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Local activists continue to push for the Tampa Citizens Review Board to have an independent attorney, which means someone who is not a city employee.   

The Citizens Review Board was created in 2015 to enhance trust and transparency between police and the community.  

It's a panel of citizens who review disciplinary cases from Tampa Police and give recommendations.

Activist groups push for Citizens Review Board to have an independent attorney

Full Story: https://wfts.tv/3RNqUdT  

Liam Smith and his parents can finally breathe a sigh of relief.  

For weeks, they’ve been three of the hundreds of people pushing back against Hillsborough County Public Schools’ effort to adjust its attendance boundaries which would change where thousands of students attend school.

New school boundary plan would disrupt fewer students, Hillsborough superintendent says

As many families prepared for Super Bowl Sunday, nearly 180 members of the Berkeley Prep community helped the U.S. Hunger Project pack meals for 37,000 local families in need.  

“We are a very giving community,” said the school’s community engagement director Buck Johnson.  

The school teamed up with the Hunger Project, 68 Hours, and Hillsborough Education Foundation. This is the school’s twelfth year packing meals.

Berkeley Prep community packs meals for families in need

Full Story: https://wfts.tv/40JOP22 

A Ruskin-based non-profit that offers hope for veterans with PTSD and Gold Star families is moving to another county following a year-long dispute with Hillsborough County.

Florida non-profit that helps veterans with PTSD and Gold Star Families moving amid legal dispute

Full Story: https://wfts.tv/3Yxm6eR

Manatee County law enforcement completed a sweep of Parrish Community High School after what Manatee County Administrator Dr. Scott Hopes called a "significant" bomb threat.  

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday morning, school leaders safely evacuated students from Parrish Community High School to a safe location following multiple bomb threats. 

The Sheriff's Office said a comprehensive search found no explosive devices.  

During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Sheriff Rick Wells said these threats have come through the Fortify Florida app.

'Significant' bomb threat forced evacuation at a Manatee County high school

Full Story: https://wfts.tv/3HXxSIS

A new COVID-19 subvariant takes over cases in the country.

New COVID-19 subvariant takes over cases in the country

Throughout January and February, thousands of students from all 32 Hillsborough County high schools have been taking field trips to visit companies across the county.   

It’s all part of Future Career Academy’s mission to give students the best opportunity to find gainful employment right out of high school.  

On any given day, a bus full of high school seniors will pull up in front of one of more than 100 Hillsborough companies eager to show and tell, like Bausch + Lomb.

High school seniors get jump start on finding future career in Tampa

Full Story: https://wfts.tv/3JGCsxN  

The Tampa Bay Community Action Committee held a rally in downtown Tampa Saturday in response to the recent death of Tyree Nichols.

Local Activists Hold Anti-violence Rally in Tampa

At the University of Florida, inside a brick building with fake windows, lives a supercomputer called HiPerGator, one of the fastest in the world to harness the power of artificial intelligence.  

It's been four decades since TIME magazine put a computer on the front cover of their Jan. 3, 1983 issue. The "Man of the Year" honor was replaced by the "Machine of the Year."  We wanted to see how far computer processing power's advanced over the past 40 years. So, we requested a tour of one of the most advanced computers in academia.

Supercomputer at UF is harnessing the power of AI

Full Story: https://wfts.tv/3Ij1bqV

HCSO detectives are searching for Paul Wayne Williams II, 32, in connection to the events on Saturday night.  

On Feb. 4, just after 8:30 p.m., deputies responded to a shooting at the Shell gas station off I-4 and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.   

Michael Fordyce said the nightmare plays in his mind on repeat. He said he was driving the vehicle and his husband, David Keeley, was in the passenger's seat. 

The couple had met a man earlier and gave him a ride. The suspect was in the backseat.

Victim of carjacking speaks, detectives still search for suspect

Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show eggs are 70% more expensive than they were a year ago.  Economists believe there are lots of factors driving up the costs.  

“With eggs specifically, you know there’s not necessarily one specific thing that you can point to say that this is definitely the reason why eggs are more expensive,” said Michael Snipes, Associate Professor of Instructor in Economics at USF.

More people raise backyard chickens as egg prices continue to soar

The Lakeland Police Department is investigating a drive-by shooting in Lakeland that left ten people injured Monday afternoon.  

Lakeland Police said officers were called to the area near Iowa Avenue North and Plum Street — which is just north of downtown — around 3:40 p.m.   

During a news conference, Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor said a dark blue, 4-door Nissan sedan with tinted windows and a paper tag drove onto the street and rolled down all four of its windows.

10 people injured, 2 critical after drive-by shooting in Lakeland

Full Story: https://wfts.tv/3HADJ6P

According to the most recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau, Polk County was the fastest-growing county in the U.S. in 2021. 

The report specifically named Lakeland-Winter Haven the seventh fastest-growing metro area in the country.  

“Today is a culmination of a lot of hard work on behalf of the City of Winter Haven — our planning committee and our planning commission to finally have workforce housing coming to Winter Haven,” the city’s Mayor Bradley Dantzler told ABC Action News at a very special event on January 30.  

It was the groundbreaking of Winter Haven’s first affordable housing complex, two years in the making.

Winter Haven breaks ground on its first affordable housing complex

Full Story: https://wfts.tv/3YkrVwM

In our continuing coverage of the Price of Paradise, we’ve gone in-depth on Florida’s property insurance crisis as it unfolded over the past couple of years and resulted in two legislative special sessions last year.   

As we wait to see the impact of the new laws, we're finding that there are still people trying to take advantage of homeowners. This time it’s not roofing scams but misleading websites.

Misleading website impersonates Florida's Citizens Property Insurance