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Photo by: WJXT A fire that destroyed a Springfield home under renovation overnight spread to the home next door, causing significant damage to the 124-year-old home. The cause of the house fire on Market Street is unknown. The owners of the home next door told News4JAX they were alerted about the fire around 11:45 p.m. Tuesday. Video provided to News4JAX shows sparks flying when firefighters cut the power as they battled the blaze. The car in the driveway of the

Two people have died, and one other is seriously injured after a crash involving a motorcycle in Seminole Tuesday night. The Florida Highway Patrol said a Subaru Impreza was traveling west on 46th Avenue North before it stopped for a stop sign at the intersection of Park Street North around 10:47 p.m. The Subaru continued into the intersection, failing to yield to a Harley Davidson motorcycle traveling north on Park Street North. The motorcycle then crashed into the Subaru as

Investigators with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office are working to find who shot and killed a 16-year-old boy outside the Citrus Park Town Center Mall Saturday evening. The agency said they are interviewing multiple persons of interest.  Shots were fired just after 7 p.m., killing Peter Hyman Jr, who his family called “PJ.” His mother, Bianca Cooper, is devastated and trying to get answers as to what unfolded outside the food court, where Hyman was enjoying a regular Saturday with his friends. 

Two drivers are dead and a passenger was hospitalized following a late-night crash in St. Pete, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday, a 24-year-old St. Pete woman was traveling westbound on 46th Avenue North and had stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Park Street North. At the same time, a 49-year-old Mary Esther man on a Harley Davidson motorcycle was traveling northbound on Park Street North. FHP said the woman then

A 54-year-old Collier County woman was arrested after being accused of repeatedly striking and yelling at a baby in her care. Deysi Acosta, 54, is facing child abuse charges after Collier County deputies arrested her on Tuesday. According to detectives, another child at Acosta’s home day care used an iPad that belonged to a third child to record a video of Acosta as she repeatedly hit the baby on the butt and legs while she was changing his diaper. Acosta

A 24-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in connection to the death of a man found shot in his car on Interstate 295 at the Interstate 10 interchange in May. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office found Derrick Nicholls, 22, suffering from a gunshot wound after the car had traveled off the road into the tree line. Nicholls was taken to the hospital, where he died. JSO said evidence at the scene led them to Santos Herring. Herring was already in jail on unrelated charges.

The Sarasota Police Department is currently at the scene of a crash on Fruitville Rd. near Cardinal Mooney High School. As of now, westbound Fruitville Rd. remains open, however, eastbound traffic is restricted to one lane between Beneva Rd. and McIntosh Rd. Drivers should expect delays in the area while authorities work to clear the scene. It’s been confirmed that no students were involved in the accident. The Sarasota Police Department will provide updates as they become available, including information

Photo by: weartv A fire erupted at a recycling center in Pensacola on Tuesday night. It happened around 7:30 p.m. at EMR Southern Recycling on 1000 South Myrick Street. Seven units from Pensacola Fire Department responded. Flames were showing from the center of a scrap pile that was about 50’x 50′. The fire was brought under control around 2:15 a.m. No injuries were reported. According to the city, employees were able to assist in using a crane to remove scrap

A crash Tuesday night south of Kissimmee involved a marked Osceola County Sheriff’s Office patrol car and sent the deputy driving it to the hospital, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The two-vehicle crash occurred around 9:40 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Road and Village Shoppes Drive, troopers said. According to a preliminary FHP crash report, the deputy was taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The other vehicle involved in the crash was a 2004 Chrysler Town &

Photo by: FDOT A crash with injuries on Florida’s Turnpike South in Port St. Lucie is slowing down traffic on Wednesday morning. Florida 511 reported a crash at 8:11 a.m. just before Mile Marker 141 on Florida’s Turnpike South. In the latest update at 8:20 a.m., officials stated that the right lane had been blocked. The Florida Highway Patrol stated that the crash involved injuries. If you’ve been involved in a car accident, Ovadia Law Group is here to provide

Police are looking for a car involved in a hit-and-run early Sunday morning at a Pensacola Circle K. It happened around 4:15 a.m. at the Circle K on E Gregory Street. Pensacola Police are looking for a 2015-2017 silver Mazda 6. According to police, video shows the vehicle drive into a person standing at the front door of the business — and then into the building’s front doors. “The person that was hit was riding in the suspect’s vehicle prior

Photo by: WPLG Miami Beach firefighters extinguished a fire that erupted early Wednesday morning inside an apartment unit, a city spokeswoman confirmed to Local 10 News. According to the spokeswoman, Lissi Hernandez, the fire was reported around 4:50 a.m. inside a fourth floor unit at 5255 Collins Ave. Hernandez said the fire was contained to the unit. She said one person was inside at the time, but they were evaluated at the scene by fire rescue units and did not