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Feds Prison for Ohio woman who buried mom in yard
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in prison.Federal authorities say 66-year-old Marietta resident Patricia Hodges also was sentenced Wednesday in Columbus to six months of home confinement and ordered to repay more than $141,000. Hodges had pleaded ...
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Man gets 35 years for killing former landlady
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- A Tampa Bay area man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for strangling his former landlady and setting fire to her house.A Pasco County judge sentenced 49-year-old Charles Edward Dear on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, first-degree arson and other charges.Authorities say 46-year-old Theresa Jones' body was found buried in a shallow ...
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Facebook fans name Busch Gardens lion cub sisters
TAMPA -- Busch Gardens recently welcomed three lion cubs to the park, a boy and three girls. After a weeklong poll, 6,000 Busch Gardens Tampa Facebook fans voted to name the two lion cub sisters. The winning names for the three-month-old cubs are Shaba, meaning "brazen", and Shtuko, meaning "twitch." The Busch Gardens animal care team has started introducing the cubs ...
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Hillsborough OKs $225K tax break for Amazon
TAMPA -- Hillsborough commissioners could be one step closer to luring the on-line retailer, Amazon, to Ruskin. The company is considering building a warehouse on a piece of land in the South Shore Corporate Park, off of State Road 674 and I-75. On Wednesday, commissioners gave their initial approval on $225,000 in tax breaks for Amazon. They approved the company as a Qualified Target ...
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Analyst Defense should be faster in George Zimmerman traditional voir dire
Legal analyst Jaya Balani says when the attorneys are done questioning the jurors, they will determine if they will use their peremptory ...
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VIDEO Edgewater burglar caught on camera
EDGEWATER -- Police have turned to Facebook to help catch a burglar caught on camera breaking into an Edgewater home. Surveillance video of the home, posted Wednesday on ...
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Behind the camera Jurors worry about sequestration in George Zimmerman trial
George Zimmerman trial. Our courtroom reporter saw all 40 jurors in one room for the first time. They sat in three long rows together. We realized that some of the jurors were questioned before the judge made her decision to sequester them for the trial. One of the jurors, a young woman, had to ask what sequestration means. As the judge and attorney explained it, you saw the look on their ...
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Summertime swimming can invite amoeba danger
Amoebas can be found in bodies of fresh water, like lakes or rivers. Experts suggest wearing a nose plug if you go swimming, holding your nose or keeping your head above ...
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Woo Hoo Universal shows off new Simpsons expansion
Orlando -- For the first time since the new Simpson-themed expansion opened, Universal Orlando was finally ready to let our cameras in (just one day before Transformers: The Ride - 3D opens.) Wednesday morning, we toured the streets, the shops, and the restaurants we'd only seen as animated - until now. Springfield is anchored by the mega-attraction, The Simpsons Ride, and allows guests ...
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Authorities OH woman buried mother cashed checks
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in ...
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Holtz Childrens Hospital Hosts Game 6 Viewing Party
Heat fans are everywhere, including here at Holtz Children's Hospital, and about a dozen kids like 12-year-old Raymond Jimenez were feeling White Hot on Wednesday afternoon's NBA finals watch ...
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Driver in Fiery 2005 Crash Back in Court for Resentencing
Flavio Santisteban is back in court after his original 36-year sentence for vehicular manslaughter was overturned when a Broward judge cited jewish tradition in his sentencing. NBC 6's Hank Tester ...
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Highland Beach woman jailed again for practicing medicine
Highland Beach woman in jail again, authorities say.Sheri Goldman's probation was set to expire on Dec. 4, 2014 for practicing medicine without a license after ...
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Hillsborough County approves incentives for Amazon
TAMPA, Fla. -- Hillsborough County is giving financial incentives to Internet retailer Amazon.com to build a distribution center.County commissioners unanimously approved the package at a meeting Wednesday.Officials say the 1-million-square-foot, $200 million warehouse in Ruskin will create about 1,000 jobs. The Tampa Bay Times ( http://goo.gl/DDnpQ) reports that Amazon would get rebates from ...
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OfficeMax Office Depot pit Ill. v. Fla. for HQ
In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, OfficeMax CEO Ravi Saligram, right, and Illinois Sen. Tom Cullerton, D-Villa Park, left, make their pitch asking the state of Illinois for tax breaks to keep the company's headquarters in-state after the office supply chain's merger with Office Depot Inc., during a Senate Executive Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, ...
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Colo. voter citizenship checks yield few responses
DENVER -- The latest round of letters questioning the citizenship of some Colorado registered voters has 63 out of 298 people affirming their right to vote, and most recipients are ignoring the May letters altogether.The letters are part of an ongoing effort by Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler to address what he says is a risk for voter fraud. Gessler's office provided the ...
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Conservative study lauds university system pans admin costs
A conservative Florida think tank commends Florida's university system for offering an affordable and quality higher education for students during a deep economic downturn and state budget ...
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Cornerstones Ghost Crab competing in Tacoma
Cornerstone Academy's varsity robotics team is competing with students from around the world in Washington state this week at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center's International Remotely Operated Vehicle ...
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School district to forgo private companies pay teachers to tutor struggling students
Alachua County Public Schools will stop using private tutoring companies as part of a federal initiative to improve learning at low-performing schools, and instead will pay teachers to provide after-school ...
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Blackburn Howard reach an agreement
Gainesville City Manager Russ Blackburn and Equal Opportunity Director Cecil Howard have reached an agreement that restores Howard’s ability to approve or reject a form generated in the city’s hiring and promotion ...
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Miami-Dade Department of Public Works Employee Charged with Accepting Bribes from Contractor
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce the filing of a criminal complaint charging defendant George Brown, 50, of Hollywood, Florida, with accepting bribes in connection with programs receiving federal funds, in violation of Title 18, ...
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2012 Sustainability Report commitment impacts Florida
2012 Sustainability Report , AT&T reports sustainability projects have saved the company more than $151 million in annualized energy savings since 2010; and nearly 1.3 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) - the equivalent to the electricity use of 136,340 homes in one year. I thought this worth to mentioning as there are some significant green/economic sustainability projects on the part of ...
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Dreyfoos Bodies 2 Dead Bodies Found in Florida School
Dreyfoos School of the Arts was the scene of the horrific find, and as of yet the circumstances of the deaths have not been revealed.Authorities have said that two bodies were found at the school. Also Palm Beach County School District spokesman Jason Shockley confirmed a school custodian was one of the two found.The bodies were discovered at about 6.30 a.m. local time by employees at the ...
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Jurors quizzed about neighborhood watch
SANFORD, Fla. - Attorneys quizzed a whittled-down group of prospective jurors Wednesday in the Trayvon Martin case, asking if any were neighborhood watch volunteers like the teen's shooter and reminding them the trial would be different from what they've seen on shows like ...
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11-Year-Old Girl To Get New Power Wheelchair From South Florida Foundation
The Darrell Gwynn Foundation is donating the chair to Magela Morejon of Hialeah on Friday at Casa Larios, located at 5859 SW 73 Street in South Miami, according to an email statement from the ...
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Tampa to be linked with rest of state via high-speed rail
Tampa may be connected to Orlando via a high-speed railway by 2015 if the project stays on schedule and if politics do not get in the way. But, the long-term future of the grander project may be in doubt, despite the US losing ground internationally.
High-speed rail is a fairly modern advancement on rail travel that has been widely adopted in the modern world as the best form of overland mass transit. Highly developed countries like Japan, the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain have adopted high-speed rail extensively. Read more
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