September 1, 2020 By: Staff Report CHICAGO, Ill. – The former mayor of southwest suburban McCook, who also served as a Cook County Commissioner, pleaded guilty in federal court today to extortion conspiracy and tax charges. JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI admitted in a plea agreement that…
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August 12, 2020 By: Staff Report, PR APOLLO BEACH, Fla. – For the second year in a row, scientists at The Florida Aquarium in Apollo Beach, have successfully spawned threatened Atlantic pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) though lab-induced techniques. The scientific marvel occurred this week in…
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August 5, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla.- A new month and a new start. The Free Press is proud to announce that our stories, updates, and press releases will now be available on the App Bundle. Bundle is the Top-Rated News apps on both…
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July 29, 2020 By: Staff Report, HCSO BRANDON, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is searching for two individuals linked to a convenience store robbery in Brandon early Wednesday morning, July 29. At 6:38 a.m., a male suspect entered the 7-Eleven located at 1531…
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July 4, 2020 TAMPA, Fla. – On April 29th, 2020, Kyle Rockhill, 32 and native of Tampa, lost his nearly 2-year battle to cancer. But not without a fight. Nicknamed “Rock Head”, Kyle was a huge fan of all Tampa sports and thoroughly enjoyed life…
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June 26, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – Starting a business during a pandemic, not an easy thing to do. But we did it, and have grown to over 400,000 unique users to the site per month, with Martin Fennelly, Deborah Childress, Sarah McCormick,…
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June 26, 2020 By: Staff Report ORLANDO Fla. – The National Basketball Association released its schedule for the restart of the 2019-20 regular season tonight and announced the Orlando Magic will play the first of their eight “seeding games” on Friday, July 31 against the…
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June 25, 2020 By: Deborah Childress TAMPA Fla. – The Pink Pony in Tampa, a popular gentlemen’s club has been sued under its corporate name, Platinum Plus, by five models who have never participated in Pink Pony’s business. Sara Underwood, Tiffany Toth Gray, Rachel Bernstein…
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June 24, 2020 By: Sarah McCormick ODESSA Fla. – An Odessa woman has filed a lawsuit against her neighbor seeking either a full refund for 5 Nigerian Dwarf goats she purchased in December or paternity tests to prove the goats are eligible to be registered…
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June 24, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla. – The World Health Organization (WHO), Project Everyone, and Tiger Aspect Productions have partnered to launch a Public Service Announcement (PSA) using global comedy cartoon star, Mr. Bean. With cases of COVID-19 continuing to rise globally, “Mr.…
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