University of South Florida student found dead inside rehallsidence
University of South Florida student found dead inside rehallsidence
Police said Kiyonna Myers, 20, was last seen Sunday night, but her car was found at Ballast Point Park early Monday morning.
According to the department, Myers “made statements” that have caused her family to be concerned for her safety.
She is described as being 5 feet tall and weighing about 105 pounds.
As of this report, officers were still in the Ballast Point area looking for Myers. If you know where she is, call Tampa police at 813-231-6130.
In Memoriam Wall in downtown Tampa remembers every homeless death in 2023
TAMPA, Fla. (WFTS) — Paint pen in hand, Josefina Sanders etched name after name on a downtown Tampa wall Thursday morning.
"This is one of my favorite projects," she said.
That's because every name she writes is a chance to honor a life lost. A life that society sometimes tends to overlook.
"I think that we look at homeless people, but we don't realize like, they don't wake up one day, or they're born one day and say, I want to be a homeless person when I wake up. So it allows me to really add deeper meaning to the work I'm putting into, and it allows me to, even if for a second, just put a story into that name that I'm writing down," Sanders said.
The wall is at Portico. It's a downtown Tampa hub of sorts for people experiencing homelessness. Earlier this week, we showcased the group's weekly community breakfast.
According to them, 111 homeless people died last year. For the past 5 years, Sanders and Portico have updated the wall with the names of that year's deaths.
"One of the moments where it really hit me was when I had to write a one-day-old's name. And again, like people aren't born saying I want to be a homeless person. And this baby wasn't granted a future because, you know, she died on the streets, and her parents died on the streets," she added.
But Portico is there for people down on their luck. To Christine Long, it's the closest thing she has to home.
"They really care about the people because they're always bringing us food and clothes and toiletries," she said, adding the help in Tampa is unlike any other city she's been in.
While Long is grateful for the help, she still hopes to see stronger solutions.
"It would be nice if we all had somewhere to sleep inside just to have the security and safety, and we'd just be nice. We could all sleep inside at night. So like a dream," she said.
There's another piece of art at Portico. Out front is a statue known as 'Homeless Jesus.' Portico is hosting a memorial for the lives lost last year at the statue January 22 at 6 p.m.
Busy downtown Tampa intersection to close amid massive pipeline replacement project
It's taken nearly four years to construct a tunnel for the pipe 60 feet below the water surface in Tampa Bay.
TAMPA, Fla. — One of downtown Tampa’s busiest intersections will be shut down for over a month as the city begins to install the final section of a massive wastewater pipeline.
It's taken nearly four years to construct a tunnel for the pipe 60 feet below the water surface in Tampa Bay.
The micro-tunnel, as it’s called, is almost a mile and a half long. The pipe in it will carry more than a fourth of the city’s wastewater – about 15 million gallons per day.
“This is the big one,” said the city’s wastewater department director Eric Weiss. “The others are like down your street and to your house, in your neighborhood. But this one serves such a large area.”
The job is so big that the city will have to shut down Water Street at the intersection of Franklin Street near the Tampa Convention Center for a full month.
Traffic can still access the Harbor Island Bridge, which was welcomed news for people who live and work there.
“I had no idea that they had built that underground over the last two years," Chris Corgan said, who lives in the area. "So, hopefully, they have the same kind of work ethic and grind that they did on the first project and can get this finished up quickly.”
The road closure could make it tougher to reach nearby hotels, Amalie Arena and local businesses like the Bright Ice Cream shop.
“If anything, the parking spots might affect Uber orders,” said Lily Saja, who works at Bright Ice. “Third-party orders if anything because they won't be able to walk up that easily, parking and running into grab stuff, but I think for our foot traffic customers hopefully shouldn't have too much of an impact as long as people don't think they can't still walk down here.”
When finished, the pipeline will connect the wastewater treatment facility at Port Tampa Bay with the Krause Street pumping station on South Ashley Drive.
It replaces a 54-inch pipeline that first went into service in 1951 and is a key part of a 20-year plan to replace the city's aging infrastructure.
“We're no different than any other municipality our age around Florida," Weiss said. "We have aging infrastructure. Over 60% of it is over 50 years old. So, it's old.”
The city knew this was coming, so they plan to have plenty of message boards and detour signs to let people know how to get around the construction. There will also be more closures to come.
A second phase of the $83 million project is expected to start near the beginning of March, and Franklin Street will be closed, but the city says it will be able to reopen Water Street by then, so people trying to access the convention center and Harbor Island will still be able to do so.
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