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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY – A three-vehicle crash on I-75 northbound left one driver dead and another seriously injured on the evening of September 30, 2025. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at approximately 7:20 p.m. south of Fletcher Avenue. Troopers say a 38-year-old Lakeland woman was...

As the one-year anniversaries of hurricanes Helene and Milton approach, many Pinellas County residents, homeowners and business owners are still recovering from the devastation. In the storms' aftermath, government officials and agencies at every level faced blame and complaints as permitting backlogs, staff...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Desnee Ebner-Rivers and the word 'cancer' do not get along. Not because she has cancer, but because of what it has taken from her. “I did. I lost all of them," said Ebner-Rivers. She lost her father to prostate cancer, and her grandmother and mother to...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 on Tuesday evening resulted in the death of a St. Petersburg man and left another driver with serious injuries. The fatal collision occurred at approximately 7:20 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the highway. According to preliminary reports, the...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A man was arrested Monday after he was caught going nearly 130 mph on the Gandy Bridge, an arrest report from the Florida Highway Patrol said. A trooper reported that they stopped a vehicle driven by Declan Sheppard, 18, after their laser unit showed he was driving 129 mph on […]

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor is responding publicly to an investigation that has ensnared the city's top code enforcement officer. She says she could not comment on the specifics of the investigation into Keith O'Connor, but that she "wouldn't judge an individual on a mistake they may have made." O'Connor is...

TAMPA, Fla. — Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, died at 91. The Jane Goodall Institute announced the primatologist’s death on Wednesday in an Instagram post. According to the Washington, D.C.-based institute, Goodall...

Sheriff: Sparta the dog leaped on suspect to protect 15-year-old girl

TAMPA, Fla. – A 43-year-old Tampa man was killed Monday afternoon in a collision with a semi-tractor while bicycling on the sidewalk parallel to Causeway Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). The incident occurred at approximately 3:54 PM on September 30, 2025, near South 54th Street. FHP...

Feeding Tampa Bay, one of the largest nonprofits in all of Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties, expects a lot more hungry families if the United States Federal Government shuts down by midnight on October 1.