HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County has issued a public health advisory for Simmons Park Beach due to high bacteria levels. This should be considered a potential risk to the bathing public and swimming is not recommended. Samples taken…
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At Least Three Killed In Florida After Pileup Crashes On I-95
At least three people have died and several others seriously injured following a pileup of crashes involving at least 17 cars and trucks on Interstate 95 early Thursday in Volusia County, troopers say. At least three crashes happened in the northbound lanes and one in…
Read More At Least Three Killed In Florida After Pileup Crashes On I-95Winter Haven Man Wanted, Charged With 132 Counts Of Child Porn
WINTER HAVEN, FL. – Detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Computer Crimes Unit (CCU) charged five suspects for possession of child pornography after receiving tips from the National Center for Missing and Endangered Children (NCMEC) that the suspects were possibly transmitting or downloading the…
Read More Winter Haven Man Wanted, Charged With 132 Counts Of Child PornHillsborough County To Commit Up To $5M In American Rescue Plan Funding To Help Food-Insecure Residents
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners today approved up to $5 million in American Rescue Plan funding for a Feeding Tampa Bay project designed to increase resources for those experiencing food or economic challenges caused by COVID-19. The board unanimously…
Read More Hillsborough County To Commit Up To $5M In American Rescue Plan Funding To Help Food-Insecure ResidentsFlorida FWC Approves Changes To Shrimp Regulations
At its March meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved changes to shrimp regulations. The following changes will go into effect May 1: Allow recreational shrimp harvest in the Big Bend closed area with a limit of 2 gallons per person and…
Read More Florida FWC Approves Changes To Shrimp RegulationsWrong-Way Driver Plummets Off Of Selmon Expressway Ramp, Landing On Brorein And Franklin
TAMPA, FL. – A 30-year-old Tampa man has died after losing control of his car and crashing over the exit ramp barrier, falling to the street below. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 2014 Chevy Sonic, was traveling eastbound along the westbound lanes of the…
Read More Wrong-Way Driver Plummets Off Of Selmon Expressway Ramp, Landing On Brorein And FranklinFull Road Closure On Palm River Road Between South 57th St And South 59th St
TAMPA, FL. – Beginning at 7 am today, Palm River Road will be closed between South 57th Street and South 59th Street as the Tampa Water Department returns to complete a more permanent restoration following earlier work to repair a water main break. Barricades and…
Read More Full Road Closure On Palm River Road Between South 57th St And South 59th StLargo K-9 Bites 10-Year-Old Child After Leaving Fenced-In Yard
TARPON SPRINGS, FL. – On Tuesday around 4:30 pm, the Tarpon Springs Police Department responded to a call of a dog bite. Upon arrival, officers were informed that an off-duty Largo Police Department Canine was accidentally released from his fenced-in yard area and bit a…
Read More Largo K-9 Bites 10-Year-Old Child After Leaving Fenced-In YardSt. Petersburg Hit And Run Victim Dies, Police Seeking Driver Who Fled Scene
ST. PETERSBURG, FL. – The 45-year-old St. Petersburg man, the victim in a deadly hit and run crash on 38th Avenue North early Sunday, has died. The vehicle police investigators are searching for has been described as a silver or gray Nissan Xterra. The crash…
Read More St. Petersburg Hit And Run Victim Dies, Police Seeking Driver Who Fled SceneLouisiana Man Drives To Florida For “Demented” Acts With A Parent And Child
A Louisiana man has been arrested in Florida after using a computer to set up a meeting with an adult and child. 54-year-old Pierre Christophe of Lafayette, Louisiana was arrested on charges of, Use of a Computer to Facilitate Unlawful Travel to Meet a Minor…
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