HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office detention deputy has been arrested for DUI, according to HCSO. According to investigators, on Saturday just before 3 a.m., Deputy Brian Nguyen, while driving northbound on I-275, was stopped by the Florida Highway Patrol and arrested for…
A former Florida State University student who randomly killed a Florida couple in their garage six years ago and then chewed on the male victim’s face goes on trial Monday A judge will decide whether the murderer goes to prison for life or to a…
Three Florida men have been identified and are now wanted for a series of catalytic converter heists that have taken place in multiple Florida counties. According to Sheriff Ken Mascara, detectives from the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, Port St. Lucie Police Department, and Fort…
A Florida man is wanted for abhorrent crimes against a minor child and investigators say he could still be in Florida or may have traveled to Georgia or Tennessee. Deputies are searching for 34-year-old Steven Allen Monk. Monk is wanted for 3 counts of Capital…
A Florida man has been arrested in a barbaric attack on a 56-year-old woman earlier this week. According to deputies, on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at approximately 10:36 a.m. deputies responded to 4000 24th Street North, Lot 230 in St. Petersburg in reference to an attempted…
A Florida man with an active felony warrant who tried to evade a traffic stop around 1:40 on Thursday found himself blocked in by patrol cars shortly after deputies flattened all his tires with spike strips. 52-year-old Adrian Rico Garcia is charged with felony resisting…
A recent state survey found that the University of Florida is the least tolerant campus in Florida’s university system. Over the weekend, the Gators revoked the offer of a football scholarship to a four-star top prospect named Marcus Stokes because he used the N-word. Actually,…
TAMPA, Fla. – The Lightning entered Monday night’s game against the Bruins at Amalie Arena riding a four-game win streak. Their two most recent wins, against Calgary at home last Thursday and at Nashville on Saturday, were very well played and highlighted by responsible defensive…
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office detention deputy has been arrested for DUI, according to HCSO. According to investigators, on Saturday just before 3 a.m., Deputy Brian Nguyen, while driving northbound on I-275, was stopped by the Florida Highway Patrol and arrested for…
New Florida House Speaker Paul Renner has some sharp words for credit rating agencies that may be considering basing their assessments on left-wing ESG policies: Don’t do it. In a letter this week to Moody’s Investors Service, which evaluates government agencies for creditworthiness, Renner advised…
Armed with a large majority, Naples Republican Kathleen Passidomo outlined what she described as a voter-supported “conservative agenda” as she became Florida Senate president Tuesday. Passidomo, who was formally elected president during an organization session of the Legislature, stressed a need to expand parental rights…
A Florida woman, who was allegedly about to drive her car through the route of a 5K run on Thanksgiving morning was stopped by police, and a possible mass casualty event was averted. The St. Petersburg Police Department said 38-year-old Ashlee Lauren Morgan was driving…
Moton Hopkins went from being one of the state’s most-successful Black farmers to working odd jobs to support his family, after a devastating drought and discrimination by the federal government wiped out the Florida native’s livelihood. But the “cowboy legend” — a moniker bestowed on…
Homeowners want their yards to look great. It should be full of shrubs and trees that are arranged in a way that looks good. But landscaping tends to be both expensive and bad for the environment, which shouldn’t be the case. With that in mind,…
The Florida Missing Child Alert for 5-year-old Aaron Pena out of Orange County has been canceled. The body of 5-year-old Aaron Peña was recovered from a pond near his Orange County home on Thanksgiving morning., according to deputies. “It is with sadness to report the…
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man has been sentenced to life in a 2001 cold case murder. On November 28, 2001, New Port Richey Police responded to 4725 Sanctuary Drive in reference to a death investigation. The victim, Simon Clarke, was found deceased in…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The St. Petersburg Police Dept. Cold Case Unit was able to bring closure to the family of a 1997 murder victim, Michael Scheumeister. In the early morning of August 14th, 1997, Michael Scheumeister was found dead near Mirror Lake Library, 280…
Moton Hopkins went from being one of the state’s most-successful Black farmers to working odd jobs to support his family, after a devastating drought and discrimination by the federal government wiped out the Florida native’s livelihood. But the “cowboy legend” — a moniker bestowed on…
Homeowners want their yards to look great. It should be full of shrubs and trees that are arranged in a way that looks good. But landscaping tends to be both expensive and bad for the environment, which shouldn’t be the case. With that in mind,…
Wilton Simpson, the Republican seemingly on track to become Florida’s next agriculture commissioner, said if elected, he will seek to block the purchase of Sunshine State farmlands by governments hostile to the U.S. Campaigning in Jacksonville on Thursday, Simpson, who most recently served as Florida…