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TAMPA, Fla. — AAA says it is now seeing a spike in calls for service due to dead car batteries during this Florida cold snap. Checking tires and car batteries is keeping mechanics busy this week at the AAA Car Care Center in Tampa. “We’re early in the going...

Good morning, Tampa Bay. Here's what you need to know today. It will be chilly to start the day on Thursday with a freeze north of Tampa, but we will warm up a bit in the afternoon with plenty of sunshine. Highs will be in the low to mid 60s.

Some places in Florida feel trendy. Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish feels timeless. Along Pasadena Avenue in St. Petersburg, smoke drifts from a humble cedar shack where Old Florida flavor still reigns and locals happily line up for their favorites. This is the kind of spot people plan their week around, where picnic...

Leaders at the Win! Derby Poker Room in St. Petersburg said they are gaining more traction from the community. But they are also getting noise complaints from the surrounding neighborhoods.

While portions of the northeast are digging out of the weekend storm and parts of the Mid Atlantic are preparing for the next one, it looks like the Florida Gulf coast could see some of their own snowflakes too this weekend. But this will be a wintry weather event more for cameras than for snow shovels: while snow...

Back in November, Texas-based burger chain Whataburger held a “ground-breaking” ceremony at 10150 Ulmerton Road in Largo, where, coverage by Business Observer said in November, the building had in fact already been completed, with only interior work remaining. But a groundbreaking ceremony was nonetheless...

The community of restaurants located on West Bay Drive east of 20th Street Southwest in Largo looks to be welcoming a new spot for coffee and ice cream into the mix. According to plan review documents submitted by Jallo Creamery LLC, a new restaurant called Jallo Coffee / Ice Cream is working to open at 1731 W Bay...

A teenage girl arrived home from school Tuesday afternoon to a horrific scene: Her 4-year-old brother dead in their bloodied mother's arms on a bed, Florida cops say. The St. Petersburg Police Department said 43-year-old Diana Elizabeth Cullom suffocated Finley Cullom with a plastic bag. The mother of four is charged...

ST. PETE, Fla. — The city of St. Pete is helping construct a plan to transform the four-block area under I-275 near the heart of downtown. The area, dubbed Trails Crossing, spans from 1st Avenue North to 3rd Avenue South. The stretch of I-275 has historically divided a number of growing neighborhoods like the Edge...

The woman accused of murdering both her ex-husbands last December has pleaded not guilty in their deaths.