Gainesville Man Sentenced to Over Ten Years for Role in Clearwater Store Robbery
A Gainesville man, Jhakheem Smith, age 26, has been sentenced to a term of over ten years following his involvement in the armed robbery of a Clearwater convenience store, as detailed in a report by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. Store surveillance footage from the November 2023...
Charges dropped against Tampa photojournalist arrested covering Miami ICE protest
The 52-year-old photographer was charged with trespassing on property after warning, resisting an officer without violence to his person, unlawful assembly and obstructing a highway, despite wearing visible press credentials and telling officers he was a member of the media. The post Charges dropped against Tampa...
Temple Terrace Resident Transforms Neighborhood Into 60,000-Light Holiday Display
Lucas Hutchins has transformed River Ridge Drive in Temple Terrace into a holiday spectacle. 60,000 lights blanket the street. He's built this display across 18 years. The Temple Terrace Light Show pulls thousands of visitors each December to the River Run subdivision. Hutchins began this project when he moved into...
Oil prices drop to lowest point since 2021
Oil prices on Tuesday dropped to their lowest point since 2021.
Thousands sign petition calling for legal action against TECO over ‘price gouging’
TECO customers are calling for legal action against the company in an online petition that has reached tens of thousands of signatures.
Rare condition forces St. Petersburg doctors to amputate teen’s leg
A Bradenton teen is recovering from a nearly 17-hour surgery where doctors at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital amputated her left leg. When Jasmine Ramirez was two-years-old, her family noticed her left leg was growing much faster than her right leg. Ramirez’s family said doctors told them her condition...
Flu and RSV cases up significantly this year
Doctors at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital are seeing a noticeable uptick in influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) this year, in comparison to last year. For strain flu A, the hospital’s team observed a 322% increase from November 2024 to November 2025. Equally as concerning, RSV cases have increased...
Tampa surgeon performs fully robotic microsurgery
Dr. Nicholas Panetta, chief of the Plastic Surgery Institute at Tampa General Hospital and chair of the University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine Department of Plastic Surgery, believes that investing in robotic technologies can dramatically improve the surgical experience. He led a fully robotic...
St. Pete Allows Housing on Church Land, a Florida First
Palm Lake Christian Church received a permit to develop 86 units of affordable housing before the city passed a new ordinance allowing churches to build housing without additional permits. | Google Maps / Palm Lake Christian Church. St. Petersburg became the first Florida city to allow religious institutions to...
FedEx truck catches fire on Pinellas County roadway
Traffic cameras show a FedEx truck on fire in Pinellas County.
