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The Florida Department of Health in Pasco County has issued a rabies alert. This is in response to an owned animal being exposed to a raccoon that tested positive for rabies. All residents and visitors in the Meadow Pointe area of Wesley Chapel should be aware that rabies is presentContinue Reading

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NETworks Presentations announces that the national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I, based on the 2015 Tony Award®–winning Lincoln Center Theater Production, will make its Sarasota premiere at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall for two shows on Tuesday, December 4 at 7:30 p.m.Continue Reading

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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the deaths of Leslie McKinley and her 14-year-old son, Kody Larue, as a murder suicide after being found dead in their Azalea Park home Monday afternoon. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Jane Watrel explained that police were contacted for a welfare check after a neighbor told police that theyContinue Reading

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Attorney General-Elect Ashley Moody today announced the leadership of her Inaugural Committee.  Senator Wilton Simpson (R-Tribly), Representative Chris Sprowls (R-Clearwater) and Michael Corcoran will serve as Inaugural Committee Co-Chairs and Samantha Blair will serve as Executive Director.  The Inaugural Committee will be responsible for planning and executing the events surrounding the inaugurationContinue Reading

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Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office detectives in Florida have arrested a Largo man Monday for the beating death of the seven-week-old baby, Gwendolyn Eydelman. Artem Eydelman initially lied to officers about the baby’s death, but has confessed to striking the newborn. Artem Eydelman, 29, told deputies at the time he’d found Gwendolyn inContinue Reading

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A San Francisco 49ers player was arrested Saturday night in Tampa and charged with domestic violence. Reuben Foster reportedly was taken into custody after an altercation with his former girlfriend. Foster, 24, was arrested on one count of first-degree misdemeanor domestic-violence battery at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay after the incident withContinue Reading

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A Florida mother is in critical condition after being thrown for the hood of a van during a domestic fight over her 9-year-old son. Beverly Smith jumped on her estranged husband’s vehicle and the man, Travis Stephens, gunned it and turned quickly to hurl the woman to the ground. Smith, 34,Continue Reading

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Republican nominee for Attorney General Ashley Moody became Florida’s 38th Attorney General with 53 percent of the vote over her general election opponent, State Rep. Sean Shaw’s (D-Tampa) 46 percent, with approximately 7.7 million votes counted at 10:00 p.m. EST this evening. Rep. Shaw spoke with Ashley Moody and congratulated herContinue Reading

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Florida Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott has defeated Democratic Senator Bill Nelson after a manual recount put Scott ahead by approximately 10,000 votes. Democrat Andrew Gillum conceded the Florida gubernatorial race “for a second and final time” Saturday night, signaling the end of an extended recount. Scott said in a statement:Continue Reading

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Drug therapies that target a specific molecule have changed the way patients are treated for cancer and greatly improved survival rates. However, some patients do not respond to these therapies because the drug is not reaching the tumor cells effectively. In a new study published in Scientific Reports, Moffitt Cancer CenterContinue Reading

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Greenville, Texas man, Colby Isaac Hilleary, 24, was  arrested and charged by criminal complaint with interfering with the duties of a flight attendant. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison. According to the complaint, on March 2, 2018, Hilleary was a passenger on an American Airlines flight fromContinue Reading

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Dr. Anthony Baldizzi, 54, of Largo, FL pleaded guilty to conspiracy and receiving illegal kickbacks related to a federal health care benefit program. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to the plea agreement, Baldizzi, a medicalContinue Reading

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Last week it was reported that a Citrus County School District Middle School teacher was was running the white nationalist podcast “Unapologetic”. The podcast was run by Crystal River Middle School social studies teacher Dayanna Volitich, who ran the show under the pseudonym, “Tiana Dalichov”. School district officials, upon learning of the report, removed VolitichContinue Reading

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The Florida Department of Health-Hillsborough County that influenza activity continues to be elevated. Although activity decreased in some surveillance systems in week 6, it is too early to know if influenza activity has peaked for the season. Activity remains elevated above peak levels seen in previous seasons. So far this season, forty outbreaksContinue Reading