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Lennard, East Bay, Riverview open grid season Aug. 16
The high school football season opens under the lights this Friday night, Aug. 16. Three of the five South Shore grid squads play their first games this week, while two others open the 2024 campaign next Friday, Aug. 23. The Observer News print and digital newspaper has been covering the...
Hillsborough County seniors start school with national recognition
TAMPA, Fla. – Bank of America recently recognized several Bay area students for the work they have done in their communities. They were named Bank of America Student Leaders. As student leaders, they are working closely with the local Boys & Girls Clubs to gain exposure to workforce skills,...
Deputies investigate suspected murder-suicide outside Tampa hospital
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office was investigating a suspected murder-suicide outside a Tampa hospital on Wednesday. Shortly after 6:30 p.m., dispatchers received a call about two bodies in a parking lot at HCA Florida West Tampa Hospital, 6001 Webb Road, according to a news release from the agency. Deputies found a woman with multiple gunshot wounds and a man with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Two Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide in Florida
After deputies found a woman and a man shot dead, an investigation into what they believe is a murder-suicide was launched in Tampa, Florida. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) reported that they found the two individuals in the parking lot of HCA Florida West Tampa Hospital after the HCSO Communications Center received a call regarding two possibly deceased people on the evening of August 14.
Man flees traffic stop, tries to ram police cruisers and hides in U-Haul: HCSO
TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — A 24-year-old man is accused of fleeing a traffic stop and attempting to ram police vehicles all before hiding in a U-Haul. Tynan Hutchinson was arrested on Wednesday, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO). The incident began after Hutchinson evaded a traffic stop with the Tampa Police Department. He then proceeded to try to ram one of the police cruisers.
How often do casino jackpot winners get robbed?
The Seminole Police Department says it’s cooperating with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office after armed robbers shot a couple who won thousands of dollars at the Hard Rock Casino. Police emphasize these types of crimes are rare.
Central Florida Man Arrested for 100 Counts of Child Pornography
A 43-year-old Central Florida man was arrested for 100 counts of child pornography. On August 13th at approximately 6am, detectives with Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office’s Internet Predator Unit served a search warrant at a residence in the area of Falkirk Avenue in Valrico near Tampa regarding information that an individual at this address was in possession of child pornography.
Kiwanis Club of Southshore celebrates ‘StoryWalk’ opening in Ruskin
Behind the Ruskin Senior Center, at the Ruskin Recreation Center at Beaudette Park, “Harry the Dirty Dog” was the topic of conversation as the first featured book in the ongoing literacy initiative supported by the Kiwanis Club of Southshore and the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County. “There...
2 arrested after Riverview couple says they were ambushed following a big casino win
RIVERVIEW, Fla. — A Riverview couple is recovering after reporting they were ambushed and shot outside their home earlier this month after they won a jackpot at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino. Officials with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office say they have arrested Marcus Jenkins and Tristin Wright in...
Hillsborough County deputies say couple was followed home, shot after winning jackpot at casino
RIVERVIEW, Florida (WFTS) — A Riverview couple was followed home, robbed and shot after a night out at the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call on August 2, 2024 around 5:00 a.m. A man and a woman had been shot...
Where’s the big push for Hillsborough’s infrastructure tax? | Column
Would anyone leading the campaign for Hillsborough County’s infrastructure tax please raise your hand?. That’s the big question here only weeks before county voters begin deciding whether to extend the Community Investment Tax, a half-cent sales tax voters first adopted in 1996 to pay for schools, fire stations, a new football stadium and other big-ticket projects. For a tax so critical to the region’s future, the push behind it barely has a pulse.
Couple followed home from Hard Rock Casino, ambushed, shot after hitting jackpot
TAMPA, Fla. - A date night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino turned a Riverview couple into targets for violent robbers. Hillsborough County deputies arrested two men for following the couple home from the casino, then ambushing them in their driveway, robbing and shooting both of them. The...
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