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North Carolina Principal Charged With Stalking a Teacher, Suspended With Pay

Thursday, September 24

A Pitt County, North Carolina middle school principal has been charged with misdemeanor stalking, and the allegations involve a teacher in his district. Keith Neal, who has led Wellcome Middle School since 2022, was charged Wednesday. Warrants say he drove by a woman’s home,... Read More.

Mortgage Rates Top 7%: What It Means for Suncoast Homebuyers

Thursday, September 24

Mortgage rates pushed past 7% Thursday, and the impact is landing right here on the Suncoast. On a $600,000 home, buyers now face a first payment of nearly $4,000 a month, with $3,500 of that going to interest alone. Stretch that across the full... Read More.

North Carolina High School Cancels Varsity Football Season Over Lack of Healthy Players

Thursday, September 24

A high school in Bladenboro, North Carolina, has canceled the rest of its varsity football season, and the reason is one that every sports parent understands. West Bladen High School simply ran out of healthy players. With injuries mounting and too few substitutes available,... Read More.

North Carolina Teen Says Car Wash Fired Her for Fighting Back During Attack: Should Self-Defense Cost You Your Job?

Thursday, September 24

A 17-year-old high school senior in Washington, North Carolina says she was attacked while working at a Whistle Express Car Wash on Sept. 14. Ja’Neice Shamble says a woman from across the street believed Shamble and a coworker were mocking her, confronted them, and... Read More.

Florida Amendment 3: Homeowner Tax Relief or a $400 Hit to Renters?

Thursday, September 24

Florida voters will decide Amendment 3 this November, and it’s one of those rare measures that has the governor, statewide officials and even some Democrats on the same side. The amendment would exempt the first $250,000 of a primary home’s value from non-school property... Read More.

Neighbor’s Quick Glance Leads to Arrest After Georgia Teen Drops Tub Containing Dismembered Remains, Police Say

Thursday, September 24

An 18-year-old man is being held without bond in Cobb County, Georgia, after a neighbor spotted him carrying a heavy plastic tub through an apartment complex and he dropped it and ran, according to an arrest warrant. Officers who opened the tub found a... Read More.

Missing Arizona Teen Needed Insulin: What We Know About the Search and the Abuse Arrests

Thursday, September 24

A 15-year-old Arizona boy is at the center of a search that has stretched into a second night, and the details uncovered along the way are hard to read. Ryker Lee disappeared from his home in Three Points, about 30 minutes southwest of Tucson,... Read More.

New Mexico Deputies Carry 130-Pound Dog Named Atlas Down a Mountain After He Ran Out of Steam

Thursday, September 24

A Bernalillo County, New Mexico sheriff’s office got a call about an exhausted hiker stranded on a mountain trail. The hiker turned out to be a 130-pound dog named Atlas, who had simply run out of energy partway through the hike. Rather than leave... Read More.

Florida Indicts 20 for Voter Fraud, Including a Tampa Man: What Suncoast Residents Should Know

Thursday, September 24

Florida prosecutors announced 20 voter fraud indictments Thursday, and the list reaches into our backyard. A 44-year-old Tampa man faces charges of unqualified elector voting and false swearing, accused of registering and voting while still on felony probation. The remaining defendants include 16 noncitizens... Read More.

Macklemore Announces “Free Palestine” Tour After Getting Pulled From Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour

Thursday, September 24

Macklemore isn’t sitting this one out. After being removed from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour over pro-Palestinian comments he made onstage at MetLife Stadium, and after several U.S. venues refused to let him perform as an opening act, the rapper announced his own “Free Palestine”... Read More.

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North Carolina Principal Charged With Stalking a Teacher, Suspended With Pay

Mortgage Rates Top 7%: What It Means for Suncoast Homebuyers

North Carolina High School Cancels Varsity Football Season Over Lack of Healthy Players

North Carolina Teen Says Car Wash Fired Her for Fighting Back During Attack: Should Self-Defense Cost You Your Job?

Florida Amendment 3: Homeowner Tax Relief or a $400 Hit to Renters?

Neighbor’s Quick Glance Leads to Arrest After Georgia Teen Drops Tub Containing Dismembered Remains, Police Say

Missing Arizona Teen Needed Insulin: What We Know About the Search and the Abuse Arrests

New Mexico Deputies Carry 130-Pound Dog Named Atlas Down a Mountain After He Ran Out of Steam

Florida Indicts 20 for Voter Fraud, Including a Tampa Man: What Suncoast Residents Should Know

Macklemore Announces “Free Palestine” Tour After Getting Pulled From Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour

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