Road cave-in closes North Tampa road
TAMPA - Westbound 138th Avenue is currently closed after a hole opened up in the road near the USF area. The hole is not being identified as a sinkhole, but rather a cav- in that happened on ...
View ArticleBeef O Bradys to open in Jordan
Beef 'O' Brady's in Sarasota Sports pub franchise Beef 'O' Brady's has inked a franchise agreement with the Koni Group of Winter Park to open several restaurants in Jordan over the next few years. The...
View ArticleTwo arrested at OIA for smuggling cocaine by swallowing pellets
U.S. Customs Agents at Orlando International Airport arrested two men they say smuggled cocaine to Florida by swallowing pellets filled with the ...
View Article7 Orlando hotels make Cvent list of most popular resorts
Cvent Inc., which helps companies plan conferences and conventions, released a list of the 100 most popular resorts in North America and the Caribbean, and seven Orlando area resorts made the list. The...
View ArticleBusch Gardens to introduce three lion cubs
Busch Gardens Tampa Three lion cubs will soon be on display at Busch Gardens Tampa. The two female cubs and one male cub were brought from South Africa and will make their home in the Edge of Africa...
View ArticleSearch continues for missing Fla. mom 3 kids
DELTONA, Fla. -- Authorities are searching for a central Florida woman who fled with her three young children after they were ordered into state custody.Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson...
View Article2 S Fla. pedestrians killed by out-of-control car
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Two pedestrians were struck and killed by a car that went out of control in Fort Lauderdale.Miami television station NBC6 ( http://bit.ly/14yoGlC) reports the incident happened...
View ArticleViews from the Tampa Chambers Cuba trip slideshow
Said photographer Rebecca Diniaco: "A captivating woman in Old Havana." For the 38 participants on the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce trip to Cuba last week, vivid memories wont fade any time soon....
View Article$2M technology center for job training coming to Orlando library
The Orlando Public Library is hoping to take career preparation beyond books with the new technology center. The Orlando Public Library on Wednesday unveiled plans for a new $2 million technology...
View ArticleBanks seized more US homes in May... Post PRISM Google reveals how it...
Banks seized more US homes in May, report shows. Even more hot Thursday, but cool stuff is on the way. See more weather at Action News ...
View ArticleSEC charges former Miami brokerage firm head in $66M Venezuelan bond fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the former head of Direct Access Partners Miami office for his role in a massive kickback scheme to secure the bond trading business of a state-owned...
View ArticleOrlando foreclosures dip - still in Top 10
Florida led the nation in foreclosure activity during May, though in Metropolitan Orlando the number of legal filings was down from both a year ago and a month earlier, a new report shows. One in every...
View Article5 Arrested in Raid on Suspected Gambling Operation in Miami-Dade
For about a year, Miami-Dade Police say they investigated a tip alleging that sports gambling and slot machines, or "maquinitas," were illegally paying customers out of a Southwest Miami-Dade...
View ArticleFlorida man found guilty of anthrax threats
PANAMA CITY - A Florida Panhandle man was found guilty Tuesday on three counts of conveying false and misleading information involving the unlawful use and threatened use of a weapon of mass...
View ArticleZimmerman lawyers still short on jurors
SANFORD, Fla. - After three days of trying to seat a jury, prosecutors and attorneys for George Zimmerman have interviewed two dozen potential jurors but are still a half-dozen short of being able to...
View ArticleMorriston man killed in crash Wednesday night
Brian Rodgers died at the scene of the crash, according to a Florida Highway Patrol media release.Trooper J. Hoover reported that a four-door 1993 Cadillac, driven by 41-year-old Janelle Kelly, of...
View ArticleAndy Cohen The Defensive Theme Is More Big Plays
Standing on the dark green field under the Dolphins' practice bubble early Wednesday afternoon, Kevin Coyle one-by-one listed some of the accomplishments of last year's defense, his first season...
View Article1 Fantasy 5 player wins $229893.83 top prize
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- One winner of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $229,893.83 each, the Florida Lottery said Thursday.The winning ticket was purchased in Milton, lottery officials reported.The 461...
View ArticleEx-soldier receives armor that saved his life
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- More than five years after he lost a leg in Baghdad, former soldier Bryan Wagner received the armor that saved his life.Wagner was given the inches-thick armor during a ceremony...
View ArticleLori Edwards New President of Florida Elections Group
LAKELAND | Polk County Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards was elected president of the Florida Association of Supervisors of Elections on Tuesday at the association's annual post-legislative...
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