Hurricane Season Is Here: Get Prepared, Have A Plan!

Photo: NOAA
Hurricane season has begun. Be prepared, have a plan. Photo: NOAA

By Matt Wiley

If youโ€™re reading this, then you probably already know that hurricane season has begun, but itโ€™s never too late (or early) to get prepared. Despite ominous predictions for a busy season with big storms last summer, tropical activity in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean remained relatively quiet. This yearโ€™s predictions call for another slow hurricane season.Continue reading

SAO Wants Bond Barred For Accused Theater Shooter

Accused Grove 16 shooter Curtis Reeves, Jr., appears at his first court appearance following the January 13 incident. Reeves was again denied bond on February 7.
Accused Grove 16 shooter Curtis Reeves, Jr., appears at his first court appearance following the January 13 incident. Reeves was again denied bond on February 7, but has appealed that decision.

By Matt Wiley

The State Attorneyโ€™s Office (SAO) officially is recommending that an appeal for bail submitted by accused Grove 16 movie theater shooter and former Tampa cop Curtis Reeves, Jr., should be denied by a Florida appeals court.Continue reading