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Erriyon Knighton is the 17-year-old Florida native who just broke Usain Bolt’s record and is on his way to the Olympics. According to Yahoo! Sports, Knighton is set to be one of the youngest athletes to represent Team USA this summer after he finished third in the men’s 200-meter final …

Florida officials are cracking down on spring-breakers planning to head to the Sunshine State to party during the pandemic. According to The New York Post, the state is implementing new restrictions to help slow the spread of COVID-19 as vacationers touch down in South Florida’s popular tourist locations like South …

Authorities are looking for a Florida man who murdered his girlfriend while the two visited relatives for Christmas in North Carolina. Police say 28-year-old Jorge Maya Gomez shot his girlfriend, 28-year-old Jessica Cortez Luna, in front of her 7-year-old son. In Durham, North Carolina, her body was discovered after a …

Wednesday morning, Plies was arrested and booked on a felony after a gun was found in his carry-on bag at a Florida airport.  According to TMZ, the incident occurred at Tampa International Airport, as the rapper went through security ahead of his Delta flight. Law enforcement sources say as Plies’ …

A Florida mother has been arrested and charged for throwing her daughter into a Tampa River, and leaving her to drown.  According to reports, the incident occurred on Thursday around 4:06 p.m. in the Hillsborough River, just north of the Columbus Driver bridge.  Witnesses phoned officials to report a woman …

On Tuesday, Tampa police arrested and charged the man responsible for the series of fatal shootings in the city’s Seminole Heights neighborhood. 24-year-old Howell Donaldson III was taken into custody and charged with four counts of murder after police found the gun that had been used in the four shootings. …