Volunteers needed at Highlands Hammock State Park

Submitted by Taylor Katz, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013, 7:33pm

Volunteers needed at Highlands Hammock State Park

Highlands County, Florida-- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Ridge Rangers Program and Highlands Hammock State Park are looking for volunteers to help restore scrub jay habitat at the park on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27. Volunteers can sign up for one or both days.

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Money Mondays: Even pups get paid!

Submitted by Heather Van Nest, Anchor

Monday, April 15th, 2013, 11:56pm

Tampa, Florida-- Money Monday is going to the dogs!

We've helped to find close to a million dollars for many of our 10 News viewers that is just sitting in Florida's unclaimed cash and property account, but then we thought, "What if we could help pets?"

Heather van Nest took a closer look at different groups that help abused, neglected and abandoned animals, and to no surprise, was able to find unclaimed cash!

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Heartland Eagles vs. Fort Lauderdale Sharks

Submitted by Taylor Katz, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Sunday, April 14th, 2013, 8:58am

Heartland Eagles vs. Fort Lauderdale Sharks

Avon Park, Florida-- The American Basketball League's Heartland Eagles will ball it up with the Fort Lauderdale Sharks today at SFSC's Highland's Campus gym.

The game begins at 3 p.m.

TICKETS INFO:

Adults: $7.00
Senior/Children/Military: $5.00

Cash only!

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Conference focuses on housing choices

Submitted by Gillian Finklea, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Saturday, April 13th, 2013, 12:15pm

Pinellas County, Florida -- The Tampa Bay Fair Housing Consortium will present Housing Choices, Free of Discrimination on Friday, April 19.

Check-in is at 8 a.m. The program runs from 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The day-long conference will be held at the Centre Club, 123 S. West Shore Blvd. in Tampa.

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Baseball: South Florida State College vs. Polk State College

Submitted by Taylor Katz, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Saturday, April 13th, 2013, 9:49am

Baseball: South Florida State College vs. Polk State College

Avon Park, Florida-- The South Florida State College baseball team will host Polk State College today.

The game will take place at the SFSC Panther Field on the Highlands Campus in Avon Park at 1 p.m.

Tickets are only two dollars!

Click here for SFSC's full 2013 spring schedule.

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Over 70 trailers stolen, sold in scrap metal scheme

Submitted by Taylor Katz, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Friday, April 12th, 2013, 10:05pm

Polk County, Florida-- Three men have been linked to over 70 citrus trailer thefts that occurred all over Polk County between 2010 and 2013.

According to Polk County Sheriff's officials, brothers Ruben and Richard Ramirez, 39 and 31-years-old, worked alongside 60-year-old Donald Mosley to steal the trailers from various citrus packing houses, and then sell the metal to scrap dealers in Polk, Hillsborough and Hardee Counties.

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WeatherCall: Get alerts when severe weather hits

Submitted by Kristin Weber, Web Producer, 10News In Your Neighborhood

Friday, April 12th, 2013, 6:34pm

WTSP is pleased to bring state-of-the art, personal storm warning services to the Tampa/Saint Petersburg area.

Recent improvements in how the National Weather Service defines warning areas have resulted in significantly higher accuracy and smaller warned areas, compared to the decades-old county-wide warning method. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/sbwarnings.

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