Last year Sheriff Grady Judd was re-elected, running unopposed on the ballot. It’s the first time in the 160-year history of Polk County a Sheriff has been elected to a fifth term.
The community is coming to together to clean up one Polk County neighborhood that was hit the hardest by Wednesday's EF-1 tornado. Most of the damage from the tornado happened near West Daughtery Road in North Lakeland.
Dr. Jason Wilson with Tampa General Hospital again joins ABC Action News anchor James Tully to talk about the recent distribution issues of the Covid-19 vaccine, controversies that have populated social media, and the next steps to getting a majority of the population doses.
Minimum wage earners in the Tampa Bay area will have more disposable income. That’s because the minimum wage increased from $8.56 to $8.65 and will increase again in September by more than a dollar. ABC Action News in-depth reporter Anthony Hill found out how the wage increase will impact workers and small businesses.
For the first time in 115 years, the Epiphany Celebration was held without spectators in Tarpon Springs. Watch ABC Action News coverage of the big community event.
Election results from some states are still being decided the day after the election including Tennessee and Kentucky, in which there are still several races up for grabs.
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