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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – The three children reported missing in Hillsborough County have been located and are safe, according to Hillsborough County Sheriff On Friday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office was requesting the public’s assistance to help locate three missing children. Jerreece Mitchell Jr., 12,…
Read More Three Missing Children In Hillsborough County Located Safe
TAMPA, FL. – The person(s) responsible for the death of 35-year-old Misti Whitfield, has never been brought to justice, and Misti, her family, and friends deserve this. On May 2, 2013, at approx. 10:00 p.m., Misti Whitfield was walking alone in the area of W.…
Read More COLD CASE 2013: After 8-Years Misti Whitfield Deserves Justice
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL. – Deputies assigned to the Airport Unit have arrested a Tampa man after crashing through a fence at St. Pete/Clearwater airport and boarding a US Coast Guard C-130. According to investigators, on Saturday, at approximately 4:48 a.m., airport deputies were notified of…
Read More Florida Man Arrested On A Parked C-130 After Crashing Stolen Car Through Airport Fence
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday the Biden administration is identifying “problematic” posts for Facebook to censor because they contain “misinformation” about COVID-19. Psaki spoke of the government’s role in policing social media during her daily press briefing after Surgeon General Vivek Murthy…
Read More White House Working For Facebook ‘Flagging’ Posts, Biden Say’s It’s ‘Killing People’
A bloom of the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, persists on the Florida Gulf Coast and in Tampa Bay. Over the past week, K. brevis was detected in 132 samples. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were observed in 86 samples: five from Pasco County, 28 from Pinellas County,…
Read More Tampa Bay Area, Florida Gulf Red Tide Status Update
POLK COUNTY, FL. – A 28-year-old Winter Haven man has been arrested in the fatal hit and run that took the life of a 14-year-old Lakeland girl, and injuring a second teen on July 4th. The hit & run occurred on New Tampa Highway (US…
Read More 28-Year-Old Winter Haven Man Arrested In Death Of 14-Year-Old Lakeland Girl
TAMPA, FL. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has identified a suspect involved in a homicide last week. Detectives have identified Katrell Hubbard, 25, as a suspect in the murder of a man that took place at the Willow Brooke Apartments on Hellenic Drive during…
Read More WANTED: 25-Year-Old Katrell Hubbard, 2nd Degree Murder In Tampa
Four men were killed while changing a tire on I-75 South overnight, when a car veered onto the roadway’s shoulder, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say that seven people were traveling southbound in a pickup truck, towing a trailer when they blew a tire…
Read More 34-Year-Old Lakeland Woman Swerves, Striking And Killing 4 Men Changing A Tire On Florida I-75
A woman was found dead at the Grand Canyon National Park after a flash flood swept through a campsite, park officials said in a statement Friday. Rebecca Copeland, 29, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, was on a rafting group on Wednesday that set up its overnight…
Read More Michigan Woman Dies In Flash Flood At Grand Canyon
Governor Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody, and Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson will join Texas Governor Greg Abbott for a border security briefing with state and local officials and law enforcement on Saturday, July 17, in Del Rio, Texas. The briefing is to be held…
Read More Florida Governor DeSantis To Join Governor Abbott For Border Security Briefing In Texas