Traffic Alert: Pasco County Commuters Face Week Of Road Disruptions, Long-Term Closure

US 98 Dade City Bypass Southbound Closure Continues Through October 2025; Drivers Urged to Plan Alternate Routes PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Pasco County residents and commuters are advised to prepare for a series of significant lane closures and ongoing...

Traffic Alert: Pinellas County Prepares For Week Of Extensive Lane Closures

Drivers Urged to Plan Ahead for Disruptions on US 19, I-175, and Other Major Roadways PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – Pinellas County motorists are advised to brace for a week of widespread lane closures across key arteries, starting this Sunday, July...

Alarming video reveals new twist in blame game over girl's horror plunge from Disney cruise ship

As they frolic around Disney's massive Dream cruise ship, the last thing 2,500 passengers are worried about is falling overboard. Sturdy railings stand 42.5 inches (3.5ft) off the floor, protecting a gust of wind or rough seas from throwing anyone...

Sikeston Department of Public Safety holds push-in ceremony for new fire truck

SIKESTON, Mo. (KFVS) - The Sikeston Department of Public Safety held a “push-in” ceremony for its newest fire truck at Fire Station 1. Sikeston Department of Public Safety officers pushed the truck into the station, a symbol that the engine is now...

Traffic enforcement initiative and Bear Cut bridge cyclist accident among recent KB police activity

Here is a summary of incidents and actions taken by the Key Biscayne Police Department during the period of June 23 to June 29. These incidents were taken from the department’s logs. June 23, 2025 KBPD assisted Code Compliance with an unsafe...

Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to receive first group of immigrants following Trump visit

Florida’s controversial new immigration detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is set to begin holding its first group of detainees, just two days after US President Donald Trump visited the site. The centre, located deep in the Florida...

Florida to see busy July 4th traffic, private school students can play public school sports and Python Challenge coming soon

Nearly 200 Marines deploy to Florida to support ICE operations

The Marine Corps is sending almost 200 Marines to Florida to aid Customs and Immigration Enforcement in the state. The deployment is the latest use of active-duty troops in support of the Department of Homeland Security’s actions inside the United...

Central Florida driver, teen recount past lightning encounters

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. — A driver in Brevard County says he was taken by surprise when his truck was zapped by lightning while driving on State Road 528. “All of a sudden it was like ‘boom,’” said Michael Zarrella. “It just puts you in almost a...

Teen hospitalized after lightning strikes family sheltering under umbrella on Florida beach

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Persons of interest, truck sought involved in illegal dumping

New Orleans police searching for person of interest, truck involved in illegal dumping SHOT. PONTCHARTRAIN CAR SERVICE CAMERA RIGHT NOW, SEEING SOME FOLKS OUT THERE ENJOYING THEMSELVES. AND GUESS WHAT? IT IS HOT. WE KNOW THAT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF...

Florida's transportation overhaul scraps HOV lanes, impacts thousands of daily commuters

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida just hit the brakes on HOV lanes. In Florida law, a "high-occupancy-vehicle lane" or "HOV lane" has long meant one thing: a lane reserved for vehicles carrying more than one person during weekday morning and...

Florida company selected to build hybrid-electric ferries for WSF, sparking local job concerns

Washington State has selected Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group to build three new 160-vehicle hybrid-electric ferries for Washington State Ferries (WSF) at a cost of $714.5 million, a decision that prioritizes cost savings but has raised...

Mysterious packages washing up in Florida could be ‘extremely harmful,’ cops say

Beachgoers along the Florida Panhandle are being warned not to touch “suspicious packages” they see rolling out of the water. Last Sunday, a beach visitor in Walton County found 25 such packages, and closer inspection revealed they were bricks of...

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ – Florida’s new controversial migrant detention facility

(CNN) – Deep in the marshy wetlands of the Florida Everglades – less than 50 miles west of President Donald Trump’s resort in Miami – sits the latest battleground in his administration’s immigration enforcement efforts: A makeshift detention...

Drunk Florida Man’s “Wrong Exit” Leads To Pond Plunge Behind Sheriff’s Office

Drunken Detour: Homestead Man Lands Truck in Pond Behind Sheriff’s Substation A Fourth of July traffic enforcement initiative in Florida kicked off with an unexpected splash Thursday afternoon. A Homestead man, allegedly driving under the...

Protesters rail against Trump's megabill at Bloomington 4th of July rally

One day after Congress passed President Donald Trump’s huge reconciliation bill, a group of about 40 protesters gathered in downtown Bloomington to peacefully protest on Independence Day. The reconciliation bill is nearly 900 pages long and...

700 additional troops approved to support ICE operations, 200 Marines deploying to Florida in first wave

Marines board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Japan, on May 8, 2025. (Kendrick Jackson/U.S. Marine Corps) The Marine Corps on Thursday deployed 200 troops from North Carolina to support federal...

Republican donors, Florida's hurricane know-how helped build 'Alligator Alcatraz' quickly

In a matter of days, an isolated training airport in the Everglades where endangered Florida panthers roam became a sprawling immigration detention center christened "Alligator Alcatraz," modeled after the state's frequent responses to hurricanes...

Is Tiger Woods willing to get on the marriage train again?

What began as a quietly kept romance between Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump is now moving into serious territory-fast. According to a new report from Page Six, the couple's relationship has reached a point where "wedding bells" could be on the...