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Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office SUVs are shown parked at the Happy Traveler RV Resort on East Fowler Avenue in Thonotosassa after a fatal shooting there on June 29. Malik Rashad Cook, 19, was arrested Thursday on a second-degree murder charge in connection to the shooting of 23-year-old Talando House, who died early on June 30.
Hillsborough deputies arrest man in RV resort shooting
Malik Rashad Cook, 19, faces a second-degree murder charge in the June shooting of Talando House at the Happy Traveler RV Resort in Thonotosassa.
Judge lets Steven Lorenzo end death penalty appeals in Tampa murders
Steven Lorenzo appears Thursday by videoconference during a post-conviction court hearing in his case. A judge granted Lorenzo's request to end all appeals of his death sentences.
“I wish you would not do this,” Judge Michelle Sisco told Lorenzo. He insisted he wants no further challenges to his death sentence.
Despite deal for time served, Chinese immigrant remains jailed in Tampa
Tingbo Zhang stands in a Tampa courtroom during a September hearing. Zhang, a Chinese immigrant, was low-level player in a case involving a chain of illicit Asian massage parlors. She pleaded guilty this month to money laundering and faces a likely deportation.
Negotiations to resolve Tingbo Zhang’s criminal case couldn’t clear a deportation hurdle with federal authorities.
Woman kills 2 ex-husbands in Tampa, Bradenton, Manatee sheriff says
Manatee County detectives on Wednesday night arrested a 51-year-old woman accused of killing two ex-husbands in Tampa and Bradenton.
“Detectives let her know that they are there to speak about her ex-husband,” the sheriff said. “She says, ‘Which one?’”

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  1. Hillsborough deputies arrest man in RV resort shooting
    • Crime
    Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office SUVs are shown parked at the Happy Traveler RV Resort on East Fowler Avenue in Thonotosassa after a fatal shooting there on June 29. Malik Rashad Cook, 19, was arrested Thursday on a second-degree murder charge in connection to the shooting of 23-year-old Talando House, who died early on June 30.
  2. New photos, emails show evidence of Epstein’s international sex trafficking
    • Florida
    Jeffrey Epstein in an undated photo released by the late-financier's estate to the House Oversight Committee and made public on Thursday.
  3. Judge lets Steven Lorenzo end death penalty appeals in Tampa murders
    • Crime
    Steven Lorenzo appears Thursday by videoconference during a post-conviction court hearing in his case. A judge granted Lorenzo's request to end all appeals of his death sentences.
  5. Despite deal for time served, Chinese immigrant remains jailed in Tampa
    • Crime
    Tingbo Zhang stands in a Tampa courtroom during a September hearing. Zhang, a Chinese immigrant, was low-level player in a case involving a chain of illicit Asian massage parlors. She pleaded guilty this month to money laundering and faces a likely deportation.
  6. Florida man executed for killing 2 during Panhandle home invasion
    • Crime
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  7. Trump signs order that could give marijuana less serious designation
    • Nation & World
    President Donald Trump displays an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday [EVAN VUCCI | Associated Press]
  8. Woman kills 2 ex-husbands in Tampa, Bradenton, Manatee sheriff says
    • Crime
    Manatee County detectives on Wednesday night arrested a 51-year-old woman accused of killing two ex-husbands in Tampa and Bradenton.
  9. The Jeffrey Epstein files are finally set to be released. Here’s what to know
    • Crime
    A protester holds a sign related to the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025.
  10. Hillsborough deputies investigating after man fatally shot
    • Crime
    Hillsborough deputies are investigating after a man was fatally shot on Wednesday morning. One person was detained after he called 911 to report himself as the shooter, the sheriff's office says.
  11. Federal officials end investigation into deadly Florida contractor
    • Investigations
    A worker with Archer Western Construction and Traylor Bros. Inc. labors on the new Howard Frankland Bridge on March 24, 2025 in Tampa. After more than two years, the federal government is ending its investigation into Archer Western, officials said.
  12. Man who hit, killed Pinellas deputy gets additional 2 years in prison
    • Crime
    Juan Molina-Salles, center, shares a letter of apology before Pinellas-Pasco Judge Pat Siracusa on March 4 during his state sentencing hearing. A federal judge sentenced him to an additional 25 months in prison on Tuesday.
  13. Jury rejects death penalty for man guilty in Hillsborough double murder
    • Crime
    McKinsie Lyons waits for jurors to arrive before his trial continues last week in Tampa. A jury convicted Lyons in the 2018 double murder of Alexis Martinez and Juanita Solorzano.
  14. Merry Christmas, except for the hungry, poor and sick | Column
    • Viewpoints
    Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to reporters during a press conference as he stands on the airplane runway of Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee , Florida on Friday, July 25, 2025.
  15. Tampa police seek leads after man found dead in Ybor City lot
    • Crime
    Tampa police are looking for tips after a man was found dead in an empty lot in Ybor City on Friday morning.
  16. Lanes of I-375 in St. Pete closed after reports of man being held at gunpoint
    • St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg police closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 375 Monday after the received reports that a man was being held at gunpoint.
  17. Son arrested after Rob Reiner and wife found dead in Los Angeles home
    • Crime
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  18. Temple Terrace man arrested on murder charge in mother’s death
    • Crime
    A Temple Terrace man was arrested on a murder charge Saturday after police found his mother fatally stabbed in the apartment they shared in the Park at Velenza complex off Temple Terrace Highway.
  19. Cocaine worth $28 million seized off Florida Beach
    • Crime
    More than 3,500 pounds of cocaine were seized off a South Florida beach last week.
  20. Feds may take Florida attorney’s house. They say he misappropriated $1.5 million
    • Florida
    Court generic, gavel. . Tuesday, December 13, 2022.
  21. Leo Govoni assaulted in Pinellas jail, moved to Hernando facility
    • Health
    Leo Govoni, the Clearwater entrepreneur indicted after $100 million went missing from medical trust funds, is pictured outside a federal court in Tampa in April. He was transferred to Hernando County jail Nov. 26, three days after another inmate reported that he was beaten and robbed in the Pinellas County jail.
  22. Death at stake as Tampa jury finds man guilty in 2018 double murder
    • Crime
    Hillsborough deputies escort McKinsie Lyons from a Tampa courtroom during a break in his murder trial this week in Tampa. Jurors found Lyons guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Alexis Martinez and Juanita Solorzano during a 2018 home invasion in Ruskin.
  23. Florida inmates were denied eye surgery for years. Some were left blind
    • Health
    Florida inmates with bad eyesight because of cataracts and other issues were forced to wait years for surgery, state records show. Some were transported to the Reception and Medical Center, the state's prison hospital in Lake Butler for procedures that were then canceled. More than 1,000 inmates were on a wait list to get eye surgery in 2024.
  24. Man arrested in Ybor City sports bar shooting that left 1 dead, 1 hurt
    • Crime
    Tampa police are seen at the Flexx Sports Bar & Ultra Lounge at 2003 E. Seventh Ave. in Ybor City on Sept. 13 after a shooting killed one man and left another hurt. On Thursday, police announced that a 23-year-old man had been arrested in the case.
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