Forecasters said life-threatening storm surge and dangerous winds are becoming increasingly likely for portions of Florida as Tropical Storm Idalia moves north. Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Monday and reach Category 3 strength by the time it reaches Florida…
Read More Tropical Storm Idalia Moves Toward Florida, Expected To Strengthen Into Major Hurricane
The tropical depression that formed in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to develop into a tropical storm on Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of the latest update at 5 a.m., the center of Tropical Depression 10 was situated approximately 30 miles…
Read More Florida Preps As Tropical Depression 10 Likely To Gain Strength Sunday
Bob Barker, a household name for a half-century as host of “The Price Is Right,” has died at his home in Los Angeles. Barker was 99. Barker, a longtime animal rights activist, died Saturday morning, according to publicist Roger Neal. “I am so proud of…
Read More Bob Barker, Longtime Host Of ‘The Price Is Right’ Dies At 99
There is a 70% chance that an area of showers and thunderstorms in the Caribbean Sea will develop into a tropical system as soon as Sunday and could pose a risk to Florida and the Gulf of Mexico coast early next week. The National Hurricane…
Read More Low-Pressure System Could Impact Florida Next Week
The Tampa division of the Florida Highway Patrol shared a photo and a brief statement on social media Tuesday highlighting their interception of what they described as “another human smuggling attempt” on I-75. Human smuggling is the illegal and often clandestine transportation of individuals across…
Read More Another Human Smuggling Attempt Thwarted In Florida, But The Crime Persists
Morris Brown College (MBC) in Atlanta, Georgia, has announced that it will implement a mask mandate for all students, faculty, and staff during the upcoming 2023 fall semester. The decision was made in response to several cases of COVID-19 reported at the Atlanta University Center…
Read More College In Georgia Implements COVID Mask Mandate For Start Of 2023 Fall Semester
A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years in jail and ordered to pay $3,295 in restitution on his conviction of malicious destruction of property by fire. United States District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter imposed the sentence on…
Read More Pennsylvania Man Gets 5 Years For Arson Of Building In Erie
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruled on Friday that the State of Florida violates the rights of children with complex medical needs by keeping some children unnecessarily institutionalized in nursing facilities, while placing other children at serious risk of unnecessary…
Read More Court Finds State Of Florida Violates the Americans With Disabilities Act
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. – What began as an arson case in 1998 turned into a homicide investigation when a man burned in the fire died after being transported to the hospital. On Monday, January 26, 1998, Jessie Johnson, 69, sustained severe injuries from a fire intentionally…
Read More Florida Cold Case: Fire Intentionally Set That Killed Jesse Johnson, 1998
TAMPA, Fla. – A 21-year-old Florida man has been charged with homicide after purposely hitting a man with his Jeep. According to investigators, on the morning of June 13, Tampa Police responded to the 3100 block of W. Harbor View Ave after a male caller,…
Read More Florida Man Arrested In Ft. Lauderdale For Homicide, Killing Man With Jeep In South Tampa