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August 24, 2020 By: Staff Report KEY WEST, Fla.- – CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST UPDATE.Tropical storm conditions are expected across much of Cuba today. Heavy rainfall is likely across Cuba and Jamaica today, and these rains could cause mudslides and life-threatening flash and urban…
Read More Tropical Storm Laura, Forecasted to Strengthen in the Gulf
August 24, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – American Airlines Pilot, Captain John Berry Jr, retires and celebrates his 65th birthday in Tampa, FL with a custom airplane cake from The Cake Girl. “This 100% edible cake (except the lights on the runway) is…
Read More American Airlines Pilot Retires, Gets a Cakes that Takes Flight
August 24, 2020 By: Staff Report RIVERVIEW, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a woman who supplied the drugs that ultimately led to a man’s death back in March. Just before 2 p.m. on March 8, 2020, HCSO deputies were called to…
Read More Riverview Woman ‘Selling Heroin to the Victim’ Charged with Murder
August 23, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla.- A Tampa man was shot while driving on I-4 around 2:25 PM on Sunday. Troopers said the male victim was traveling west on I-4 when a black Hyundai sedan, with three Black males in it, drove up…
Read More Man Shot on I-4, Suspects Headed Westbound
August 23, 2020 By: Staff Report SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. – Max Chambers, 21, from St. Petersburg, and a former University of Central Florida student, pleaded guilty Wednesday to possession of a machine gun. He faces a maximum penalty of 10-years in federal prison. A sentencing…
Read More St. Pete Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing a Machine Gun
August 23, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Satellite imagery and radar data from eastern Cuba show that the center of Laura has been moving over water between Haiti and eastern Cuba this afternoon. There has been a recent uptick in convection near the…
Read More Tropical Storm Laura Slightly Stronger As It Moves Over Eastern Cuba
August 23, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Sheriff Chris Nocco has ramped up resources and messaging for those dealing with substance abuse and mental health issues. “It’s okay not to be okay. That’s what we say to our own members within the…
Read More Pasco County Sheriff Ramps Up Efforts To Help Those Dealing With Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues
August 23, 2020 By: Staff Report HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Highland cattle are one of the oldest breeds in the world, originating from Scotland as far back as the 6th century. The extremely harsh conditions of the rugged, remote Scottish Highlands created a process of…
Read More Say Hello To Highland Cattle and Some Darn Cute Calves
August 22, 2020 By: Martin Fennelly TAMPA, Fla. – How hard up are we for sports when a 10-part documentary on someone whose greatness came a quarter-century ago holds us in suspense? I don’t know about you, but it happened to me. I sat there…
Read More Fennelly- My Stories of Jordan
August 22, 2020 By: Good Eats HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Many folks don’t know that Key Lime Pie was once the center of legislative controversy. In 1965, Florida State Representative Bernie Papy, Jr. introduced geographical indication legislation calling for a $100 fine to be levied against anyone advertising ‘Key…
Read More Old Florida Recipe, Key Lime Pie ‘The Offical Florida State Pie’