Russell Bain, a practicing pediatrician who founded the Pasco Pediatric Foundation, was arrested just after midnight Thursday in Tampa on suspicion of driving under the influence.
This was Bain's fourth DUI arrest, state records show.
PORT RICHEY — Pasco County sheriff's deputies are investigating a decomposed body that was found near the USA Fleamarket on U.S. 19, just south of State Road 52.
The Sheriff's Office received the call at 2:51 p.m. that patrons of the flea market noticed a strong smell of decomposition, and found the body in a wooded area near the flea market.
WESLEY CHAPEL — Four women who advertised their services online were arrested Thursday on charges of prostitution, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
Authorities say the women posted listings on Craigslist and backpage.com. One of the women – Shawna Marie Lee, 21, of 3116 Brompton Drive in Holiday – did this before, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. She was accused of offering her services on Craigslist in 2008 and was arrested.
Progress Energy is continuing to study the causes of a recently discovered separation inside the concrete containment wall at its Crystal River nuclear plant.
During a three-hour meeting Friday with officials from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a specialist hired by Progress Energy said the company's investigation of how the gap formed started with a list of 74 potential causes.
SAN ANTONIO – A 23-year-old Brooksville man died in a car accident this morning on State Road 52 west of the Interstate 75 exit, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Richard A. Rosado was driving his 1997 Ford SUV west on SR 52 about 9:30 a.m. and tried to pass another car – a 1997 Ford pickup truck – on the right, the FHP report states. Rosado's car went off the road onto the shoulder near Levi Loop, lost control and swerved left into the path of the pickup, the report said. Those cars collided and the SUV kept going, across the eastbound lanes of SR 52 and into the woods, hitting a ditch and flipping several times. Rosado died.
Tilted back in a chair as the sedative wore off Thursday morning, she felt the oral surgeon slip in her new dentures. The 12 rotten teeth Dr. Mark Mitchell pulled out lay on a tray in front of her.
Homeowners with windstorm-only coverage from Citizens Property Insurance face an average 5.2 percent rate increase next year, while businesses with wind-only policies from Citizens will see rates jump 9.3 percent on average.
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty approved the hikes for the state-run insurer in an order disclosed this morning.
The Times Publishing Co., parent company of the St. Petersburg Times, has agreed to sell Governing magazine to a California media company.
Governing has operated out of Washington, D.C., since its beginnings in 1987. It covers local and state government. The buyer is e.Republic, based in Sacramento.
TAMPA — Two monkey sightings were reported Friday morning in northwest Hillsborough a couple of hours apart.
It's not clear if the same monkey was seen twice or if this is the same monkey that eluded officials last week, said Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Vida Morgan.
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