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Photos taken by workers at Gopher Resource in Tampa show a factory plagued with problems.
Florida’s only lead factory finds itself in damage-control mode
Gopher Resource had been working to clean up and fix problems before inspectors arrived. After a five-year absence, regulators finally showed up.
Gaetz tells Trump supporters he’s a champion of women, scoffs at ‘smears’
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks at A Woman for American First event, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Doral, Fla. The House Ethics Committee has opened an investigation of Florida congressman Matt Gaetz, citing reports of sexual and other misconduct by the Florida Republican.
Many of the attendees at Friday’s event said they don’t believe the allegations against Gaetz are true.
One dead after two pedestrians are hit by truck in St. Petersburg
A truck hit two pedestrians Friday night on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg. One has died.
Central Avenue is closed near 21st Street and is expected to remain shut down in all directions for at least two hours.
Latinos in Tampa Bay recount hardship caused by fake immigration attorney
Victims of Immigration fraud gathered for a press conference outside federal court in downtown Tampa prior to the final sentence for Elvis H. Reyes, 56, who portrayed himself as an attorney, pastor, accountant and former immigration official. Reyes is accused of filing 215 fraudulent asylum applications through his EHR Ministries Inc. and stealing more than $1 million from his victims, most of them immigrants in the Ruskin and Wimauma areas — farmworkers, maids and laborers — who trusted Reyes to negotiate for permanent residency on their behalf.
Elvis Harold Reyes, 56, is accused of defrauding undocumented immigrants out of over $1 million. His sentencing began Friday and will conclude Monday.
U.S. total
Yesterday's total
Cases
31,084,962
82,698
Deaths
561,074
958
Florida total
Since Thursday
Cases
2,111,807
7,121
Deaths
34,626
64

Last updated 9:35 a.m. April 10. The Florida total includes in-state residents and non-residents who tested positive while visiting the state. Source: Johns Hopkins and Florida Department of Health

The Tampa Bay region is forecasted to see thunderstorms and showers this weekend, after a warm Saturday morning.
Dear Tampa Bay: Expect rainy weekend after sunny Saturday
There’s an 80 percent chance of showers across Pinellas and Hillsborough on Sunday.
Before WrestleMania, indie wrestlers bleed and sell in Ybor City
Jon Moxley, on the ground outside the ring, during a professional wrestling match at "Bloodsport 6" at the Cuban Club in Ybor City on April 8, 2021.
Game Changer Wrestling draws hardcore fans for its independent shows in Tampa.
Gunman gets 55 years in prison for fatal shooting at South Tampa hookah lounge
Gary Omar Montanez Rivera, right, stands with his attorney, Assistant Public Defender Carolyn Schlemmer, in a Tampa courtroom on Friday. Circuit Judge Samantha Ward sentenced Rivera to 55 years in state prison for opening fire on a group of people standing outside the Palace Lounge in Tampa in 2017, killing 34-year-old Mike Franck and wounding five others.
Gary Omar Montanez Rivera killed 34-year-old Mike Franck and wounded five others in the 2017 shooting at the Palace Lounge in South Tampa.
Driver gets 24 years prison for Bayshore crash that killed mother, daughter
Cameron Herrin reacts the moment he hears his sentence — 24 years in prison — at the conclusion of his sentencing hearing on Thursday, April 8, 2021, at the Hillsborough County Edgecomb Courthouse before 13th Judicial Circuit Court judge Christopher Nash in downtown Tampa. Herrin was the driver of a Ford Mustang that collided with a mother and daughter on Bayshore Boulevard in 2018, as Herrin, who was then 18, was racing another driver, John Barrineau. The Mustang hit David’s wife, Jessica Reisinger-Raubenolt, who was pushing thier 21-month-old daughter, Lillia, in a stroller across the iconic Tampa roadway. Both Herrin and Barrineau pleaded guilty late last year to vehicular homicide. Barrineau made a plea deal and was sentenced to six years in prison. Herrin has left it up to judge to decide what his penalty should be. He faced a maximum of 30 years in prison. Sentencing guidelines suggested about 18 years.
Cameron Herrin’s friends and family testified Thursday about his character ahead of his sentencing for two deaths. Family members of the mother and small child who died spoke of their profound loss.

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A worker inside Gopher Resource passes through a cloud of dust laced with the neurotoxin lead. The factory recycles 50,000 used car batteries a day. It is the only factory of its kind in Florida.
Hundreds of workers are exposed to poisons inside Florida’s only lead factory
At Gopher Resource in Tampa, workers recycle 50,000 used car batteries a day. Their safety equipment doesn’t always protect them, an 18-month Tampa Bay Times investigation found.
Dust covers machinery in 2014, the same year that OSHA last inspected the factory for lead issues.
Federal regulators have been missing in action at Florida’s only lead factory
A tribute to the Floridians taken by the coronavirus
Andrew Kindt, 41, St. Petersburg, stands on his boat near the Sunshine Skyway bridge. Kindt was fishing in the area seen in the background in August when 25-year-old Mitchell Martin jumped from the bridge. Kindt stayed with the body until first responders arrived. Construction has finally begun on a long-awaited barrier to prevent suicidal people from jumping off the iconic bridge.
Skyway bridge suicide barrier may finally stop the ripples of loss
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, envelopes from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Reemployment Assistance Program are shown, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Florida took an aggressive approach to unemployment fraud. Was it worth it?