DUI prevention operation planned in part of Florida this weekend
FLORIDA — Law enforcement agencies across Pinellas County will be conducting a DUI prevention operation this weekend aimed at keeping impaired drivers off the roads. The operation will run from 7 p.m. Saturday, August 30, through 5 a.m. Sunday, August 31, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO)....
2 men arrested for attempting to block St. Pete street mural remover, police say
Two men were arrested after authorities say they attempted to block Florida Department of Transportation crews who were painting over a local street mural.
The Best Macaroni Salad In Florida Is Hiding Inside This Unassuming Amish Store
In a state known for grouper sandwiches and key lime pie, the last thing you’d expect to find is an Amish culinary masterpiece tucked away on a quiet Largo street. Yet there it stands – a cheerful yellow building with a humble red fence that houses what many Florida food enthusiasts swear is the best macaroni salad...
Violent Abduction At Pinellas Park Business Leads To Arrest Of Tampa Man
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – A Tampa man is being held in Hillsborough County Jail after an investigation by the Pinellas Park Police Department led to an arrest warrant for kidnapping and domestic battery. The charges stem from an incident on August 27, 2025, where witnesses reported seeing the suspect, Pedro Daniel...
‘Markings of a cult’: Family members say they were cut off from loved ones...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Family members say they were cut off from communicating with their loved ones by the Kingdom of God Global Church. On Wednesday, the FBI raided a home in the exclusive Avila Community, north of Tampa, that is associated with the church. Documents filed in federal court say workers were forced to...
SPLC jumps into lawsuit over homeless people in St. Pete’s Williams Park
Progressive People’s Action, with help from the nonprofit civil rights organization, filed a motion to intervene in a restaurant owner’s attempt to compel the city to enforce a statute banning overnight public sleeping.
Tampa man sentenced to five years for receiving child SA material
TAMPA, Florida - A 40-year-old Tampa man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for receiving child sexual abuse material, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. Steven Dennis Mack will also face a lifetime of supervised release and must register as a sex offender. Mack was...
After days in class, Tampa Bay schools already seeing enrollment drop
School district leaders across the Tampa Bay region are reassessing their short- and long-term plans as they watch student enrollment fall. Hillsborough County, which in recent years shuttered six under-capacity schools, had nearly 10,000 fewer students after two weeks of classes than it had at the same time last...
Miami LB Adarius Hayes faces 3 counts of vehicular homicide
Miami linebacker Adarius Hayes has been charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and one count of reckless driving with serious bodily injury following an investigation into a May crash that killed three people.
Former City of Tampa intern inappropriately touched child at summer camp, police say
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A man who formerly worked as an intern for the City of Tampa was arrested Wednesday after he was accused of inappropriate conduct with children he met while working at a summer camp. A news release from the Tampa Police Department said Amari Stubbs, 18, began talking to a girl he […]
