Pasco Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help Locating Endangered Zephyrhills Man
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. – The Pasco Sheriff’s Office has issued an urgent public appeal for assistance in the search for Joshua Brooks, a 36-year-old man who has been reported missing and endangered. Brooks was last seen on Friday. According to a release from the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, Brooks was...
Demand Polk County Florida Schools Address Student Violence
We, the undersigned, demand that the Polk County Florida School Board and Superintendent take immediate and decisive action to protect teachers, staff, and students from the growing crisis of student threats and violence in our schools. The situation in Polk County Public Schools has reached a breaking point....
Police seek two people in Dec. 27 drive-by shooting that killed Haines City mother
Haines City police are looking for two people in connection with a Dec. 27 drive-by shooting that killed a 33-year-old woman. Asiya La’Trece Roberts-Husband, 33, of Haines City was in a vehicle that was shot from behind in darkness on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way near Avenue K. A 41-year-old woman was hospitalized,...
Florida’s once-pristine springs threatened by pollution, development and climate change
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — (AP) — Seen from the air, a Florida freshwater spring is a bit of liquid heaven, luring humans and wildlife to enjoy its aquamarine cool. With at least 1,000 of them — more than any other state — the springs serve as beaches for large swaths of central and northwestern Florida far from the ocean,...
Woman arrested in connection with 3 ’emaciated’ dogs abandoned behind Lutz gas station
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman has been arrested in connection with a mother dog who died Friday after she and her two puppies were found abandoned behind a Lutz gas station. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, at 5:08 p.m. Friday, deputies responded to the Humane Society of Tampa Bay after staff...
All the Guy Fieri ‘Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives’ restaurants within driving distance of Tampa...
The bleach-blond, spiky-haired Mayor of Flavortown is no stranger to Central Florida. With a Chicken Guy! outpost in Wesley Chapel and several Food Network features over the years, we can't help but accept the fact that the man knows his hometown eats. Guy Fieri's most well-known celebrity chef endeavor, TV...
Bartow Man, New York Woman Arrested After Wahneta Traffic Stop With Barbed-Wire Bat
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – The air hung heavy and humid over Wahneta on Friday, the kind of stillness that precedes a storm, or perhaps, a revelation. What began as a seemingly minor traffic stop—a gray Jeep SUV out of New York, pulled over for an infraction quickly peeled back the veneer of normalcy, revealing a darker...
Church leaders arrested as murals start coming down across the Tampa Bay area
Two church leaders were arrested Friday night outside the Carter G. Woodson African American Museum in St. Petersburg as state workers began removing street murals across the Tampa Bay area. Police say Andy Oliver, 45, and Benedict Atherton-Zeman, 59, were taken into custody after they sat on the road in...
Illegal Immigrant Twins, Wanted For Ripping Off Construction Sites, Arrested In Auburndale
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A pair of 26-year-old twin brothers from Mexico, wanted on a multitude of felony charges related to the burglary of homes under construction, were arrested Friday by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Eder Zaragoza Marin Ibar and Juan Elder Marin Ibar were taken into...
Riverview Woman Arrested After Early Morning Attack In Bartow
BARTOW, Fla. – A Riverview woman has been arrested and charged with burglary and battery after allegedly breaking into a Bartow home and assaulting a long-time acquaintance early Friday morning. Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) deputies were dispatched to a local hospital to investigate a battery complaint filed...
