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TAMPA, Fla. – Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. has announced it has chosen Tampa as the corporate headquarters location of its new company, Suzuki Marine USA, LLC. The new company will be located at 13521 Prestige Place and plans to create numerous jobs over the…
Read More Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. Announces Tampa as Corporate Headquarters for Suzuki Marine USA, LLC
TAMPA, Fla. – Well, here they are, along with the quarterback they rode on in, Tom Brady and the upset specials, on sport’s grandest stage, COVID notwithstanding. Who are those masked men? Ageless Bucs head coach Bruce Arians and his faithful sidekick (and boss), Bucs…
Read More Super Bowl LV: Arians, Licht Risked it and Brought Home the Biscuit
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The Human Trafficking Foundation and AINA (I-NA) Technologies are pleased to announce the launch of Mission BlitzTip in Pasco County. BlitzTip is a community-led data sharing and mapping platform to protect, prevent and prepare against human trafficking. Aina partnered with…
Read More In Pasco County, Super Bowl Welcome, To Most…But Not All
A surgical team from NYU Langone Health performed a face and double hand transplant for a 22-year-old New Jersey resident severely burned in a horrific car crash. The surgery included transplanting both hands and the full face of a single donor. It marked the first…
Read More “Incredible” 22-Year-Old Man Has a Face and Double Hand Transplant After Horrific Car Crash
ORLANDO, Fla. – United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Willie Humes, 65, Orlando, to nine years in federal prison for receiving images over the internet depicting children being sexually abused. Humes was also ordered to serve a lifetime term of supervised…
Read More 65-Year-Old Florida Man Gets 9 Years In Federal Prison, Images Depicting The Sexual Abuse Of Children
APOLLO BEACH, Fla. – Hillsborough County will begin construction on the highly anticipated Apollo Beach Boulevard (Paseo al Mar)/I-75 Roadway Construction Project this week. The project will extend the existing four-lane divided highway, creating an overpass on I-75 to connect U.S. 41 to U.S. 301.…
Read More Hillsborough Begins Work on Apollo Beach Blvd.-Paseo al Mar Corridor Project Over I-75
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A 22-year-old Hudson, Florida man was arrested by Pasco County Sheriff for calling 911 twice to get a ride home, according to reports. Matthew Leatham, 22, called 911 to get a ride home after 4 a.m. in New Port Richey Sunday,…
Read More Florida Man Arrested, Calling 911 For a Ride Home
All available Publix COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Florida have been claimed, in less than two hours Wednesday. The Publix appointment portal opened at 6 AM, and with overwhelming demand for the vaccine, demand outweighs the supply. There is good news for those waiting for the…
Read More In Less Than 2 Hours, Publix Florida COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments Booked Solid
By Victoria Knight April 30 will mark the end of the first 100 days of President Joe Biden’s tenure. That’s a benchmark presidents often set for making good on high-priority campaign promises. In early December, Biden announced that one promise would be to get 100 million…
Read More 100 Million Covid Shots in 100 Days Doesn’t Get Us Back to Normal
Last week, KEVIN VIGIL JR., 29, of Oklahoma City, and a member of the Southside Locos gang currently incarcerated in state prison, was sentenced to serve an additional 250 months in federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J.…
Read More Incarcerated Gang Member Gets 20 More Years for Meth Trafficking From Prison