SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) – When Olympian Jake Ilardi arrived back home in Sarasota on Wednesday, he did what any skateboarder would do. He hopped on his board and rode through baggage claim, much to the delight of fellow passengers. After competing in Tokyo in the first-ever skateboarding event at the Olympics, the 24-year-old was happy to […]
Joseph Moore breathed heavily, his face slick with nervous sweat. He held a cellphone with a photo of a Florida man splayed on the floor; the Florida man appeared dead, his shirt torn apart and his pants wet.
“Now is the time Champa Bay needs to come together for Sonya, we need to rally around her. She is a champion,” he said.
Officials say the Florida man was riding a bike when he lost control and fell down an embankment toward a body of water.
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials say residents in a central Florida neighborhood are on edge after an alligator attacked and killed a dog that a Florida man was walking along a trail. WKMG reported the incident happened Thursday night along the West Orange Trail in Winter Garden. Spokesman Chad Weber says the dog ran […]
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials say residents in a central Florida neighborhood are on edge after an alligator attacked and killed a dog that a Florida man was walking along a trail. WKMG reported the incident happened Thursday night along the West Orange Trail in Winter Garden. Spokesman Chad Weber says the dog ran […]
As he returned home to Tampa Bay this week to see his family, he talked about what it’s like to be back home, where he attended Booker High School.
PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. (AP) — Three California children are in trouble after catching an alligator by its neck and dragging it to shore while vacationing near a Florida lake. Authorities say the children hooked a noose around the gator at Fay Lake Wilderness Park in Port St. John "Florida Man" and dragged it to shore Thursday […]
PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. (AP) — Three California children are in trouble after catching an alligator by its neck and dragging it to shore while vacationing near a Florida lake. Authorities say the children hooked a noose around the gator at Fay Lake Wilderness Park in Port St. John "Florida Man" and dragged it to shore Thursday […]
The Florida man’s 3-year-old daughter was found alive.