Clearwater FL

Elias Guillermo Lara Vargas surveyed the beach at Honeymoon Island State Park, dotted with a few swimmers and boaters, looking for a safe place to launch kayaks into the Gulf of Mexico’s turbulent waters. Vargas, 18, and two friends settled on a stretch of rocky shoreline to the south,...

FLORIDA — A death investigation is underway after a man was killed in a shooting in Tampa early Monday morning, authorities said. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reported receiving a call just after 6:30 a.m. about a shooting near the intersection of North Nebraska Avenue and 129th Avenue. When deputies...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A quiet morning at Jungle Prada de Narvaez Park turned somber Sunday after a local citizen stumbled upon the body of a 50-year-old man washed up along the shoreline. The discovery, made on February 1, sparked a multi-agency response to piece together the final moments of Jeremy Allen Franklin.

A Tampa, Florida, mechanic with 20 years of experience shares 10 major red flags to watch for when getting car maintenance. To the everyday driver, getting service done on your vehicle can be intimidating and stressful if you have limited knowledge. Unfortunately, some auto repair businesses know this and take...

TAMPA, Fla. - Jury selection began on Monday in the trial for a former Polk County deputy charged with DUI manslaughter. Joshua Roelofs is accused of crashing into a car on the Courtney Campbell Causeway in 2022 and killing two people inside. The crash happened in the early morning hours of April 13, 2022, when Tampa...

A cold-stunned turtle is warming up and recovering at Clearwater Marine Aquarium after being rescued on Treasure Island. Treasure Island Police Department’s Community Service Crew said that while they were on routine patrol on Monday morning, they spotted a half-buried lump in the sand that surprised them when it...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay area witnessed an unlikely event over the weekend, when multiple parts of the region saw snow flurries and ice. Flurries were spotted by 10 Tampa Bay News viewers in Largo, Ruskin, Sarasota, Sebring and Tampa as temperatures dropped into the 20s and 30s overnight Saturday.

St. Petersburg bakery The Crumb Factory has opened a second location in Dunedin at 1689 Main St., in the former Southern Bay Bakery. When the space became available in early 2025, a regular customer and realtor reached out to Pablo and Katie Mardones, owners of The Crumb Factory, to see if they were interested in the...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Petersburg detectives just tracked a man all the way to Illinois to put handcuffs on him, and now they’re worried he might have left a trail of victims across the Tampa Bay area. It all started back in late November when a local...

Women entrepreneurs team up to create handcrafted grazing boards and boxes that turn every occasion into a celebration. Graze Craze, whose artfully styled charcuterie boards and graze-style catering are driving steady brand growth, is opening a new location in the Dunedin/Clearwater area. The 1,200-square-foot store,...