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TAMPA, Fla. – Beginning at 9 am today, the southbound lane on South MacDill Avenue will be closed between West Grovewood Ct and West Julia Street while the Tampa Water Department repairs a water main break. Barricades and flaggers will be located in the area…

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Kermon Williams, a/k/a “The General”, 42, James Higgs, Jr., a/k/a “Hammer”, 40, and Jhaphre Higgs, a/k/a “Pre”, 35, all from St. Petersburg, were each sentenced to life in federal prison followed by 20 years’ imprisonment for a double homicide, murder for…

Read More Three St. Petersburg Men Get Life In Prison For Double Homicide, Murder For Hire

Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that temporary repairs to the Sanibel Causeway will allow a one-time convoy of power restoration equipment, supplies, and crews to access Sanibel Island and continue restoration efforts. Once crews are on the island, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will…

Read More Florida Recovery: Convoy Of Power Restoration Trucks Flood Over Repaired Sanibel Causeway

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The body found in Dell Holmes Park last week has been identified as 19-year-old Tyrone Wilson McKenzie, Jr. According to police, family members reported him missing on October 5th and he was last seen on September 27th. A gun was found…

Read More Police Say Body Of Man Found In Dell Holmes Park Determined To Be Suicide

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – At 12:35 p.m., officers responded to a call claiming there was an active shooter on the St. Petersburg Catholic High School Campus, 6333 9th Avenue North. After searching the school, the call was determined to be a HOAX. No one was…

Read More St. Petersburg Catholic High School Active Shooter Hoax Investigated

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – On Tuesday, the Pinellas Park Police Department and multiple other local agencies responded to Pinellas Park High School in reference to a report of an active shooter around 12:22 pm. Police say that currently there are no known injuries and the…

Read More False Report Of Active Shooter At Pinellas Park High School Under Investigation

The state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. had more than 1.08 million policies as of Friday, as it added nearly 10,000 policies in a week, according to data posted on its website. Citizens had 1,081,416 policies, up from 1,071,850 a week earlier. Citizens, which was created…

Read More Citizens Insurance Moves Closer To 1.1M Policies In Florida

With the Nov. 8 general election less than a month away, more than 130,000 Floridians have voted by mail, according to numbers posted on the state Division of Elections website. As of a Tuesday morning count, 130,477 vote-by-mail ballots had been cast, while 4.059 million…

Read More Florida Mail-In Ballots Cast Top 130,000

DADE CITY, Fla – A 79-year-old Lakeland man has been arrested in connection with a man’s body found off State Road 471 near Cumpressco Road in the Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve located in Dade City on Sunday. According to deputies, on Monday, 79-year-old Miguel Angel…

Read More Lakeland Man Arrested In Connection With Murder Victim Found In Dade City

In what it described as a “legal quagmire,” the state agency that issues concealed-weapons licenses has sued the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to try to obtain information about why a woman was flagged as ineligible for a license. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Leon…

Read More Agencies Tangle In Florida Concealed Weapons ‘Quagmire’