By Matt Wiley
Cory Lake Isles just got a whole lot โbeachierโ since renovations have been completed at the communityโs central Beach Club.
The interior of the community gathering spot had retained the same interior since its initial construction back in the 1980s, something that the Cory Lake Isles Community Development District (CDD) decided to change when it accepted a bid six months ago from Blue Waters Dรฉcor, an interior decorating company owned by Mylitta Butler.
By Matt Wiley
The City of Tampa could once again be growing in the New Tampa area, as a housing group has applied to develop an unincorporated parcel of land behind Paul R. Wharton High.
Through a contract with landowner Busch Junction Enterprises (BJE), Scottsdale, AZ-based homebuilder/developer Taylor Morrison approached the City of Tampa in May about voluntarily having its 148-acre parcel of land annexed into the city limits. The Z-shaped piece of land that could be annexed, if approved by the Tampa City Council, lies between West Meadows and Grand Hampton, stretching from south of Royal Hampton Blvd. east to Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd., north of Wharton High.
By Matt Wiley
An Oklahoma man who was arrested in Tampa Palms could face 20 years in prison for the theft of millions of dollars in textbooks.
According to the U.S. Attorneyโs Office (USAO), Christopher J. Brock, 44, was arrested on June 20 at 16287 Enclave Village Dr., inside the Promenade at Tampa Palms condominiums complex for defrauding his former employer, Hoboken, NJ-based textbook publisher John Wiley & Sons, out of more than $2.8 million worth of textbooks.Continue reading
By Matt Wiley
For the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the season is never really over, as it takes months of off-season training to be prepared for the next NFL season.
So, even though school is out, more than 200 kids from across the Tampa Bay area came out for the annual ProCamps Josh Freeman Football Camp at Wesley Chapel High on June 19-20.
Battling the summer Florida heat and rain, the campers got pointers from several Bucs players, new and old, including wide receiver Vincent Jackson, retired linebacker Derrick Brooks, and of course, current Bucs QB Josh Freeman himself.Continue reading
By Matt Wiley
More than eight years after his still-unsolved murder, the family of David Neel, a Wesley Chapel man who was killed while driving on I-75 in 2005, is offering a substantial reward for any information regarding the cold case.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriffโs Office (HCSO), the Neel family is offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Neelโs murder, which the family announced during a press conference on June 10.Continue reading