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All lanes of Lois Avenue are closed from West Hillsborough Avenue to West Crest Avenue due to a business on fire. Tampa Fire Rescue responded to a fire at the Pink Pony Showgirls on the 5200 block of North Lois Avenue around 4:55 a.m. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming through the roof. Due to the size of the building, a second crew was called to assist in the fire, TFR said. The fire was under control

Officers shot a 53-year-old woman overnight who fired a gun at them after they were called to a home near the Oceanway area by the woman’s husband, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. The woman was in critical condition. No officers were hurt. It was one of three shootings overnight that left one person dead. Only one shooting involved officers. Those officers were called to the house on Moose Road just off New Berlin Road around 11 p.m. Tuesday after the woman’s

On Monday night, one woman found herself having contractions in the middle of I-75 after the interstate was shut down because of a deadly crash. You wouldn’t imagine giving birth on the interstate, but for 19-year-old KC it quickly became a reality. “We’re going 90 like all the way here,” shared mom K C. She gave birth to her daughter, E on Monday night after an SUV rollover crash shut down the southbound lanes of I-75 at the Williston Road

All lanes on I-95 heading southbound in Port St. Lucie are blocked after a vehicle crash. According to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), the crash is about one mile north of Gatlin Boulevard in Port St. Lucie. Drivers on I-95 are advised to use caution as they travel. Photos from FDOT show an emergency engine at the scene and two cars on the left shoulder. Numerous cars are seen trying to force their way into the far left lane

photo by: WJXT News4JAX  A shooting that left a woman dead in Northwest Jacksonville prompted a brief lockdown of Ribault High and Sallye B. Mathis Elementary Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Around 12:35 p.m., the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and Jacksonville Fire and Rescue responded to a day care on Winton Drive, across the street from Ribault High and Sallye B. Mathis Elementary, after receiving reports of a person who had been shot. According to JSO, an individual was removing a gun

photo by: Florida Highway Patrol An investigation is under way into a multi-vehicle crash involving a Florida Highway Patrol car on I-75 northbound in Estero Tuesday night. According to FHP, a trooper was finishing up with a prior crash when another vehicle hit the rear of the trooper’s car. In a news release, FHP said the trooper was sitting in his Dodge Charger patrol car parked on the left shoulder. A Hyundai Sonata was traveling at a high rate of

D S, who was born in Honduras, didn’t have a criminal record in Miami-Dade County until August. He has been arrested four times since. S turned 21 in January. A police officer described him as homeless in a report detailing how witnesses feared he had turned violent and destructive. “You can’t do this to me,” S said in Spanish during his arrest on Monday night in Little Havana, according to the Miami police officer’s report. The police officer was on

Photo by: (PBCFR) Video shows firefighters responding to a blaze at a church in Lake Worth Beach on Tuesday. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) said its units were called to reports of a structure fire near Ebenezer Church on 725 S. Dixie Highway at around 10:35 a.m. At the scene, firefighters found a building behind the church engulfed in smoke. PBCFR said a quick search of the building ensured that the building was empty. PBCFR Units had the fire

 A former substitute teacher at Kathleen Middle School is in legal trouble for what he allegedly did not do inside a classroom late last week. “We send our children to school to learn, not to learn how to fight,” said Sheriff Grady Judd. “On Friday, three of these four girls that went into his class weren’t even supposed to be in the class, but they heard that he would let you fight,” said Sheriff Judd. The man who was supposed

photo by: (MCFR) Fire crews with Marion County Fire Rescue (MCFR) said no injuries were reported when they responded to a house fire in Silver Springs Tuesday morning, but could not save the lives of two dogs stuck in the home. MCFR crews said it happened around 11:21 a.m. Tuesday near the 18600 block of Southeast 22nd Lane. Multiple people called 911 to report a mobile home on fire with heavy smoke and flames. Crews arrived on the scene in

A 15-year-old boy opened fire and wounded another teenager during a fight over a girl in Key Largo, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said shots rang out Saturday night at Key Largo Community Park, located at 500 St. Croix Place. They said the shooter, identified as J V-P, fired two rounds at the 16-year-old victim: One grazed the victim’s hand and the other hit his cellphone in his pants pocket, causing it to explode. Investigators said the

 A 40-year-old man was arrested Monday on multiple charges after a woman contacted the Miami-Dade Sherriff’s Office to report that he had been stalking her and assaulted her. According to an arrest report, the victim contacted deputies Saturday and said that while sleeping in her bed in the 15000 block of Palmetto Club Drive, she was awakened by a loud noise and simultaneously being punched in the face by Reinaldo Peraza. She said she saw P’s body was halfway through