against McClelland are as follows: Grand theft over $100,000 (F1)Fraud (F1)Criminal use of…
Read More Sheriff Grady Judd Says, “It’s a good thing I ain’t Jesus” $768,000 Church Embezzlement Investigation
June 30, 2020 By: EDC Press Release PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA — The Pasco Economic Development Council (Pasco EDC) is pleased to welcome Baymar Solutions to the county. Baymar Solutions is investing $2,090,000 in an existing facility off of Gunn Highway in Odessa. The company has been…
Read More Baymar Solutions Investing Over $2 million Pasco County Manufacturing and Life Sciences
June 30, 2020 By: Staff Report APOLLO BEACH Fla.- These days, while in public, everything we do or say can be captured in photos or video and in most cases ends up on social media. Mike Zuzack from Zuzack Lawn Services, located in Apollo Beach…
Read More Disturbing Racist Exchange in Apollo Beach
June 30, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla.- This accident is cleared. Interstate 75 northbound is closed past the I-4 interchange. A jackknifed truck is in the middle northbound lanes. The southbound Lanes of I-75 are open with heavy traffic. We will update the story…
Read More I-75 Northbound closed by I-4 Interchange
June 30, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – After last weekend’s Hyde Park protest, turned into a second protest at the Orient Road Jail, the hashtag #dumpdugan has picked up steam on Twitter with more people calling on Tampa Mayor Jane Castor to force…
Read More Calls for Tampa Mayor Castor and Chief Dugan to Resign, Heat Up
June 30, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY – Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the June 30, 2020, Board of County Commissioners(BCC) Meeting is being held online and broadcast live. *The meeting is being conducted virtually to reduce the risk to residents, elected officials and…
Read More Pasco BOCC Meeting Live Now
June 30, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, FL —- The much-anticipated acquisition of the FGUA/Pasco Aqua Utility System by Pasco County Utilities (PCU) begins Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in the Jasmine Lakes, Palm Terrace Gardens, and Zephyr Shores communities. PCU team members are pleased…
Read More Pasco County Utilities Welcomes New Customers with Acquisition
June 29, 2020 By: Staff Report WESLEY CHAPEL Fla. – Should you go to a Special Needs Shelter during a disaster? The video below helps define who may qualify as special needs (and who may not), what to bring to a Pasco Special Needs shelter,…
Read More Pasco County Special Needs Disaster Registry and Information Video
June 29, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – Hillsborough County Emergency Policy Group met Monday via webcam, to discuss issues with the mask mandate, and make changes to that mandate. During Monday’s EPG meeting, the age of those required to wear a mask while…
Read More Hillsborough County EPG Changes Mask Order, Kids Under 8 Exempt
June 29, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – The Humane Society of Tampa Bay’s animal hospital will be closing temporarily due to the spikes in COVID-19. The shelter says the animal hospital will be closed from June 30 to July 13 and return to…
Read More Humane Society of Tampa Bay’s Animal Hospital Closes Temporarily Due to COVID-19