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Two Black Florida Farmers Get Marijuana Licenses
Marijuana Plant (Source: TFP File Photo)
Two Black farmers in Florida have received licenses to grow, process and sell medical marijuana, after a [...]
Brooksville Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Firearms Case
TFP File Photo
BROOKSVILLE, Fla - Wayne Allen Phillips, Jr., 45, Brooksville, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possession of a [...]
Wesley Chapel Woman, Former Correctional Officer Gets 15 Months For Sexual Abuse Of Inmate
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WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - Fiona Eyana Palmer, 39, Wesley Chapel, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for sexual abuse of [...]
Gov. DeSantis Fires Back At VP Harris Over Florida Education Standards
Governor Ron DeSantis (File Photo)
New Florida academic standards guiding schools’ instruction about Black history have ignited heated debate nati [...]
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Chief Dennis Jones Named Florida Career Fire Chief Of The Year
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Chief Dennis Jones Named Florida Career Fire Chief of the Year
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - Hillsborough County Fir [...]
Florida Gov. DeSantis Takes Aim At Bud Light’s Parent Company
Bud Light was slammed for partnering with Dylan Mulvaney (Source: Dylan Mulvaney Twitter)
Pointing to concerns about a hit to Florida’s pension fu [...]
Sarasota Man Charged With 40-Counts Of Child Porn
Michael Sosa, 51 (SPD)
SARASOTA, Fla - Michael Sosa, 51, of Colleton Drive, Sarasota, has been arrested and is facing 40 counts of possession of c [...]
State GOP Lashes Out At VP Kamala Harris, Saying Trip To Florida Just Another Political Stunt
Vice President Kamla Harris (Screengrab)
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to travel to Florida on Friday to deliver critical remarks in re [...]
Florida Oil Drilling Rejection Appealed
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A company has launched an appeal after the Florida Department of Environmental Protection rejected a proposal to drill an explorato [...]
Sarasota Police Say Nurse Assistant Sexually Molested Elderly, Disabled Patients
Marco Tulio Avila Romero (SPD)
SARASOTA, Fla. - The Sarasota Police Department is asking for the public's help in a disturbing case of elder sexua [...]