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SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — A man who owned and operated a private jet startup was convicted of wire fraud on Thursday in connection with a scheme in which he stole millions of dollars from unsuspecting customers. The United States Attorney General’s Office for the District of Maryland reports that...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Clearwater City Council gave the green light Thursday night for the Church of Scientology to take over a short city street that’s key to building L. Ron Hubbard Hall, a 3500-person venue named after its controversial founder. The decision came after more than an hour...

Tampa police identified the two people found dead in connected Old Seminole Heights investigations as 36-year-old Tyneisha Burroughs and 41-year-old Jamel Williams, who were reportedly in a romantic relationship. Williams was found dead inside a vehicle on North Central Avenue on May 25, while Burroughs was discovered

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (WFLA)— A death investigation is underway after a man was found dead in Pinellas Park. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at the 6600 block of 69th Avenue North in Pinellas Park early Friday morning. “One adult male is deceased, and an investigation has been started,” the sheri

LARGO, Fla. — The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office is using new technology to strengthen communication with the community. For the past five years, the agency has utilized body-worn cameras for transparency. Now, those devices have real-time translation capabilities. This gives deputies dozens of languages at their fin

Hold-Thyssen, a commercial real estate firm based in Clearwater and Winter Park, has been hired to manage two local properties totaling 251,000 square feet. One is a new assignment in Tampa and the other is the extension of an existing arrangement in Port Richey. Hold-Thyssen says the Tampa property is...

Road Work, Lane Closures (Unsplash) PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – Pinellas County drivers are in for...

FLORIDA — Florida’s ongoing drought is slowly moving in the right direction, with the Extreme Drought Level 4 footprint shrinking by nearly 30 percent over the past month thanks to rounds of rainfall across the state. The side-by-side drought monitor comparison shows a dramatic reduction in deep red Extreme Drought cov

A predawn high-speed chase on Interstate 75 in Hillsborough County ended with an abandoned car, a stash of guns including a stolen AR-15, and a big bag of marijuana, while several suspects managed to get away on foot early Wednesday. According to state troopers, the pursuit kicked off when they...

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Battles Two-Alarm Commercial Structure Fire TAMPA, Fla. – A massive column...