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  1. 1 dead after shooting in New Port Richey, sheriff’s office says
    Earlier today• Breaking News
    The shooter and the victim had an argument that led to a shooting in New Port Richey on Friday, the Pasco Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
  2. Florida adds 289,204 COVID cases, 470 deaths in past week
    Earlier today• Health
    Florida administered 92,953 first and second doses of vaccine in the past week. In this photo, a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared last year. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
  3. Where to get a free COVID test in Tampa Bay
    Earlier today• Health
    People wait in a line for that wraps around the West Tampa Community Resource Center to get tested for COVID-19 on Dec. 28. Tampa Bay officials are opening more free, public testing sites to meet the demand for testing as the omicron variant drives a surge of cases.
  5. Florida omicron infections fall while COVID deaths rise
    Earlier today• Health
    The state reported 289,204 COVID-19 cases from Jan. 14-20 in the weekly report released Friday.
  6. Florida’s omicron wave could be worse than data shows
    Yesterday• Health
    Kira Gentner, 26, from St. Petersburg, is tested for COVID-19 at the drive-thru testing site in the parking lot at Tropicana Field on Thursday.
  7. Allergy season started early and will only get worse after weekend respite
    Jan. 20• Health
    Care Plus Pharmacy in Palm Harbor is already seeing high sales of these allergy medications as pollen levels spike earlier than usual.
  8. Tampa Bay leaders react to news that MLB has dashed Rays’ sister-city dream
    Jan. 20• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor and St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch both voiced cautious optimism Thursday after Major-League Baseball announced it had denied the Tampa Bay Rays' proposal for a split season with Montreal.
  9. Tampa Bay area pets hoping to find forever homes
    Jan. 20• Pets
    Chip and Slinkie are two of many dogs hoping to find loving homes for Valentine's Day.
  10. 2 dead in Wesley Chapel traffic crash
    Jan. 20• Pasco
    Two people are dead in a crash on State Road 56 in Wesley Chapel, Pasco Fire Rescue reports.
  11. Registration open for annual Pasco children’s fishing tournament
    Jan. 20• Pasco
    Jason Richardson, 9, reels in one of several catches Saturday at a previous Anclote Kids Fishing Tournament. Kids caught puffer fish, pin fish and snapper.
  12. 5 Pasco jail inmates sue, claim nurse exposed them to contaminated insulin
    Jan. 20• Breaking News
    Kevin Conway and Ashlie Case Sletvold, of Peiffer Wolf, speak to reporters via Zoom about a lawsuit alleging that Pasco County Jail inmates received infected insulin over the course of a year.
  13. Schools sow ‘confusion and chaos’ by stopping COVID calls home, teens say
    Jan. 19• Education
    Teens move between classes on the first day of school at Sunlake High in August 2021. Sunlake students are among those asking Pasco County officials to resume the practice of calling families with information on COVID-19 cases in schools.
  14. Florida bill calls for training to prevent veteran suicides
    Jan. 19• Politics
    Sen. Danny Burgess, R-Zephyrhills, left, and Rep. Ben Diamond, D-St. Petersburg, have sponsored a bill that aims to prevent veteran suicides by training those handling veteran benefits claims to recognize former service members in distress and offer crisis counseling.
  15. Florida Kratom for customers under 21 to be banned if this bill passes
    Jan. 18• Politics
    Members of the Florida House of Representatives work during a legislative session, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
  16. Florida adds 430,297 COVID cases, 470 deaths in past week
    Jan. 15• Health
    Florida's weekly coronavirus numbers.
  17. Contagious omicron variant is straining Florida hospitals
    Jan. 15• Health
    Workers register and test patients on Monday at the public drive-through COVID-19 testing site at Hillsborough Community College’s Brandon campus.
  18. Pinellas jail in lockdown to quell coronavirus spread
    Jan. 14• Health
    The Pinellas County jail was in lockdown this week to quell a spike in coronavirus cases among those incarcerated there.
  19. Florida won’t enforce federal health care worker vaccine mandate
    Jan. 14• Health
    In November, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed bills that limit COVID-19 vaccine mandates on state government and private employees as well as school districts.
  20. AdventHealth limits patient visits at six Tampa Bay hospitals
    Jan. 14• Health
    The $300 million Taneja Center for Surgery opened at AdventHealth Tampa hospital on E Fletcher Avenue in September. AdventHealth will start restricting patients to one visitor per day at its Tampa Bay hospitals in an attempt to limit the spread of the omicron variant.
  21. Pasco commissioners disband rural citizens advisory committee for being too negative
    Jan. 14• Pasco
    Ron Oakley, Pasco County Commissioner
  22. Motorcyclist killed in Pasco crash with pickup truck
    Jan. 14• Pasco
    A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Pasco County Thursday evening, the Florida Highway Patrol reports.
  23. Judge presses toward trial in Curtis Reeves movie theater shooting case
    Jan. 13• Crime
    Curtis Reeves, center, attended a motion hearing last month. His second-degree murder case is scheduled to go to a jury next month.
  24. Mother fatally shoots sons, 9 months old and 3, then herself, Pasco sheriff says
    Jan. 13• Crime
    Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco issues a plea for more attention to mental health issues during a news conference about a mother who shot to death her two young sons.
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