A man was killed and a woman critically injured after a shooting in East Tampa Saturday night, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s report. The shooting occurred at the intersection of Sugarcreek Dr. and Danny Bryan Blvd, in a small neighborhood just west of Veterans Memorial Park. The Sheriff’s Office was alerted by a 911 […]
HILLSBOROUGH – A nudge can go a long way. Mayor Robert Briting, in his weekly video update to residents, said that talking to state officials on the long-delayed Route 206 widening and giving them “a hard nudge” is “starting to get traction.” The mayor, who has launched the 206 Get it Moving campaign, said he […]
HILLSBOROUGH – Three township men are facing drug and weapons charges after authorities say they found four handguns and a variety of drugs, including LSD, at their homes. Charged were Christian Lebron, 22, Sean Lebron, 20, and Juan Martinez, 21, said Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald. The trio were arrested Jan. 26 after a search […]
Reports of fighting, tardiness, vaping and other common school infractions have dropped considerably from this time last year, Hillsborough County school district leaders told the school board at a work session Tuesday. Overall, disciplinary referrals dropped from 66,313 to 58,963 when two mid-year reports were compared. The number of times students were caught skipping class […]
Hillsborough police are seeking a male subject they say dragged an officer from a moving SUV on Wednesday during a convenience store larceny investigation. The suspect fled in a red, second-generation GMC Terrain SLE from the Sheetz on N.C. 86 South around 2:26 p.m. heading toward Durham on Interstate 85 North, according to a news […]
A Gibsonton teen was killed in an early morning crash in the Apollo Beach area of Hillsborough County on Sunday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to troopers, a 44-year-old Wimauma man driving a Chevrolet Equinox was traveling south on U.S. 41 around 1:57 a.m. while a second car, an Acura TL driven by […]
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A man who fled a Hillsborough County deputy and a Florida Highway Patrol trooper at 100 mph early Saturday morning was arrested. Around 1:40 a.m., a trooper watched the driver of a small white sedan, identified as 22-year-old Christian Bernard Joinville, go through the intersection of US-41 and Gibsonton Road […]
The owner of a popular Hillsborough Street coffee shop died this past week. Dave Sullivan, the owner of Cup A Joe, which opened in 1991 and became a fixture for students at N.C. State University and the rest of the community, died suddenly on Thursday morning, the coffee shop announced Saturday on Facebook. It did […]