Chad Mills

3 weeks ago | abcactionnews.com | Chad Mills

TAMPA, Fla. — The Cuban Club in Ybor City is an old building full of history, but inside these walls — mounted on them — is something new. Something that could save lives. Tiffany Bolt, the club’s sales manager, is a big believer of what’s inside this box: everything you need, including Narcan, to quickly reverse the often-fatal effects of an opioid like fentanyl. “When I showed the bartenders the Narcan information, it was so easy.

3 weeks ago | abcactionnews.com | Chad Mills

TAMPA, Fla. — Religion and politics aren’t the only two subject matters that can spark a heated debate. How to solve the flooding along S. Howard Ave. in Tampa is proving divisive as well. Thursday night, before a meeting on the topic could even get started, an attendee took the stage, interrupting a city spokesperson, to address the large crowd.

3 weeks ago | abcactionnews.com | Chad Mills

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Wearing purple ribbons on their lapels, dozens of people called out of work or adjusted their plans to attend a Tuesday morning meeting of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. “This is a crisis, and we as a county must do better,” one of them, Kay Bourke, told commissioners. They attended the meeting to speak for Polk County’s dogs and cats, roughly a month after an ABC Action News report put Polk County Animal Control in the spotlight.

3 weeks ago | abcactionnews.com | Chad Mills

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — When Jennifer and Angela Haywood moved to their Pasco County home ten years ago, they didn’t know they were buying waterfront property. However, more often than not lately, their home has been partially surrounded by water. “That’s the worst it’s ever been,” Angela said Monday as she surveyed her yard. “By a lot.”The water that partially surrounds her home, which is located north of Zephyrhills on Phelps Road off Fort King Road, should not be there.

3 weeks ago | abcactionnews.com | Chad Mills

TAMPA, Fla. — On a pleasant Sunday morning, hundreds showed up to Al Lopez Park in Tampa to make a stand — and take a walk — for a good cause. Neha Patel and many others participated in a walk-a-thon, which was organized by BAPS Charities to raise money to fight pediatric cancer in Tampa Bay. “As we know, the diagnosis of cancer has been increasing, especially in children as well, so it’s important that we provide as much support as we can,” said Patel.