TAMPA, Fla. – Florida gas prices increased last week, as was projected in AAA’s Gas Price Brief. On Sunday, drivers paid an average price of $3.31 per gallon. That’s 9 cents more than last week, according to AAA. The state average rose 11 cents in total,…
Read More Florida Gas Prices Up 11 Cents Last Week
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Hillsborough County will soon open a huge new sports complex in Apollo Beach and wants to know what kind of organized sports residents would like available there. The Waterset Sports Complex features four synthetic turf athletic fields, making it home to…
Read More Hillsborough Surveying Residents About Waterset Sports Complex In Apollo Beach
RUSKIN, Fla. – John Skeen, 56, has been arrested in connection to Friday night’s fatal shooting in Ruskin. According to deputies, on Friday, three friends stayed at a residence in the 300 block of Manatee Drive, Ruskin, for a fishing trip. Investigators say that evening, the…
Read More Man Arrested In Polk County For Deadly Ruskin Shooting
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit announced Friday, the arrest of a registered behavior technician. According to an investigation by the MFCU and the Hialeah Police Department, Greter Brito Acosta defrauded the Florida Medicaid program out of more than $119,000 for falsifying…
Read More Florida Behavior Technician Arrested In $119,000 Medicaid Fraud Scheme
TAMPA, Fla. – Two people were killed in a shooting at an apartment complex in Tampa on Saturday, according to police. Investigators say officers responded to the Park Avenue apartment complex just before 4 p.m. The apartment complex is near the University of South Florida…
Read More 2 Dead In Shooting At Tampa Apartment Complex
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. – A 63-year-old Weeki Wachee man was killed in a crash around 6:47 pm on Saturday. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the Weeki Wachee man, driving a pickup truck, was traveling northbound on Sunshine Grove Road, approaching a stop sign at the…
Read More Weeki Wachee Man Killed, Brooksville Teen Seriously Injured In Pickup Collision
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – The Northbound lanes of I-275 will be CLOSED tomorrow morning, March 12th, from 3:30 AM until 11:00 AM due to the annual Armed Forces Skyway 10K Race. 8,000 runners will transit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Northbound motorists will be detoured from…
Read More Armed Forces Skyway 10K To Close Northbound Lanes Of Skyway Bridge, I-275 Sunday
TAMPA, Fla. – Cedric Durham, Jr., 22, Tampa, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Durham pleaded guilty on November 28, 2022. According to court documents, on March 6, 2022, a shooting occurred at the…
Read More Tampa Pin Chasers Shooter Gets 4-Years In Prison
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a homicide investigation in Ruskin. On Friday, just before 10:00 p.m., deputies responded to the report of a shooting in the 300 block of Manatee Drive. Once deputies arrived, they discovered a male victim with…
Read More One Man Dead In Ruskin Shooting
In another sign of problems in Florida’s property-insurance market, the AM Best rating agency has raised concerns about Castle Key insurance companies. AM Best said Thursday that it has “placed under review with negative implications” the financial-strength rating and the long-term issuer credit rating of…
Read More Castle Key Insurance Draws Concerns In Florida