Thursday, May 23, 2013
Frank Emmanuel Zuniga was taken into custody around 3:30 p.m. and charged with false imprisonment.
Just five hours after an 18-year-old Bloomingdale East resident reported that she'd been attacked while jogging on Natures Way, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office announced it had made an arrest. And, according to sheriff's spokesman Larry McKinnon, this might not be the suspect's first offense. Sheriff's deputies arrested 27-year-old Frank Emmanuel Zuniga of Valrico and charged him with false imprisonment after a woman reported that, while she and a friend were jogging on Natures Way near Elba Place Thursday, May 23 at 10:32 a.m., a man jumped out of bushes nearby and grabbed her arm. The jogger reported that she and her 18-year-old friend noticed a suspicious white pickup truck circling the area with the driver watching them so …
From Memorial Day parades to holiday fender benders, this live map shows delays and diversions on Bloomingdale and Riverview-area roads right now.
If you're on a mobile device, click here to view the map. When you're done getting gas and packing the car, check out the live results from MapQuest above to see what's standing between you and the start of your three-day weekend. Mapquest scans for parade routes, ongoing construction, block parties and traffic jams. If your route is green, you're good to go. If it's red, you may be headed into a line of rubbernecking fools. Good luck! Get the Bloomingdale-Riverview Patch newsletter delivered to your email.
Cigar City Brewery has found a way to stand out as a unique brand in a diverse and fast growing craft beer market.
About this sponsorship: In honor of the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic ascent of Mount Everest, Patch and Grape-Nuts are teaming up to highlight those who inspire people around them to climb their own mountains. In just four years time, Joey Redner has gone from beer enthusiast and upstart brewer to an award winning craft brewer that will produce 25,000 barrels of ale in 2013. Son of the famous Mons Venus owner, Joe Redner, the 40-year old craft beer connoisseur has taken his sales and his connections with the beer community to the next level in recent months. Last March, he visited the nation's capital in an effort to lobby lawmakers for a tax cut for brewers that would save him around $100,000 this year, money that …
Here are discounts for active, reserve and retired members of the military that are being offered through Memorial Day weekend.
Here are a list of discounts for people who are serving or have served in the U.S. military. We figure these spots are worth the drive for something fun to do during the long weekend. If you have great ideas closer to Bloomingdale and Riverview, post them in the comments! Get the Gulfport Patch newsletter for free. Sign up here.
As our armed forces come home from the Middle East, the local Veterans Affairs benefits office is being stretched.
Our veterans are now facing a new enemy at home – long wait times for disability claims. The waiting times started increasing in 2010 when U.S. troops were withdrawn from Iraq, causing a dramatic uptick in first-time filers, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting. The data found that in most regional VA offices, not only did waiting times increase, but they vary dramatically by location: about a year and five months in Baltimore, Maryland compared to four months in Fargo, North Dakota. The national average now stands at about a year and one month, which is dramatically higher than in 2009 when it was four months. The backlog of veterans at the St. Petersburg area office waiting on a disability claim to be reveiwed has …
The man ran away after the woman started screaming.
In the middle of the morning today, a woman and a friend were jogging on Natures Way near Elton Place. That's when a man jumped out of the bushes and grabbed her arm, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. The woman screamed, and the man let go of her. Then he ran away and got into a white pickup truck with a Tampa Bay Buccaneer logo on the rear window, the Sheriff's Office wrote in an email to Patch. The woman called 911 shortly after 10:30 a.m. to report the incident and detectives responded to the scene to collect more information and evidence. Anyone who thinks he may know the man who did this can call the Hillsborogh County Sheriff's Office at 813-247-8200.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Evan Ranieri has just had surgery to receive one of his mother, Melissa's, kidneys.
A little boy who has won the hearts of the community has finally received his life-saving kidney transplant. According to the family of 2-year-old Evan Ranieri, the toddler has just come out of a seven-hour surgery at Tampa General Hospital where he received a kidney donated by his mother, Melissa. His father, Paul, reports that the surgery was successful and Evan is doing well. Evan was born with under-developed kidneys and has required daily dialysis treatments. Doctor James Huang, Tampa General Hospital’s director of renal transplant, performed the surgery. Upon learning about Evan and the enormous medical expenses the family was incurring, the community held several fundraisers for the family, raising more than $56,000. For more …
You can use this gas price widget to always find the lowest price of the moment. Pro tip: Gas up early this week to save money.
Click here for a full-screen view of the gas price map. If you don't see a map of our local area, click the magnifying glass in the upper right to enter your address. Nationwide, gas prices were predicted to be lower this summer compared to the last three years, but that won't translate into savings at the pump this Memorial Day weekend, experts said. "Motorists this year are facing rising gas prices heading into the Memorial Day holiday," said Michael Green, a AAA spokesman, adding that Memorial Day 2013 would probably be the most expensive since 2011. In our area, the three cheapest spots for gas are: In past years, prices have declined heading into early summer as oil refineries produced more gasoline to meet expected summer driving …
Who’s NOT planning a BBQ this weekend? If the weather holds and you’ve got propane or charcoal, chances are, you’re grilling something with your friends and family. Here, new ideas for keeping your costs down. Sponsored by Home Depot.
Here at Bloomingdale-Riverview Patch, we like to be thrifty, so we talked to two barbeque experts and uncovered some really good ideas to help you save money on your next outdoor party. 1. Start with a marinade. This means planning ahead -- say, Friday. But it’s worth it, says Rick Browne, host of Barbeque America on PBS, because you can pass up that well-marbled ribeye steak and buy a less tender and less expensive choice to grill like a flank steak or chuck steak. Just marinate it or brine for one or two days and then cook long and slow on the barbeque grill to break down tissues but maintain moisture. “You need to include an acid in the marinade, perhaps juice, vinegar or soy sauce, but avoid cola which is so acidic it can turn meat …
Lyle Flagg served as principal of Brandon, Armwood and East Bay high schools.
Family, friends and former students are mourning the death of beloved longtime Brandon educator Lyle Flagg, who died Tuesday, May 21 at the age of 85. Born Jan. 13, 1928 to Forrest and Louise Flagg in Fayette, Maine, Flagg served in the Navy during World War II and received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Maine. In 1954, he moved his family to Brandon where he served 40 years with the Hillsborough County School System and was a longtime member of Nativity Catholic Church. During his tenure as an educator, Flagg was principal of Pinecrest High School, Dowdell Junior High School, Brandon High School from 1968-74, East Bay High School, Armwood High School from 1984-90, and was the director of secondary education for…
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6:46 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2013
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