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Tampa Free Press TFP

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Man Killed After Stepping Into Path Of Oncoming Tampa Trolley

Tampa Police Department TAMPA, Fla. — Police are investigating a late-night crash that left a...

Tampa, FL · 2d

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Pasco School Board Votes to Close Fox Hollow Elementary in 2027-28

The Pasco County School Board voted 4-1 on Nov. 3 to close and consolidate Fox Hollow Elementary School after the 2026-27 school year, despite objections from parents, staff and community members concerned about transportation, child care and the loss of a neighborhood school. Fox Hollow students will remain at their...

Pasco County, FL · 2d

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‘He did not intentionally mean to hurt the girl he loves’: friend of Robert Timmons speaks

The friend of a man accused of murdering a 16-year-old says the killing was an accident. Deputies in Pasco County said Robert Timmons shot his ex-girlfriend and then dumped her body in the woods. Friday, Timmons faced a judge.

Pasco County, FL · 1d

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Webster Juvenile Reported Missing After Leaving Home

Mallory Carneal, a Webster juvenile, left her Goodstone Drive home on foot and had not made contact afterward. The sheriff’s office shared details of Carneal’s disappearance in a Facebook post titled “Missing Endangered Juvenile,” published Wednesday evening. According to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, Carneal’s parents noticed she was gone from the home at approximately 3:30 a.m. and have not had contact with her since. Deputies describe her as 4 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 95 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Hernando County, FL · 2d

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Little Greek Fresh Grill Opens First Wesley Chapel Location

Wesley Chapel Blvd. & New River Rd. — Little Greek Fresh Grill Location. Little Greek Fresh Grill is open in eastern Wesley Chapel, at 33787 Wesley Chapel Blvd. in the Shops at New River. The shop sits at Wesley Chapel Boulevard and New River Road, just west of Morris...

Wesley Chapel, FL · 21h

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Wesley Chapel Developer May Widen Old Pasco Road for $7.1M, Homes Sell First

Pasco County is weighing a deal that would let Meritage Homes design, permit and build a four-lane stretch of Old Pasco Road in Wesley Chapel in exchange for cash reimbursement from the county, with an estimated cost of about $7.1 million. The agreement covers the road between north of Coyote Way and Sedgeway Boulevard and just north of Old Mill Road, tying the roadwork to a nearby 106-townhome development the developer wants to build on roughly 18 acres.

Wesley Chapel, FL · 2d

Tampa Bay Times

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New balcony to take Tarpon Springs’ Gourley Building back to 1905

A balcony that once stretched across the front of the historic W.H. Gourley Building, until it was torn off in the 1980s, is coming back. Tarpon Springs’ Heritage Preservation Board unanimously granted owner Christy Howard a certificate of appropriateness to rebuild the full-width balcony at 155 E. Tarpon Ave. The project will return the downtown storefront to the look it had when it was built around 1905.

Tarpon Springs, FL · 20h

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7 Florida Seafood Buffets Where Snow Crab Legs Keep Coming Until You Tap Out

I have a firm rule about snow crab legs. If someone else is doing the steaming and the refilling, I’m not stopping at one plate. Florida has a surprising number of buffets that treat snow crab legs like a main event instead of a rare treat. One of them even pairs the crab with whole lobster, and it has been feeding hungry crowds for decades.

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Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Investigates Inmate Death At Falkenburg Road Jail

Jail (Unsplash) TAMPA, Fla. — Deputies in Hillsborough County are investigating the death of a...

Hillsborough County, FL · 1d

Tampa Bay Times

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Florida may buy a 30-acre property on Clearwater Beach. It comes with a big house

Top Florida officials will vote Tuesday whether to spend $20.5 million on a 30-acre property at the northern tip of Clearwater Beach, according to an agenda for the upcoming Cabinet meeting.

Clearwater, FL · 2d

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North Pasco Sports Notebook: 6th Annual Beets Classic

For generations, Larry Beets has been one of the most prominent names on the local high school baseball scene. As the coach at New Port Richey’s Ridgewood High School and Hudson High School for a combined 33 years, Beets had a legendary career. He was the first baseball coach in Pasco County history to reach 500 career wins and retired with a then-Pasco County record 571 victories. Since his retirement as a head coach, Beets has been as an honorary assistant coach at Pasco-Hernando State College and an assistant coach at Land O’ Lakes High School.

Pasco County, FL · 1d

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Deputies find cocaine, pills, cash and weapons in Tampa search; two men jailed

TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — Two men are facing multiple drug-related charges after several narcotics were found during a search warrant in Tampa, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. HCSO says at around 3 p.m. on Nov. 10, deputies served a search warrant at a home located on...

Tampa, FL · 2d

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Missing/Endangered Person: Jeremiah Bennett

Pasco Sheriff’s deputies are searching for Jeremiah Bennett, a missing/endangered 40-year-old. Bennett is 5’7”, around 200 lbs., with brown hair, and brown eyes. Bennett was last seen on Nov. 10, around 4:30 p.m., in the Aprile Dr. area of Land O’ Lakes. Bennett was last seen wearing a neon orange work shirt. If you have any information on Bennett’s whereabouts, please call the Pasco Sheriff’s Non-Emergency Line at 727-847-8102, option 7. You can also report tips online at http://PascoSheriff.com/tips.

Land O' Lakes, FL · 2d

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Tampa middle school opens first-of-its-kind esports facility in Florida

TAMPA, Fla. — Sligh Magnet Middle School in Tampa unveiled a new esports and broadcasting arena this week that Hillsborough County Public Schools leaders say will support regular classroom instruction while introducing students to skills used in a multi-billion-dollar industry. The arena is a first-of-its-kind facility in Florida, according...

Tampa, FL · 2d

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Video shows arrest of 3rd suspect in North Miami shootout, abduction that ended with man's murder

A third suspect has been arrested in a series of crimes that included an abduction and shootout in North Miami in which people were caught on camera jumping out of an apartment window, along with a murder and car arson in southwest Miami-Dade, authorities said. Sheldon Diaz, 32, was arrested...

North Miami, FL · 1d

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Reflecting on 16 Years: Cynthia Armstrong Looks Back on Her Tenure with the Pasco County School Board

As she prepares to leave the Pasco County School Board after four terms, Cynthia Armstrong recently took some time to share reflections and lessons learned with the Hernando Sun. A Tennessee native, Armstrong first moved to Pasco County in 1978 to take a job at Ridgewood Junior High. She taught...

Pasco County, FL · 1d

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HCSO sergeant receives Medal of Valor

A Hernando County Sheriff’s Office deputy was honored on Wednesday, Nov. 11 for his actions during an incident in which two deputies were shot two months ago. Sergeant Teodoro Chavez received the Florida SWAT Association Medal of Valor in a ceremony at the Marriott Orlando Airport Lakeside Hotel in Orlando.

Hernando County, FL · 2d

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Countryman One Room School House Unveils Bell and Cupola

BROOKSVILLE – On November 6, the Hernando Historical Museum Association unveiled a pair of additions to Brooksville’s historic one room schoolhouse, which included a cupola and the Beasley Bell. After short speeches by Gretchen Countryman and the historic association’s president, Mary Sheldon, Countryman’s great nieces sang the Fifty...

Brooksville, FL · 1d

Tampa Free Press TFP

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Florida Silver Alert Canceled, 81-Year-Old Missing Woman Located

Basma Al Hassan PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – Basma Al Hassan has been located, according to...

Pinellas County, FL · 1d