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 Aldi workers sprang into action when a fire broke out at a Crystal River store on Wednesday afternoon. The Crystal River Fire Department said it was called to the Aldi at 1651 Southeast Highway 19 just before 3 p.m. for a reported structure fire. CRFD crews said they arrived at the store within three minutes and saw that Aldi workers were evacuating it. Firefighters found smoke inside a walk-in cooler from an extinguished fire. They said quick-thinking workers used a

Photo by: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR) said crews are currently working a three-alarm scrapyard fire in Tampa. HCFR said 911 dispatch received calls about the blaze at Liberty Recycle, located at 5207 St. Paul Street, just before 9:30 a.m. A firefighter was injured and transported from the scene, and he is listed in stable condition, according to officials. The first arriving crews faced heavy flames and quickly escalated the response to a second and then

Gulfport police responded to a school bus crash Thursday morning near a local high school. According to the Gulfport Police Department, the crash happened around 57th Street South and 11th Avenue South near the Boca Ciega High School bus loop. A GPD release said a Nissan Altima with three passengers was illegally parked in front of a no-parking sign on 11th Avenue South. As a student opened the rear driver’s side door, it ended up hitting a school bus carrying

A driver slammed into the side of a hotel in Hollywood on Thursday morning. It happened around 5 a.m. at the Curtis Inn and Suites at 1501 S. Federal Highway. Hollywood police and fire rescue crews responded. “The driver was stuck behind the wheel and our crews were able to cut the entire left door side area off to remove (him) from the car,” a Hollywood Fire Rescue spokesperson said. Officials said the driver was conscious and taken to Memorial

A Leesburg man has been arrested for DUI manslaughter after fatally hitting a pedestrian with his truck.  KEC, 37, was driving a 2012 Toyota Tacoma northbound on Radio Road toward Patrick Drive at 9:10 p.m. Monday, according to a press release from the Florida Highway Patrol. At the same time, a 75-year-old man from Leesburg was walking on Radio Road. C hit the pedestrian, and he was taken to UF Health Leesburg Hospital, located at 600 E Dixie Ave., where

A Leesburg woman was arrested after allegedly pepper spraying and hitting another woman who answered the door at her boyfriend’s house.  Deputies responded to a battery involving 32-year-old TFM at 2348 North Ave., Leesburg, around 1:45 p.m. Saturday, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Upon arrival, they met with the female victim who advised that she was asleep when she heard banging at the door. She answered it and was met by M who told

An Ocala man has filed a lawsuit against a local Walmart, claiming he sustained “permanent physical injury” after he allegedly slipped on a liquid while in the checkout lane. Attorneys representing TM, Jr., filed the lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County on August 18. According to the complaint, M visited the Walmart at 9570 SW State Road 200 in Ocala on September 7, 2024. During his visit, M was attempting to

A 34-year-old Ocala man was arrested following an argument with his girlfriend after he allegedly slammed her head against a wall and choked her with the collar of her shirt. On Tuesday, at around 1:55 p.m., a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a local residence after receiving reports of an argument that turned physical. Upon arrival, the victim advised that her boyfriend, NJF, had “nearly killed her,” according to the arrest report. The victim told the deputy that

Deputies are investigating a shooting that took place Wednesday evening around 6:15 p.m. near Gibson Road in the Fort Walton Beach area, according to a post made by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. One person was found dead, and deputies detained two people at the scene for questioning. We reached out to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and will update this story as facts are confirmed.   Legal Help After a Shooting Accident Injury Victims of shooting accidents often face life-changing injuries and

A 16-year-old girl was killed and her 15-year-old passenger suffered minor injuries early Thursday in a rollover crash on State Road 520 in Cocoa, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The single-vehicle wreck happened around 3:40 a.m. on S.R. 520 near Cressa Circle. The FHP the girl was driving a 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan above the speed limit while eastbound on S.R. 520. The girl lost control of the minivan, which traveled into the westbound lanes and overturned several times and struck

Photo by: (SLCFD)  A late-night inferno consumed a warehouse in Port St. Lucie, sparking an investigation into the fire’s cause. The St. Lucie County Fire District (SLCFD) said that they responded to the commercial structure fire in the 7900 block of SW Grove around 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday to tackle the blaze. Upon arrival, firefighters reported finding the single-story warehouse engulfed in flames. No injuries were reported during the incident. SLCFD said that the Fire District Fire Marshal’s Office, along

 A man in his mid-20s was taken to the hospital Tuesday night after Tampa police said he was attacked by a person with a box cutter outside a local laundromat. It was around 10 p.m. when the suspect, DS, 60, walked up to the man in the parking lot of a laundromat off North 40th Street, a spokesperson for the Tampa Police Department said. Investigators said the men knew each other prior to the incident. S claimed the man owed