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Arrests In Artifact Thefts
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission arrested thirteen men for digging up Native American archeological sites across the state and selling the artifacts for millions on the black market. They’ll all be in court this morning, including William Walters from Dade City. This is Pope Benedict’s last day leading the ...
Waterspout, Sequestration and the Barbie Bandit
Yesterday’s rotten weather spawned one small tornado that came onshore at Harbour Island and Channelside shortly before noon, causing some damage. A camera at TGH got a great view of the waterspout as it made its way on land. Cedar Key reported one wind gust of 90 mph. Despite the ...
Sequestration
Florida will lose $54 million in funding for primary and secondary education, and more than $30 million in funds to education for children with disabilities when those scheduled budget cuts kick in Friday. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are exempt from sequestration. But social programs in our state that will ...
Winners and Losers
How will Florida be affected by the President’s $85 million in automatic budget cuts? We could lose $54 million in funding for primary and secondary education, and more than $30 million in funds to education for children with disabilities. All 50 states will be affected since Congress hasn’t come to ...
Council Approves Bayfront Sale
St Pete City Council approved the sale of Bayfront Medical Center to Health Management Associates yesterday. HMA will have 80% controlling interest, while the newly formed nonprofit association Bayfront Health, Education and Research Organization takes 20%. Bayfront was the county’s last independent hospital and level one trauma center. The new ...
Medicade Expansion Approved And Doc Comes Home
It came as a surprise for many since Gov. Rick Scott has criticized the Affordable Care Act in the past, but yesterday he said he will expand Medicaid to an estimated 900,000 additional Florida residents under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The government will pay for the expansion for ...
Who's Funding Who And Injured Emu
An argument over who agreed to fund road improvements around a shopping plaza in Tampa with Bass Pro Shops as the main store anchor will be discussed before the Hillsborough County Commission today. State law changed since they first talked about it, and now Bass Pro Shop will bring their ...
Brush Fires , A Busted Buc And A Maddon Gnome
There was some damage to the blueberry crops Sunday into that chilly Monday morning up in Brooksville. Fortunately most farmers say their crops came through the cold with minimal problem. They’re still trying to figure out what triggered the fire at One Steel Recycling on Port Sutton Road off 41 ...
How Cold Was It?
Yes, it was the coldest night of the year so far, and this morning we have a hard freeze warning for Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco counties; it’s a freeze warning until 9 am for Hillsborough, Polk, and Manatee. A lot of smoke in the area due to a metal factory ...
Bayfront Sold, Cruise Ship Comes Home
Bayfront Medical Center will be sold to Health Management Associates for $162 million. HMA gets 80% control, Bayfront takes the remaining 20%, most of which will toward creating a nonprofit research and education foundation. That crippled Carnival cruise ship is finally back in port in Mobile, and the 4,000 passengers ...
Bayfront Medical Center Sale
The Tampa Bay Times reports the vote on the sale of Bayfront Medical Center might be as early as next week. St Pete City Council must approve the sale and lease since the Center is on city property. City council members will discuss the lease today at an agenda review ...
State of The Union - Obama and Rubio
In the President’s State of the Union address last night, President Obama asked Congress to support his plans for jobs creation and called for called for increased federal spending to fix the nation's roads and bridges, the first increase in the minimum wage in six years and expansion of early ...
Greer Pleads Guilty
No trial for former Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer. Greer pleaded guilty to money theft and laundering before they could start the jury selection process yesterday in Orlando. He’ll be sentenced March 27 and faces up to 35 years in prison. Pope Benedict will resign from the papacy on the ...
Greer Trial Begins
The trial of former Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer, who has been charged with money laundering and grand theft get underway today in Orlando. What they’d like to know is who knew what, and when, about Greer's decision to take over fundraising for the Republican Party of Florida. A story ...
City To Rays; No Talking To The Other Guys
St. Petersburg City Council said no thanks to a proposal that would let the Rays to pay a fee to look at other stadium sites. Mayor Bill Foster says he still wants to meet with the Rays, and they’re working on that. A search warrant by St Pete Police turned ...
Brantley Guilty, Honor For SP Officers
Three weeks ago, a jury found Cortnee Brantley guilty on the rare charge of misprision of a felony. Yesterday, a federal judge finally adjudicated on those charges, and she now faces a maximum of three years in federal prison. She will be sentenced April 29. Brantley’s boyfriend, Dontae Morris, shot and ...
Plant Closing, Pasco Brush Fire
The Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant will shut down for good, and the over 600 employees may or may not find employment with Duke Energy somewhere else. The plant was Citrus County’s biggest employer and taxpayer. Be careful driving through Pasco County this morning. A brush fire the Starkey Well ...
Higher Rates For TECO Customers?
TECO customers won’t like this. The company wants to raise rates by 10 per cent next year. The PSC will hold hearings and vote on the issue by the end of this year. Sharaya Smith’s children are safe today, thanks to some teens who came to her rescue when Bienvenido ...
A Win For The Ravens
Raven QB Joe Flacko gets MVP, and the Ravens beat the ‘49’er 34-31 in the Super Bowl. Plenty to talk about on and off the field, with the first time ever brothers were the coaches, a not quite close enough comeback from San Francisco, to a third quarter power outage ...
Gun Bounty Program, More Dollars For Education
St Pete Police, along with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s office kicked off a new project yesterday to get guns off their streets. The Gun Bounty Program will allow anyone to drop by St. Pete police headquarters every Saturday in February from 10 am until 6 pm, drop off those unwanted ...
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