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June 10, 2020 By: Sarah McCormick ST. PETERSBURG – Popular Summer Camp destination Walter Fuller Recreation Center has been closed down after 2 campers tested positive for COVID. The center is set to reopen this coming Monday after undergoing a thorough deep-clean of the facility.…
Read More Walter Fuller Summer Camp Temporarily Closed Due to Positive COVID Cases
June 10, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA – The University Mall, near USF, will be the location of the Fowler Ave. protests that are scheduled for this coming Saturday at 5 PM. The flyer being circulated calls for a peaceful protest in the area. On…
Read More Tampa – USF University Mall by Miller’s Ale House, Protest Saturday 13th
June 10, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA – Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released a video from a shootout that took place Monday in broad daylight amongst teens. Following a verbal dispute at E 138th Ave and N 15th St, two teens fired shots that can…
Read More Hillsborough County Sheriff Releases Footage From Teen Shootout on Monday
June 10, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano TAMPA – After a May 16 fire at Tampa’s Blake High School destroyed a storage shed and nearly all of the football program’s equipment, NFL player Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski and his new team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, have stepped…
Read More Gronk, Bucs to Replace Football Equipment at Blake HS
June 9, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA: A Tampa protest is scheduled for this Sunday the 14th in Hyde Park, but this time with one specific demand of Mayor Jane Castor. Fire the Police Chief Brian Dugan. “We call on Mayor Castor to fire Chief…
Read More Protesters Demand that Tampa Mayor Castor, Fire Police Chief Dugan
June 9, 2020 By: Deborah Childress In Nerene Prince vs. Genesis Bedding Group, LLC and SOFLO Mattress, Inc., a case of cancer diagnosis and required treatments were allegedly the cause of a termination filled with lies and obstruction to an individual in need of continuing…
Read More Cancer Patient Files Lawsuit Against Double-Jointed Company
June, 9 2020 By: Staff Report TALLAHASSEE – Gwen Margolis, Florida’s first female Senate President, has passed away, the Florida Senate confirmed today. She was 85 years old and died of natural causes. According to the Senate President’s Office, they were notified of Margolis’ death…
Read More Gwen Margolis – Florida’s First Female Senate President Has Passed Away
June 9, 2020 By: Polk County Sheriff Between June 6 – 7, 2020, PCSO detectives, working with Lakeland Police Officers, investigated five individuals who committed crimes before, during, or after the scheduled protest in the city of Lakeland on May 31, 2020. Warrants for their…
Read More PCSO and LPD Make 5 Arrests After May 31st Protest in Lakeland
June 9, 2020 By: Jim Frankowiak The public is invited to participate in the One Water Virtual Public Meeting set for Thursday, June 11, at 6 p.m. One Water is a component of the overall Unincorporated Hillsborough County Comprehensive Plan update. It is to update,…
Read More One Water Sets Virtual Public Meeting June 11
June 8, 2020 By: Staff and News Release Tallahassee, Fla. – Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the state of Florida will receive nearly $252 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse costs associated with the COVID-19 response. The funds are allocated to Florida…
Read More Governor Ron DeSantis Announces FEMA has Awarded $252 Million to Florida for COVID-19 Operations