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ADA celebration at the Straz
The Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Hillsborough County Alliance for Citizens with Disabilities and Tampa Mayor’s Alliance for Persons with Disabilities celebrate the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26th with an evening of entertainment and community advocate recognition awards. The evening celebrates...
Meet The Candidates
Plant City Chamber is hosting a candidate forum. The Plant City Chamber is once again hosting a forum for candidates running for election that will have an impact locally. This premier election event allows voters to meet candidates for all elected positions, from Congress to the county commission. This is an opportunity for candidates to tell their stories to community members before primary voting. Candidates deemed qualified by the Supervisor of Elections will be invited to participate in the event.
News Briefs 7.18.24
Florida’s hottest show on dirt returns! The Tampa Bay Rodeo & Family Festival, presented by Bartow Ford, charges into the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds on July 19 – 20, 2024. Fresh off a sold-out event in April, this summer’s rodeo promises to be a can’t-be-missed event with new competitors, new livestock, and thrilling action throughout. The area’s best cowboys and cowgirls are saddling up for two days of rodeo competition including bull riding, bronco busting, barrel racing, calf roping, team roping, and more!
Teen Found Guilty Of Attempted Murder In Tampa Game Room Shooting
TAMPA, Fla. – A Hillsborough County jury found 16-year-old Deondre Smith guilty of attempted second-degree murder for a shooting that occurred last year in a crowded game room at the Boulevard At West River Apartments. The State Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Unit successfully prosecuted the case, presenting surveillance video...
Senior scam law
A new Florida law, Senate Bill 556, Protection of Specified Adults, which will help defend seniors and other vulnerable adults against financial exploitation by scammers, goes into effect January 1, 2025. The bill took a year or so to get across the finish line, and two South Hillsborough residents—Jeff Merry (Fishhawk) and Kim Droege (Sun City Center)—are credited with making it happen. State Representative Danny Alvarez acknowledged their determination with tributes presented at a July 4 celebratory event in Sun City Center.
Former Pinellas detention deputy arrested again for child porn
TAMPA, Fla. — Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a former detention deputy from Pinellas County on several additional counts of child pornography. Trevor Willis, 33, faces nine more charges of child porn following the discovery of such material on a social media site linked to him, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office news release.
Woman missing, suspect sought after Hillsborough kidnapping
Hillsborough sheriff’s deputies are searching for a woman who was kidnapped early Thursday morning and for a man they suspect took her. The woman who was kidnapped is Jayanna Clark, 25. The man who they suspect kidnapped her is Jayvontae Bell, 26. Sheriff’s officials said they were called at...
Man accused of killing 64-year-old woman after dispute over cash in Hillsborough County
KEYSTONE, Fla. (CBS12) — A man is behind bars after he was accused of killing a 64-year-old woman, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. On Monday at 4:45 a.m. the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) received a 911 call about an unresponsive woman inside a home on Crescent Road in Keystone.
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