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Family, Dog Rescued From Chest-Level Floodwaters: Watch
Watch Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies rescue a family and their dog from a flooded home near the Alafia River after hurricane.

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Watch Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies rescue a family and their dog from a flooded home near the Alafia River after hurricane.

The baby’s body was found at the University of Tampa in April. The 19-year-old mother was charged with manslaughter, police said.
A 19-year-old was charged with first-degree murder for the death of his mother’s boyfriend, St. Petersburg police said.
A Bradenton woman died after running through a red light and hitting a pick-up truck Saturday night, Florida Highway Patrol said.
The motorcyclist’s body was recovered from the water by Tampa police divers after the crash, Florida Highway Patrol said.
FL’s Largest Pumpkin | School Bus Hits Stop Sign | Stabbing Suspect Jumps | Amazon Hiring 12K | School Shooting Threat | Aquarium Otters Die
An 868-pound pumpkin, the largest in Florida, is on display at Bearss Groves farmers market in north Tampa.
Huck and Jane, two river otters at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in Sarasota, died while evacuated during Hurricane Milton.
A federal judge said FL health officials’ threats against TV stations for airing pro-abortion ads is “blatant government interference."
A 13-year-old boy was arrested after threatening “to shoot up” a Bradenton middle school, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said.
A man accused of stabbing a woman at a Tampa apartment building jumped off an I-275 overpass trying to avoid arrest, police said.
A scrap yard that accepted storm debris from the public after Hurricanes Milton and Helene caught fire Thursday, St. Pete Fire Rescue said.
A van and a box truck collided Wednesday afternoon in Manatee County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
An 8-inch water main broke at Sunset Point Road and Belcher Road on Thursday, Clearwater city officials said.
A driver, a student and a school board employee were on the bus at the time of the crash, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said.
The man, who celebrated his 65th birthday that day, was hit by a bus Tuesday near 22nd Avenue N. and the Pinellas Trail, police said.
After Hurricane Milton, Hernando County continues to see historic flooding along the Withlacoochee River on Thursday, fire officials said.
The man threatened utility workers in Hillsborough County after they blocked a road, causing a traffic delay, the sheriff’s office said.
A 105-year-old Florida woman who lost her home and everything she owned to Hurricane Milton hopes to regain her sense of independence.
A gator was seen sunning itself on a mattress that’s been floating in a debris-filled north FL canal since Hurricane Helene, a report said.