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TAMPA, Florida - A Puerto Rican man has been sentenced to over five years in federal prison for firearms-related offenses. Esai Pastrana Cruz, a 30-year-old from Puerto Rico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington to five years and three months in federal prison for conspiring to and makin

After-toxic-blaze-rocks-largo-street-reopens-once-hazmat-clears-the-air A normally routine stretch of roadway in Largo turned into a hazmat hot zone yesterday after a toxic chemical fire shut the street and pulled in an emergency response. By the end of the day, the same street was back open, but only after hazardous-m

A U.S. Coast Guard Station Sand Key boat rescued three people on Saturday after their boat began taking on water.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (WFLA) — An elementary school is celebrating the retirement of a teacher who has spent nearly 50 years teaching the children of Pinellas County. Susan Adams has been a beloved teacher at Lake St. George Elementary since the school opened its doors in 1988. Before that, she taught kindergarten at Westg

Tampa police officers Nevin Morales and Ryan Fagan resigned after being accused of sexual activity with the same 911 dispatcher while on duty.

Tampa police are investigating two connected deaths in Old Seminole Heights involving a man and a woman who knew each other, occurring early Monday morning. Officers found a man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a running vehicle on North Central Avenue, and hours later discovered an unresponsive wo

A new Italian paninoteca is preparing to open on MLK in Crescent Heights. Mozza will debut this summer, offering artisan sandwiches, fresh-stretched mozzarella, wine, and imported Italian goods in the former Little Llamas Boutique space at 2319 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North. The concept comes from local chees

No one should have to go through this. The post 21-Year-Old USF Student’s Chilling Text Message She Sent To Parents Just Moments Before Being Killed By Drunk Driver Has Leaked Online originally published on Total Pro Sports .

She was minutes from home, driving back from a celebration, when a single bad decision destroyed everything, and the last words her family received from her were ones of pure love. Lauryn Marie Akey, 21, a University of South Florida student from Bradenton, Florida, was killed in the early hours...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A deadly crash is causing traffic delays going westbound on the Howard Frankland Bridge Tuesday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol first reported the crash just around 4:30 a.m. on the westbound side of the Howard Frankland Bridge heading into Pinellas County. Traffic cameras show emergency...