TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A new nonstop flight connecting Tampa to another city in Florida began Friday. Breeze Airways started taking travelers from Tampa to Pensacola. Fares for the new nonstop route start at $49 for one-way tickets. Earlier this week, the airline announced that it will begin service from Tampa International Airport to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, […]
TEMPLE TERRACE — For a Saturday morning, the parking lot of the nondescript office park off Fletcher Avenue was packed. More than 50 volunteers and organizers, most in campaign t-shirts, arrived early to celebrate the office’s new status as the Biden-Harris campaign’s outpost in Hillsborough County. Over the weekend the Biden-Harris campaign announced it opened […]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A man who police said is a “known gang member” was arrested Friday after he allegedly stole $2,000 worth of cigarettes from a Tampa Walgreens using a gun with an extended magazine, according to the Tampa Police Department. Malcolm Green, 28, went to a Walgreens along West Hillsborough Avenue at about […]
TAMPA — Two years after Mayor Jane Castor’s administration first proposed hiking salaries, City Council members have agreed to follow the recommendation. A majority voted on Thursday to give themselves a more than $20,000 annual pay raise, or a nearly 40% boost. “It’s not just about us,” said council member Gwen Henderson, who championed the […]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Getting to three cities in Canada from Tampa will get a little easier this winter season. Porter Airlines announced it’s expanding its nonstop service to and from Tampa International Airport. The airline will take passengers from Tampa to Toronto, Ottawa and Halifax. The flight to Toronto was seasonal last year, but […]
TAMPA, Fla. – The family of a 28-year-old woman is now navigating their grief this week after she was killed in a Tampa crash over the weekend. Emily Koutsoliontos may have been a New York native, but she lived like a Tampa Bay area local. “She loved the job. She loved her new life in […]
Jun. 25—PITTSTON TWP. — Wearing sunglasses and looking ready to travel, Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo on Tuesday said Luzerne and Lackawanna counties collectively are “going places.” It was a more-than-appropriate remark by Crocamo, who joined officials from both counties and airport staff to announce that Breeze Airways will offer direct flights to Tampa, Fla., […]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Residents in New Tampa said enough is enough with the violence Monday and demanded answers from police and city leaders. New Tampa has been in the crosshairs of gun violence recently with different shootings claiming four lives. Suspect arrested in connection with heavily decomposed body found in Tampa From a man […]
Following a shooting in Tampa, concerns regarding rapper Julio Foolio‘s whereabouts became a significant discussion among hip-hop enthusiasts. Many fans have been constantly questioning what happened to Julio Foolio after he was reportedly shot during this ambush, thus, prompting them to wonder if Foolio is alive. Here is a detailed account of the situation. What […]
Jacksonville rapper Foolio, whose real name is Charles Jones, was shot and killed Sunday morning in Tampa, his lawyer confirmed. Police were called to a hotel in uptown Tampa a few hours before sunrise, having received reports of a shooting at the address. Upon arriving at the scene, they found two vehicles that had been […]
Prominent local rapper Charles Jones, known by his stage name Julio Foolio, was reportedly shot and killed on Sunday while celebrating his 26th birthday in Tampa. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The news was confirmed to our sister station, Action News Jax, by Jones’ longtime attorney, Lewis Fusco. “Yes, I have been his attorney […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida rapper Julio Foolio was shot and killed in a Tampa hotel parking lot early Sunday morning. His lawyer, Lewis Fusco, confirmed his death to CBS News affiliate WTSP in Tampa. Around 4:40 a.m., Tampa Police was called out to a shooting reported at the Holiday Inn Tampa North, where two cars […]