Tampa Bay Opens Emergency Cold Weather Shelters As Temperatures Drop
A major cold front moving into the Tampa Bay area Monday night is prompting counties to activate emergency cold weather shelters as temperatures fall sharply and wind chills drop into the 20s and 30s.
Winter Haven Police Seek Public’s Aid in Finding Missing 75-Year-Old Man With Dementia
The Winter Haven Police Department is urgently seeking public assistance in identifying a missing 75-year-old resident, Louis Cajuste. He was last spotted walking away from his 6th St NE apartment around 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 8, 2025. Police said the man has dementia and does not have a cell...
Honor Flight 54: Tampa Bay area veterans find healing journey visiting Vietnam War Memorial...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The path to healing is never straight, nor short. But, a pre-dawn direct flight to our nation's war memorials in Washington, D.C. may be the exception. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, so for 75 Tampa Bay area veterans invited along by the Honor Flight of West...
Bartow man, Winter Haven woman were among four killed in Ybor City tragedy
Two of the four people killed when a speeding vehicle struck pedestrians in Tampa’s Ybor City district were from Polk County. Authorities identified two of the victims as Marlon Anthony Collins, 54, of Bartow, and Lisa Sherell Johnson, 41, of Winter Haven. Silas Sampson, 22, faces multiple charges, including...
Record cold temperatures hit Tampa Bay Tuesday morning
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Many areas are waking up to record cold temperatures this morning. It is windy and cold and although skies will be mostly sunny today, temperatures will stay chilly all afternoon. Temperatures will only warm into the upper 50s. Wind chills will stay in the mid and upper 50s with a little […]
More than 20 shelters open with record-breaking cold expected in Tampa Bay area
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — More than 20 cold weather shelters are open across the Tampa Bay area to keep people warm as temperatures drop. At places like the Unitarian Universalist Church in St. Pete, volunteers continued to work nonstop to help those in need. "I wish we could hold...
Florida murder suspect arrested after multi-county pursuit
BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA)— A Lee County murder suspect was captured in Bartow after a multi-county pursuit. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office contacted the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 9, around noon, to request that deputies be on the lookout for a 2024 black Dodge dually pickup truck that was possibly in the...
Teens arrested in Riverview for prowling
RIVERVIEW, Fla. (WWSB) - The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) arrested three juvenile suspects for allegedly prowling in the area of Big Bend Road and Balm Riverview Road. On Nov. 8 at 10:50 p.m., the HCSO Aviation Unit responded to the area after reports of prowlers. They spotted and...
Florida Manhunt Ends: Suspect Charged In Fatal Lee County Stabbing After Polk County Pursuit
A massive multi-county manhunt concluded with the capture of a suspect less than 24 hours after a brutal stabbing homicide in Lehigh Acres, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno announced in a press conference today. The suspect, identified as 31-year-old Leosby De Armas of Hialeah, was apprehended following a vehicle...
Cold Case Closed: Lakeland Police Arrest Suspect In 2018 Murder Of 14-Year-Old Rex Honors...
LAKELAND, Fla. – After more than seven years, detectives from the Lakeland Police Department’s (LPD) Violent Crimes Unit have announced an arrest in the long-unsolved 2018 murder of 14-year-old Rex Honors IV. The case, which had grown cold, was recently reopened by LPD’s Cold Case Investigators. Through a...
