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VIDEO: Pasco County Sheriff’s Office wants you to know sharks live in the water
While the video is certainly cool, shark attacks just don’t happen that often.
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Nikki Fried calls for federal intervention into problems at Tampa’s Silver Oaks Apartments
‘It is imperative that Floridians can count on HUD to partner with state and local housing providers for safe, sanitary housing.’
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Indigenous group renews demand that USF Tampa place warning signs around looted gravesite
Nearly a year after demanding more protection of the graves, the site within the forest preserve is still being ransacked.
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Pasco BLM activist found not guilty after being wrongly accused of battery on a police officer
The state only had one witness in its prosecution of Marlowe Jones—a cop who kept changing his story.
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Court clears way for lawsuits after Pinellas County Sheriff K9 bites man at baseball game
The lawsuit alleged that a deputy sheriff was negligent in handling the dog at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium, now named TD Ballpark.
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Trial for Pasco BLM protester begins, despite state admitting the only evidence is cop testimony
Jury selection starts today.
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‘The mayor has left a trail of dishonesty’: Jane Castor’s latest claims about Tampa’s ‘crime free’ housing program under scrutiny
Under federal investigation for the second time, Castor says media is wrong about ‘crime free’ but the facts say otherwise
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Tampa’s District 14, and other hotly contested Florida Senate races to watch
Some of the most hotly contested — and expensive — races will be for seats in the state Senate, where Republicans hold a 24-16 majority.
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Tampa’s ‘crime-free’ housing program is under federal investigation, but the city is still defending it
DOJ is looking into crime-free, which has been reworked and rebranded under a new moniker, ‘SAFE’
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Rare white dolphin named ‘Cherub’ spotted again in Clearwater canal
Eek, eek, eek, eek, eek, eek.
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Tampa police officer who violently arrested innocent Black woman has a history of violations
Brigitte Curbelo has past violations and is named in a lawsuit about a separate arrest.
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St Pete’s Floridian Social Club, Jack Kerouac House among winners at Preserve the ‘Burg awards
Ferg’s, Bodega and St. Petersburg High School were winners, too.
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Tampa police add controversial mute function to body worn cameras
St. Petersburg police have opted not to make the functions available.
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Two more Tampa apartment complexes run by Cambridge Management are riddled with problems
The management company said that they are working on the problems and ‘prioritizing the most urgent needs.’
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Tampa home prices continue to skyrocket
The Tampa and Miami areas were the only regions of Florida included in the index.
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New Tampa billboard welcomes travelers to the ‘Don’t Say Gay or Trans’ state
The Tampa billboard went live on April 19.
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At protest, activists will call on Tampa congresswoman Kathy Castor to push for windfall profits tax on oil companies
A rally happens on Tuesday near the University of South Florida.
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The company behind Silver Oaks Apartments operates 10 more properties in Tampa Bay. We want to hear from those residents
As local officials take action at the troubled property, CL calls on other tenants under Cambridge Management to speak up.
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Florida has more polluted freshwater than any other state, says study
The study classified 873,340 acres of lake as impaired for swimming and aquatic life, in addition to 935,808 acres listed as impaired for any use and 2,533 square miles of impaired estuaries.
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Over the last year, Tampa mortgage rates grew faster than anywhere else in the country, report says
Tampa’s mortgage rates are 52.3% higher than a year ago.