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…
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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
Director of the movie Titanic, James Cameron says the search for the missing Titan sub turned into a “nightmarish charade” that extended the agony of the families of the five men lost. Cameron told the BBC in an interview on Friday that he “felt in my bones”…
Read More Titanic Director James Cameron Calls Rescue Operation Of Titan Sub A “Nightmarish Charade”
The National Hurricane Center was continuing to monitor the hurricane season’s second named storm, Tropical Storm Bret, which was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane this week. Florida remained out of forecast advisories Tuesday morning. Tropical Storm Bret was producing 40 mph sustained winds as…
Read More Florida Remains Out Of Advisories As Tropical Storm Bret Strengthens
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Tuesday announced she is going to battle with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to lower flood insurance rates for Floridians. Attorney General Moody, with nine other attorneys general, took legal action against the Biden administration over a new policy…
Read More Florida AG Moody Pushing Back On FEMA To Lower Flood Insurance Rates