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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida redshirt freshman quarterback Jalen Kitna was released from Alachua County Jail Thursday evening, a day after he was arrested on five charges related to child pornography that included an image of a prepubescent female and adult male.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays made their first big move of the offseason, agreeing to a three-year, $40 million contract with starting pitcher Zach Eflin.

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa police Chief Mary O’Connor identified herself as chief, pulled out her badge and asked a Pinellas sheriff’s deputy to “just let us go” after she and her husband were pulled over in a golf cart last month, a video shared by the Tampa Police Department on…

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida redshirt freshman quarterback Jalen Kitna was ordered to be held on an $80,000 bond Thursday, a day after he was arrested on five charges related to child pornography that included an image of a prepubescent female and adult male.

TAMPA, Fla. — An arrest warrant has been issued for controversial former Bucs receiver Antonio Brown following an altercation Monday afternoon at a home in South Tampa, according to the Tampa Police Department.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Former Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren’s chief of staff told Warren not to sign a pledge that he wouldn’t prosecute abortions, according to testimony Thursday, the third day of trial in Warren’s lawsuit challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to remove him from office.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Joel Greenberg — who as Seminole County’s tax collector trafficked a teenager, stalked a political rival, stole identities and spent taxpayer funds on paid sex and cryptocurrency, among other misdeeds — was sentenced to 11 years in prison Thursday morning, bringing to a close one of the…

SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. — Mark Schocken took thousands of pictures of the great horned owls in Philippe Park, but he didn’t often capture them eating.

TAMPA, Fla. — The governor finally returned our phone calls.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — In 1954, the city of Clearwater was assured that more than 300 graves moved from the Black cemetery on the corner of Holt Avenue and Engman Street accounted for all the burials.

CLEARWATER, Fla. ― His license plate still says “Shatner.”