Fla — Northbound I-75 is back open after a four-vehicle fatal crash in Hillsborough County The Florida Highway Patrol said that one person reportedly died All northbound lanes of I-75 were closed at the 264-milepost Saturday afternoon but have reopened and I feel like that's part of where the system failed" Henry Betsey Jr. is facing charges for marrying three Florida women in three different counties at the same time. Now saying the system that handles marriage licenses kept them in the dark Latest Hillsborough County News from ABC Action News Report a typo (CBS12) — One person is dead after a drunk driver crashed into their vehicle on April 20 According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) deputies responded to the intersection of Sheldon Road and Gunn Highway after receiving reports of a collision deputies found two adults who needed to be taken to the hospital and what appeared to be a drunk man Deputies say one of the victims was pronounced dead at the hospital "A person lost their life and left behind a family to pick up the pieces call someone to take you home or a ride share There is no excuse to get behind the wheel intoxicated," said Sheriff Chad Chronister Body cam video shows a deputy at the scene approaching the wreck Other deputies are seen prying the door of what appears to be a black van open The airbags are also shown to be out in the car is seen standing outside of his vehicle with his hands up Video shows deputies trying to speak with him and he appeared to have a hard time following instructions from law enforcement DUI with serious bodily injury and DUI 2nd offense There is no excuse to get behind the wheel intoxicated," Sheriff Chronister said Petersburg man survived an Interstate 275 crash early Saturday morning that threw him from the vehicle before it caught fire According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) report was driving an Infinity G37 southbound on I-275 in Hillsborough County at about 3:10 a.m the driver lost control of the vehicle which crossed the median and collided with a guardrail The vehicle then caught fire and burned extensively The driver suffered serious injuries and was taken to an area hospital HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY — A 16-year-old Spring Hill driver was charged with fleeing and possession of a firearm early Saturday morning after he tried to run from authorities A trooper spotted the teenage driver in a Honda Civic traveling eastbound on Fowler Avenue near Raintree Boulevard at about 2:17 a.m The FHP report stated that the vehicle had no tag and was traveling at 77 mph in a posted 50 mph speed zone FHP officials said the trooper attempted to stop the teen but he refused and continued eastbound on Fowler Avenue As the driver traveled onto the entrance ramp to Interstate 75 the trooper performed a PIT (Precision Immobilization Technique) maneuver and stopped the teen the trooper found a loaded Glock 9 mm handgun in the car The teen was arrested and charged with flee to elude – high speed no driver license and operation of unregistered motor vehicle — A 56-year-old Gainesville woman was killed in a four-car crash that shut down Interstate 75 for several hours on Saturday the victim was driving a Hyundai Sonata southbound on I-75 at about 11:25 a.m when she entered the center lane and collided with a Mazda 6 driven by a 30-year-old New York woman The impact caused the Sonata to enter the median WATCH: Gainesville woman killed in four-car I-75 crash that shut highway down the Sonata hit a Kia Sorento driven by a 57-year-old Riverview woman The Sonata came to rest on top of the guardrail A 72-year-old Maryland woman was driving the fourth vehicle that was hit by debris from the crash in the northbound center lane The victim was pronounced dead at the scene The Sorento driver suffered minor injuries The crash closed the northbound lanes of I-75 until 5 p.m Brian Laws was part of the Nottingham Forest team at Hillsborough in 1989 It is not too late for Nottingham Forest to install a permanent memorial to those people who died as a result of the Hillsborough disaster because the "panic and trauma" of the tragedy will never be forgotten Laws was playing for Forest in the FA Cup semi-final in 1989 when a crush in the Leppings Lane end of Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield resulted in the deaths of 97 Liverpool supporters Former Forest chairman Tom Cartledge, who left the role in October, last year said the Premier League side would consider having a permanent tribute at their City Ground home The idea was first discussed at a fan advisory board meeting in September with Cartledge among a number of club officials involved Laws has long been in favour of a memorial at the City Ground and said it would "respect" those who died and bring some comfort to the Forest supporters who watched the worst stadium disaster in British history play out in front of them "Liverpool have a memorial of the day and Sheffield Wednesday have one because that was the scene but Forest haven't really done anything That has puzzled a lot of people," Laws told BBC Investigations you can understand it a little bit because it is not our loss to mourn It's a memory that doesn't go away it's clear and it is not lost in its moment "I'm for marking that with respect And even though people will think 'that's 36 years ago why are you doing that now?' Well maybe it's just a place to go to talk to have that memory and to recognise it." Facing disaster - the Forest fans at Hillsborough Hillsborough Unheard: Nottingham Forest Fans but there were 28,000 of them in the ground to witness the tragedy unfold inquests concluded that the Liverpool fans who had died had been unlawfully killed Forest have previously paid tribute to those who lost their lives in the disaster by leaving 97 seats vacant when they hosted Liverpool in the FA Cup in 2022 - those seats were instead covered with a memorial banner The Nottingham branch of the Hillsborough Survivors Support Alliance (HSA) – which was founded in recent years with the support of Liverpool fans - has been the driving force behind the idea of a permanent memorial at Forest's home ground After largely staying silent about what they had seen on 15 April 1989, a number of Forest supporters featured in a BBC Sounds podcast - Hillsborough Unheard: Nottingham Forest Fans - and spoke about what they witnessed and how it has affected them for more than three decades Martin Peach was one of the fans to share his story He had been just 12 years old when he attended the cup tie alone He grew up idolising Forest players and would grab every opportunity he could to get his picture taken with them He cherishes one he got with Laws in the summer of 1988 Brian Laws with Martin Peach taken earlier in the 1988-89 season and before Saturday's Premier League game with Everton On Saturday - before Forest faced Liverpool's Merseyside rivals Everton in the Premier League - Peach met with the former defender The pair were brought together by what they experienced at Hillsborough we are always going to be part of that day and it's part of Forest's history," Peach said "And a lot of people were affected and traumatised by what they saw." knowing he had been a child sitting in the stands on his own he also had children of his own watching the game that day "I know fans reflect on it and personally I do as well because not only was I playing in that game but my family was there and that was the most frightening thing," Laws said "When it was unfolding we didn't know what was going on so you can imagine we are blind to everything We were dragged off the pitch and into the dressing room and got trickles of information "There was major panic in the dressing room We had no outside connection so we were on radio silence I just wanted to see my wife to make sure they were all right and not involved "And that is the scar that we are all living with And it does catch you at times because there was a moment in time when everything went quiet." 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Campaigners denounce ‘cover-up of a cover-up’ as IOPC clears officers of scapegoating Liverpool supporters A 12-year investigation into the Hillsborough disaster by the police watchdog has concluded that no senior South Yorkshire police officers were guilty of misconduct for falsely blaming misbehaviour by Liverpool supporters That police case was wholly rejected in 2016 by the jury at the second inquest, who determined that no behaviour of Liverpool supporters contributed to the disaster which happened on 15 April 1989 at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough Stadium The jury found that the 97 people who died due to a crush on the Leppings Lane terraces were unlawfully killed as a result of gross negligence manslaughter by the police officer in command Bereaved families of the 97 and survivors have fought a decades-long campaign for the truth and accountability, and have always protested that the South Yorkshire police mounted a false case to minimise its culpability The conclusion of the investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which started in 2012 has coincided with delays to the government’s promised “Hillsborough law” which would impose a duty of candour on police and public officials for which families have also long campaigned based on a claim that the forces perpetrated a cover-up “It feels like a cover-up of a cover-up,” Brookes said In fact Duckenfield had himself ordered the gate to be opened to relieve a crush outside the Leppings Lane end turnstiles After an independent police investigation for the IOPC termed Operation Resolve 11 separate elements of gross misconduct by Duckenfield were found including for ordering the opening of the gate and failing to safely direct the people who came through it Duckenfield did not order the closure of a tunnel leading to crowded central “pens” on the terrace and the lethal crush developed after people who came through the exit gate went into those pens Jackson was found culpable of gross misconduct for failures of planning and his response to the disaster; the former superintendent Roger Marshall for crowd management outside the Leppings Lane turnstiles and for asking Duckenfield to open the exit gate; and gross misconduct was also found by the former superintendent Bernard Murray Duckenfield’s second-in-command in the police control room Duckenfield was prosecuted for gross negligence manslaughter after the inquest verdict; he was acquitted in 2019 The IOPC said in the letter it had found no case to answer against any senior South Yorkshire police officers who were investigated for whether they gave inaccurate false or deliberately misleading evidence or “irrelevant criticism of fans’ behaviour” after the disaster Senior officers were also cleared over the instruction given to officers not to write their accounts of the day in their official police notebooks and a subsequent process of amending the accounts made by officers the former detective chief inspector Alan Foster after an investigation into whether senior officers put “undue pressure” on some other officers who refused to make alterations to their original accounts was also found culpable of gross misconduct for instructing the deletion of “policy files” and retaining policy books “in his personal possession” after he retired No officers will face misconduct proceedings, the IOPC has previously said which include dozens more individual complaints currently being notified to families The IOPC has explained of its findings: “Like the [2012] Hillsborough Independent Panel report and the inquests we found no evidence to support police accounts to the media the Taylor inquiry and both sets of inquests which suggested that the behaviour of supporters caused or in any way contributed to the disaster.” the watchdog said that while South Yorkshire police did seek to “deflect the blame from themselves” with no duty of candour required the force “was entitled to present its ‘best case’ and be selective with the evidence it presented” At Labour’s conference in Liverpool in September Keir Starmer promised to introduce the Hillsborough law by this month’s 36th anniversary of the disaster as families have argued that the proposals do not deliver the required duty of candour Starmer cancelled a visit to Liverpool last week where he was due to announce the new law to families said she was “frustrated and very disappointed” after learning of the delay the prime minister has used the deaths of the 97 their anniversary and the Hillsborough law “There just seems to be this continual pattern where he says things and then he takes them back And to do that on the back of a Hillsborough anniversary – I’m appalled by it.” Starmer’s spokesperson said: “We remain fully committed to bringing in a Hillsborough law which will include a legal duty of candour for public servants and criminal sanctions for those who refuse to comply Report released as Labour admits it will break promise to enact law by 36th anniversary and rewrites key proposals Bereaved families have urged ministers to introduce the Hillsborough law in full, according to a new report, as Labour admitted that a promise to bring legislation to parliament by the 36th anniversary of the disaster would be broken and the Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds attended the “family listening day” event on 3 February The report of the listening day records the overwhelming view of attenders that the government must not retreat from its commitment to guard against future cover-ups by implementing a legally enforceable “duty of candour” on public authorities But despite the event, and Labour’s manifesto pledge to introduce the Hillsborough law, the government has been rewriting the key proposals. After a furious reaction from families, Keir Starmer is now expected to break his promise to bring the law to parliament by 15 April, the 36th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster On Friday Mahmood and Thomas-Symonds co-signed a letter to family members acknowledging that the promise would be broken “For too long this city has been let down,” Starmer said in 2022 one of my first acts as prime minister will be to put the Hillsborough law on the statute book.” Repeating that pledge in 2024, Starmer described it as a “law for Liverpool a law for the 97 [victims of the Hillsborough disaster]” and a law for victims of the Post Office “and all the countless injustices over the years suffered by working people at the hands of those who were supposed to serve them” People whose relatives were killed in those disasters and victims of those scandals attended the Inquest listening day event with Mahmood and Thomas-Symonds “Participants highlighted egregious cover-ups and outright lies told by officials in public services,” the report says Families at the event insisted that “thorough enforcement of the duty of candour” was needed with sanctions and penalties for public officials who “knowingly obstruct justice” The Hillsborough law drafted by Weatherby sets out the legal terms for such a duty of candour as well as a justice measure emphasised by bereaved families for decades: public funding for legal representation equal to that of public authorities at inquests and inquiries families have been told that the government’s new draft is based more on public authorities signing up to a charter and does not include the funding for legal representation A government media briefing last week that said the draft law could have led to civil servants being prosecuted for telling a white lie about being late for work to bosses has prompted fury from families as it has always been clear that criminal sanctions would be for police or public officials misleading the public Mahmood and Thomas-Symonds said the government remained committed to “a Hillsborough law that will include a legal duty of candour for public servants and criminal sanctions for those who refuse to comply whose 18-year-old son James was one of the 97 people unlawfully killed at Hillsborough said of the listening day: “After hearing the stories of all the other families fighting for justice I am more determined than ever to demand that the Hillsborough law presented to parliament is ‘all or nothing’.” said the “disappointing” delay should be used as “an urgent opportunity” to ensure the law was introduced in full “The evidence in our report is too compelling and stark to ignore You’re all signed up!Want more of our free, weekly newsletters in your inbox? 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Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More Cai Culpepper is a great example of how in track and field It’s her finishes that have gotten a lot of attention this season In her first year competing for Tampa Prep this freshman has already broken school records in the 200 and 400 meter dash She set a tone in the postseason by breaking her own 400 meter record at the district championships Was she born with this talent or is it something that she’s developed over the years “But then I have to put in the work to use my gift Cai’s work ethic is something that sets her apart from the others And it’s that hard work that shows up in her results so when I come on the track I feel comfortable enough that I put in what I need to put in here,” she said It’s what she’s been doing from a very early age Spectrum News first introduced you to Cai two years ago when she was the fastest preteen in the nation She was breaking records then and setting the stage for her prep career Now she is lighting up the high school scene and has her sights set on the Olympics “It’s like my mind is blank and I’m just letting my body do what’s it’s used to doing,” Cai said — The 151st Kentucky Derby has come and gone with Sovereignty taking home first place Churchill Downs isn’t the only place that held races on Saturday Hundreds of people made their way down to Tampa Bay Downs “There’s something about watching live horses race,” she said Moore came all the way from Sarasota to see Saturday’s races It’s not just the races that people come to the track for Tour Again” tour with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts to the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum is offering $5 admission for moms on Sunday Regular admission is $16 to see the wide collection of classic cars Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Live based on the recent reboot of Jim Henson’s beloved 1980s creations will be at the Straz Center in Tampa on Saturday [ Straz Center for the Performing Arts ]Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Live: Based on the recent reboot of Jim Henson’s beloved 1980s creations the show features a new story that follows the Fraggles on a mission to find the magical Celebration Stone in Morsani Hall at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts AMAZE with Jamie Allan: The illusionist is known as an innovator of magic and a groundbreaking high-tech magician. Through May 11. Tickets start at $45.83. Jaeb Theater at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts. strazcenter.org. Graphicstudio Open House and Benefit Sale: The University of South Florida’s art research institute attracts top talent and in this sale, hundreds of original, artist-signed, fine art prints and sculpture multiples will be on display and available for sale at discounted prices. The sale is a one-day event, Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on the USF campus at 3702 Spectrum Blvd. Suite 100, just north of the Embassy Suites Hotel on Fowler Avenue. Subscribe to our free Do & Dine newsletter Consume: The Morean Center for Clay presents “Consume” featuring the work of Erica Bleu who explores human emotion through the behaviors of insects Her work reflects this tension through elegant clay forms in faded greens and muted grays their ornate slip-trailed designs and floral water etchings evoking both beauty and quiet unease We Them One’s Comedy Tour: Led by Mike Epps from “Next Friday” the top comedy lineup includes Deray Davis Lil Duval and Mojo Brookz in a stand-up showcase Saturday Puscifer & Primus): The Sessanta tour is an atypical concert It’s one solid set that clocks in around three hours in total and features Puscifer Each band performs multiple mini sets of their own material with the bands shifting members as the night goes on $42 and up at Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre The view driving southwest from Hillsborough County heading to Pinellas County on the new Howard Frankland Bridge on March 25 It will be among the many topics in the Tampa Bay Times' community discussion focusing on responsible sustainable development as Tampa Bay’s landscape continues to grow and evolve [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Sustainability in Growth: Join the Tampa Bay Times for a community discussion focusing on responsible This discussion will explore how innovative practices are helping shape the future of our region Craig Ferguson: The comedian and former late night host performs Wednesday Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Food & Wine Festival: Guests can sip and savor their way through the park each weekend of the event This week features concerts by classic rockers Grand Funk Railroad on Saturday and the legendary salsa group El Gran Combo on Sunday Food and beverage are purchased separately and is not included with park admission Terms of Endearment: Though Emma is often exasperated by her highly-opinionated mother, Aurora, when they need one another most, will they be able to find courage in each other? 8 p.m. May 9-11. 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New Tampa Performing Arts Center, 8550 Hunters Village Road, Tampa. tinyurl.com/4nvmshr8 Westley Chapel Craft Festival: This curated craft festival brings together a talented selection of artisans from the Tampa Bay area Pete Running Company the second Saturday of every month at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre at the Central Park Performing Arts Center at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Ferguson Hall at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts Invisible Immigrants: The Tampa Bay History Center is the first museum is in the U.S. to host this exhibit that had a four-year run in major Spanish cities. “Invisible Immigrants: Spaniards in the U.S. (1868–1945)” is on display through Aug. 3. Open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets are $18.95, students $15.95, age 6 and younger free. 801 Water St., Tampa. tampabayhistorycenter.org. Also compiled by Lee Clark Zumpe, Tampa Bay Newspapers. 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