Love Bugs Return, Mom Rescues Kids Using Pizza App, Stamp Out Hunger

Patch operates 23 daily news sites in Florida. The following are some of the top headlines from the past day.

• Mom Used Pizza Hut App to End Hostage Situation, Deputies Say
• Cops Step Up to Make Online Transactions Safer
• More Seats Added for Taylor Swift’s Tampa Show
• Love Bugs Begin Seasonal Invasion of Florida
• Kevin Hart’s Tampa Shows: What Fans Need to Know
• Help ‘Stamp Out Hunger’ This Saturday
• New Tampa Brush Fire Likely Accidental, Officials Say
• 72-Year-Old Bradenton Man Charged in Child Porn Case
• Reward Up to $20k for Suspected Serial Armed Bank Robber’s Arrest
• Tampa Bay Technical School Evacuated Due to Fire
• 84-Year-Old’s Bank of America Run-In Results in Careless Driving Charge
• Teen Robbed After Leaving Front Door Open

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