The hepatitis A outbreak in Florida continues as state health officials reported an additional 33 cases during the week ending Dec. 7. This puts the total cases at 3,221 since the beginning of the year and 3,769 hepatitis A cases since the outbreak started at the beginning of 2018. 56 hepatitisContinue Reading
On Friday, November 29, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a body found on the 10000 block of East Bay Road in Gibsonton. This week, sheriffs deputies arrested Edgar Martinez, 32, and charged him with First Degree Murder. On December 06, 2019, Martinez was charged with Tampering with EvidenceContinue Reading
One premises in Hillsborough County, Florida was placed under quarantine on Dec. 3 after 4 horses began displaying clinical signs of Strangles with two confirmed test results. There are 34 horses on the property, according to a Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) alert. The highly contagious upper respiratory disease of equids,Continue Reading
Grant Awarded by Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Will Support Training Program for Therapeutic Music The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) has awarded grant funding to Music in Medicine, in Inverness, to help fund their training program for therapeutic musicians, who visit care settings throughout Citrus County to deliver music therapyContinue Reading
Early this week, unknown suspects forced entry through the locked gate to the victim’s property and stole her horse. Deputies and the victim searched the surrounding area and later located the horse deceased in a nearby field. The horse had been slaughtered for the meat. On Thursday, Manatee County deputiesContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Health in Polk County (DOH-Polk) issued a rabies alert for the Bartow and Loughman areas in response to raccoons that have tested positive for rabies last week. All residents and visitors in Polk County should be aware that rabies is present in the wild animal population,Continue Reading
On Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the Tampa area added 34,200 new private-sector jobs in the last year, creating the second-highest number of jobs among all Florida metro areas. The Tampa area’s unemployment rate was 2.9 percent in October, down 0.3 percentage point from one year ago. The industryContinue Reading
On Friday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests of Wesley Gussman, 24 and Alicia Fisher, 26 for burglary and other charges. Officials between 9:00 p.m. November 13, 2019, and 5:30 a.m. November 14, 2019, at least three suspects broke into cars, taking credit cards and other personal itemsContinue Reading
Last month on October 22, 2019, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responded to a domestic call at the home of Sonny Gyger. Prior to arrival at Gyger’s home, deputies were made aware that child porn existed on his computer. Gyger had already left his residence by the time deputies arrived.Continue Reading
Beth Garland, UMA’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources, will be honored as a top human resources professional at the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s People First Awards on Thursday, Dec. 5 in St. Petersburg. In her role at UMA, Garland is responsible for developing and implementing integrated Human Resources strategies,Continue Reading
Physicians and leaders of Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute (FCS) participated in the Florida Society of Clinical Oncology (FLASCO) Fall Session held in Orlando, Nov. 7 – 9. The two-day statewide gathering of nearly 200 oncology physicians, clinicians and support staff featured dynamic educational presentations and case studies focused on colon cancer, multipleContinue Reading
West Shore Home, a leader in the home improvement industry in the use of technology and business systems, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Florida-based Fairbanks Construction, a window and bath company. This is West Shore Home’s third acquisition in the past year. The company currently operatesContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County is reporting this week a large increase in influenza (flu) activity in schools. This is prompting health officials to call on the public to get their flu vaccine. Flu activity typically peaks between December and February, and it can last as lateContinue Reading
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control Section confirmed on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, the ninth positive rabies case in Polk County for the year. On Monday, November 11, 2019, PCSO received a call from a resident in southeast Bartow whose two dogs had cornered a raccoon in her backyard.Continue Reading
The hepatitis A outbreak in Florida has hit 3,500 cases since it started in Jan. 2018 after reporting 62 cases last week. From January 1, 2018 through November 2, 2019, 3,518 hepatitis A cases were reported, according to state health officials. Since the beginning of this year, 2,970 cases haveContinue Reading
According to a new WalletHub survey that ranked the best and worst places for veterans to live, Tampa, Florida came out on top placing number one. In order to determine the best places for veterans to live, WalletHub compared the 100 most populated U.S. cities across four key dimensions: 1)Continue Reading
Publix’s sales for the three months ended Sept. 28, 2019 were $9.3 billion, a 6.3% increase from $8.8 billion in 2018. Comparable store sales for the three months ended Sept. 28, 2019 increased 4.3%. The company estimates sales for the three months ended Sept. 28, 2019 increased 0.9% due toContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reported the arrest of 47-year-old Michael Augustin for Felony Littering. In early October, Augustin drove to a wooded area located near Foxworth Road and Camden Field Parkway in Riverview and illegally dumped approximately 300 cubic feet of debris. Among the debris were two boxes markedContinue Reading
Clearwater man, Gerard Graves, 27, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for unlawful possession of firearms in a school zone. According to court documents, on May 27, 2015, the Drug Enforcement Administration learned through a confidential informant (CI) that Graves, a convicted felon, was attempting to sell aContinue Reading
37-year-old William Hennessey of Spring Hill was sentenced to 51 months in prison Monday for distributing Schedule II controlled substances after burglarizing a pharmacy. In March this year, Hennessey broke into Suntrust Pharmacy in Port Richey and stole a large safe filled with thousands of highly-addictive Schedule II controlled substances,Continue Reading
Last week, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) announced $1.4 billion for the reconstruction of the I-275/SR 60 Westshore Area Interchange in Tampa. The project is set to take place in fiscal year 2023-2024. The reconstruction of this major system-to-system interchange in the Westshore Business District,Continue Reading
