Polk County agency fights Tampa Bay water permit
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Raising the specter of not being able to meet future water needs, a Polk County agency is challenging a decision that would allow the neighboring Tampa Bay region to pull more water from the Alafia River. A petition sent last week to the state Division of...
McDonald’s employee pulls gun on 2 angry customers who threatened to ‘beat his a—’...
Three Florida men were charged after an argument at a McDonald's restaurant ended with one of them getting shot. Yoan Soto, 21, was working an overnight shift at a McDonald's location in Davenport when he encountered two customers, 19-year-old Peter Story and 18-year-old Nicholas Jones, at the drive-thru window. As...
Lake Wales police make arrest in 40-year-old double homicide cold case
LAKE WALES, Fla. — Law enforcement arrested a 61-year-old man for allegedly killing a couple before setting his apartment on fire more than 40 years ago. Detectives from the Lake Wales Police Department, officials from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the United States Marshals Service arrested Troy Adam...
Lake Wales Man Found Hiding in Swamp After Fleeing from Police
Last night (Oct 21/22) while you were sleeping (or trying to sleep in the Timberlane Road area of Lake Wales with the chopper making all that ruckus overhead), we were searching for John Riff, who fled on foot from a traffic stop in the area of Shellcracker Drive and Catfish Road. He buried himself deep in a muddy...
Midnight Dash Ends With A ‘Fence Fail’ For Wanted Illegal Immigrant In Wahneta
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – What started as a traffic violation just before midnight on Tuesday, October 21st, quickly escalated into a foot chase that ended abruptly—and painfully—with a suspect meeting a chain-link fence. A white Ford F-150 failed to obey a stop sign at the intersection of...
Colombian theft group busted after Central Florida home burglaries, deputies say
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A Colombian South American Theft Group was tracked down in Central Florida after it targeted Asian business owners in the region, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. In a release, deputies said that the group was first identified after a major burglary popped...
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s captain fired over academic cheating allegations
The sheriff's office confirmed Capt. Zuly Stearns was terminated due to the ongoing internal investigation, which has resulted in several other top officials resigning.
Fla. man arrested after stealing, crashing fire engine
TAMPA BAY, Fla. — Tampa police on Tuesday arrested a man accused of stealing a fire engine parked outside St. Joseph’s Hospital and then crashing into an SUV while under the influence of alcohol. Warren Scudder, 59, drove off in the Tampa Fire Rescue engine about 9:25 a.m....
Florida bill reintroduced to require cursive writing instruction in schools
A new Florida bill is trying to, once again, make cursive writing a required subject in schools.
Missing infant case comes back to Hillsborough courtroom nearly 30 years later
Sabrina Aisenberg vanished from her family's Valrico home on November 24, 1997. More than 27 years later, Tampa attorney Michael Trentalange wants to examine all of the case files.
