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BRANDON, Fla. - A small community in unincorporated Hillsborough County is celebrating 150 years. Historians say Limona, FL, which is now known as Brandon, used to be a small community centered around a cemetery. The backstory:. Leaders with Preserving Brandon say Brandon was known as "New Hope" in the 1800s....

LARGO — Deputies have issued a Purple Alert for a missing Largo man. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, 26-year-old Jamie Cornleious Kinsey was last seen on Sunday, January 11, 2026, at the 4th Street Group Home, located at 1403 4th Street SW in unincorporated Largo. Deputies say Kinsey does not have...

A Brandon teenager has died after being struck by a freight train in a tragic morning incident that unfolded near a set of railroad tracks in Hillsborough County.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A crash after 10 p.m., reportedly involving a pedestrian on the Howard Frankland Bridge, has left one person dead. The deadly incident happened Monday night, close to Mile Marker 34 along the bridge, prompting the response of emergency crews to the area, according to Pinellas County officials.

A cruise ship that departed Florida has been hit by a norovirus outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

TAMPA, Fla. – A Brandon resident and attorney has been sentenced to six years and six months in federal prison for his role in distributing child sexual abuse material. Senior U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday handed down the sentence to Benjamin Crawford, 47, who previously pleaded guilty to the charges in June...

A Florida school bus aide was caught on camera pummeling "nonverbal autistic" 9-year-old while he was "harnessed" to a seat, leading to a felony charge of child abuse, cops say. The post 'Harnessed to a bus seat': Autistic 9-year-old gets 'slapped' and 'smacked' by school aide on video while on the way home from...

Video: Catch up on recent top stories from across Tampa Bay MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — A popular Italian restaurant in Madeira Beach announced it’ll soon be closing its doors as the city prepares to start development on a new town center. Frabotta’s Beach Kitchen has sat just steps away from the beach for years, […]

In April 2025, a private boat operated by St. Petersburg businessman Jeffrey Knight ran up and over the Clearwater Ferry.

A jury trial date was set Monday for Michael Lapniewski Jr., who is accused of killing an elderly St. Petersburg woman nearly four decades ago in a cold case investigators say was solved using modern DNA technology.