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Veterans group previously pitched building golf courses on Florida state park
Nearly a year before the DeSantis administration ignited a public firestorm over plans to build golf courses on prized state park land on the Atlantic coast, a national veterans nonprofit pitched state and local officials on a similar proposal. Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, told the Tampa Bay Times that Lt....
Florida beats Texas 10-7 in Little League World Series semifinal and will face Taiwan for title
Luis Calo hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning as Lake Mary, Florida, beat Boerne, Texas, 10-7 on Saturday in a wild game that sent the Southeast region representative to the Little League World Series championship. Florida will take on Taiwan, a 4-1 winner over Venezuela, on Sunday afternoon. It will be the first appearance by a Florida team in the title game since 2003, when East Boynton Beach fell to Musashi-Fuchi of Japan, 10-1. The lead changed three times in the final two innings.
Study Ranks Floridians As Nation’s Most Vulnerable to Mobile Banking Cyberattacks
Throughout the past five years, Florida has claimed the top spot of many coveted list, but residents of the Sunshine State won’t be happy to hear that they claimed the #1 ranking for the state most vulnerable to mobile banking cyberattacks. The study was conducted by Vention, a software...
'This is disappointing': 'LGBTQ Travel' section is gone from Florida's official tourism site
The largest event for the LGBTQ+ community is months away in downtown Orlando, Florida. Come Out With Pride is back this year for its 20th anniversary at Lake Eola Park. The festival is taking place on Oct. 19 and brings in thousands of people each year. Organizers say it also...
Hornets Fall to Seahawks in Season Opener
The Justin Bland era officially kicked off on Friday when the Weeki Wachee Hornets hosted the Sunlake Seahawks in their first game of the regular season. Unfortunately for the Green and Black, the Seahawks played spoiler for the occasion. The Hornets would show promise, but they ultimately fell to the visitors 40-22 on Friday night.
DeSantis, CFO call for investigation into high spending under ex-UF president Ben Sasse
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A month after the University of Florida’s president abruptly resigned, state officials are now calling for an investigation into allegations of exorbitant spending. Nearly $17 million were spent in 17 months under former UF president Ben Sasse. This has prompted Governor Ron Desantis’ office to investigate the spending. Less than two […]
Orlando crime ring members sentenced for stealing from churches and schools
FLORIDA — Three members of a crime ring that operated out of Orlando have been sentenced to 40 years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from schools and churches across six states. According to Attorney General Ashley Moody, a Fort Myers jury found Panait Dumitru, Catalin...
Pitt RB Commit Dominates Week 0 Matchup
Ja’Kyrian Turner was dominant as a junior at South Sumter, averaging over 10 yards per carry, but if his Week 0 matchup is any indication, he’s in line for an even bigger senior season. Turner — a 5-foot-9, 160-pound three-star athlete from South Sumter in Bushnell, Fla. —...
Florida Botanical Gardens inspired newest exhibit at Creative Pinellas
LARGO, Fla. - Seeing artwork every day is a gift that the Surface Design Guild demonstrates in the newest exhibit at Creative Pinellas. "Everything in the gallery was inspired by something in the Florida Botanical Gardens," shared Beth Gelman, Senior Director of Arts and Cultural Programming. "You'll see a lot of floral work as you walk through, and you'll see these flowers done in all sorts of different manners."
At Tampa Bay charter roiled by lawsuits, parents feel left in the dark
Since 2018, Sarah Lentsch has relied on child care services at Plato Academy, one of Tampa Bay’s largest locally-run K-8 charter school systems. She’s a single, working mom with two daughters, 9 and 5, who last year were in third grade and preschool at Plato Academy St. Petersburg. Plato was well-known for teaching Greek and having A-rated schools, and she liked that they had preschool, elementary school and before- and after-care on one campus.
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