Future City Competition announces new theme: Clean Water Tap Into Tomorrow
We turn on the faucet and clean water flows. Most of us don’t give it much thought. But for civil engineers, urban planners, developers, and other professionals, maintaining a reliable water supply takes expertise, More...
Tampa’s Franciscan Center working to promote well living, calling for public involvement
The Franciscan Center is seeking fresh ideas and programming to promote well living and invites the public to share and enjoy its venue and facilities. “If you have an idea for a workshop, class or program that More...
The Florida Democratic Party Ramps Up Field Team
The addition of 10 new field hires, brings the Florida Democratic Party’s engagement team to 19 organizers over a year until the general election The Florida Democratic Party is gearing up for 2020 with the announcement More...
Hillsborough County Resident, Terence Daniely Pleads Guilty to Shooting at Police
A Hillsborough County resident pled guilty to all counts of a Superseding Indictment charging him with armed robbery of the Ocean Five Hotel on South Beach, discharging a firearm at a Miami Beach Police Department More...
Tampa celebrates the 29th anniversary of the ADA with ‘Transformations’ at the Straz Center
The Straz Center, in collaboration with the Hillsborough County Alliance for Citizens with Disabilities and Tampa Mayor’s Alliance for Persons with Disabilities, is thrilled to present TRANSFORMATIONS: Building More...
Straz Center hosts Broadway Star of the Future Awards on June 2 with Eric Peterson
The Straz Center for the Performing Arts honors Tampa Bay area high school theater students and programs in its Broadway Star of the Future Awards Showcase, June 2, in Ferguson Hall. This Tony Awards® inspired More...
University Area CDC Presents Free Prodigy Showcases
The public is invited to experience the joy of youth in arts, as University Area CDC (Community Development Corporation) presents Prodigy® Showcases throughout the months of February and March. Communities spreading More...
University Area CDC Presents Free Prodigy® Showcases
The public is invited to experience the joy of youth in arts, as University Area CDC (Community Development Corporation) presents Prodigy® Showcases throughout the months of February and March. Communities spreading More...
Eighteen ‘Bird Gang’ Members Indicted for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations
United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the culmination of a long-term investigation of a violent and drug trafficking organization known as the “Bird Gang,” operating primarily in Tampa. As a result, More...
Oregon murder suicide: Lemarr Carver found dead in home after murdering his wife, Tricia Carver, leaving her in a field
Authorities have identified a body found Monday in a field north of Salem as Tricia Carver, a woman presumably killed by her husband Lemarr Carver, who police found dead at his Hillsboro home of an apparent suicide. Tricia More...
Tampa murder suicide: Juan Hernandez kills stepdad Michael Kurz, then self
Hillsborough County Sheriff are investigating a murder-suicide at an apartment complex in Tampa, identifying the victims as Juan Luis Hernandez and Michael Edward Kurz. “Today we are saddened to report another More...
Why I voted to retain Susan Rothstein-Youakim to the Court of Appeals
It’s hard to analyze the Judges up for retention on any ballot and the lazy/non-existent press in the Tampa Bay area offers no help. In fact, the Tampa Bay Times offers a four paragraph recommendation to retain More...
Florida shooting: County Deputy Kirk Keithley murders wife, Samantha Keithley, then self, leaving behind four kids
A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself overnight in their Land O’ Lakes home. Deputy Kirk Keithley, 39, shot and killed his wife, Samantha More...
Florida Elections 2018: Kathy Lewis wins Democratic primary to face Tom Lee
Florida State Senate District 20: Kathy Lewis has released the following statement about her victory on August 28th: I’m so honored to be the Democratic nominee for Florida State Senate District 20. I want to More...
Florida: Gov Rick Scott declares state of emergency for red tide outbreak
Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency for seven southwest Florida counties because of the effects of red tide, a toxic algae bloom devastating the coast of the Sunshine State. photo donkeyhotey More...
Manhunt: Florida nursing assistant Dian’te Matthew stole and pawned 91-year-old’s wedding ring
A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in Florida, working at the Arbor Terrace Assisted Living Facility, has been accused of stealing wedding rings and pawning them off, including one from a 91-year-old woman. Dian’te More...
Florida: Police drive alligator back to lake after it wandered near a CVS and Speedway gas station
An amusing story comes from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, which wrote about an incident on Facebook: an alligator was driven back to a lake after made a trip to a CVS and speedway. “YOU More...
Cold Case solved: Charles Martinez arrested for 2009 murder of Victor Martinez
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has solved a 2009 murder case: the death of Victor Martinez. Detectives arrested Charles Martinez, 28, Saturday in the death of Victor Martinez, 21. photo/ Gerd Altmann More...
Florida: 81-year-old Robert Schultz arrested for molesting 11-year-old boy
A 81-year-old Florida man is being held without bond in the Orient Road Jail after deputies arrested him for molesting an 11-year-old boy. Robert Schultz Robert Schultz, of Valrico, Fla. was interviewed by detectives after More...
Confederate monument in Tampa will stay put, commission votes to add ‘diversity mural’
After three hours of contentious debate, Hillsborough County commissioners voted 4-3 on Wednesday to keep a Confederate monument outside the old county courthouse in downtown Tampa. Commissioners Victor Crist, More...
