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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — A routine traffic stop early Friday morning ended with deputies locating a suspect hidden inside a vacant home, according to the Pasco Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say the incident occurred Jan. 2, 2026, around 3:46 a.m., when a deputy attempted to stop a man...

TAMPA, Florida - George Tucker, Jr., age 45, of Tampa, Florida, has been sentenced to seven years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aiding in the filing of false tax returns. The court also ordered Tucker to forfeit $1,354,757.64 and pay $15,028,309.89 in restitution to the...

Florida is about to treat animal cruelty the way it treats sex crimes. Starting January 1, 2026, the state will post the names of convicted animal abusers on a searchable public database run by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The registry exists because of what happened to one dog...

Derby Lane began hosting the Farmers and Flea Bazaar in November 2025. The spot? An old greyhound track in St. Petersburg at 10490 Gandy Blvd. Organizer Shawn Yang relocated about 150 vendors after his previous site shut down. Yang had operated the Pinellas Farmers and Flea Market at 13600 Icot...

TARPON SPRINGS — City commissioners unanimously denied a request to build The Shoppes at Meres, a 13,057-square-foot medical and general office building on a 1.8-acre site at 1098 S. Pinellas Ave. Juniper Development sought approval for the project at the northwest corner of Meres Boulevard and Alternate U.S. 19....

TARPON SPRINGS — For more than a decade, Teresa Kondek avoided the place where her husband took his last breath. The intersection near 199 Grand Blvd., where Tarpon Springs Police Officer Charles Kondek Jr. was shot and killed while responding to a noise complaint on Dec. 21, 2014, held too much pain. Aside from one...

"I think this is extremely dangerous. There has not been a case made to eliminate these vaccines," said Dr. Jill Roberts, a USF professor at the College of Public Health.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – What began as a standard pickup at a Tampa gentleman’s club ended in a terrifying ordeal—and a bizarre fast-food detour—for one rideshare driver early Saturday morning. Polk County deputies are now searching for a suspect they say kidnapped an Uber driver at gunpoint, stopping for a meal before...

NAPLES, Fla. — A Lakeland man and a Tampa woman are facing numerous drug-related charges after Naples police said they uncovered numerous illegal narcotics during a traffic stop. On the morning of New Year's Day, officers stopped the vehicle for not stopping at a flashing red traffic signal at...

Tampa Fire Rescue crews are working to put out several car fires in a Tampa hotel garage.