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The Max Defender 8 weather team is tracking our next cold front that looks to arrive next week.

TAMPA, Fla. – If you love the unseasonable warmth we’ve been having, you’ll want to soak up every minute of this weekend. The latest forecast shows a sharp divide between the last days of 2025 and the start of 2026, with a major cold front poised to send temperatures plummeting just in time for the New Year...

Largo – A pedestrian was killed on Wednesday, December 24, 2025 after being struck by a vehicle on Seminole Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The incident occurred at approximately 8:08 p.m. Investigators say a Kia Forte driven by a 49-year-old Tampa man, was traveling northbound on Seminole...

Tawana, a Florida manatee, was first identified by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute (CMARI) in January 2019 at Salt Spring during a photo identification study focused on manatee use in the lower St. Johns River. In January 2024, she was relocated at Silver Glen Spring with a monofilament line wrapped...

TAMPA, FLA. (WSVN) - TAMPA, Fla. (WSVN) — A generous group of high school students in Tampa went to a Walmart store, chose people at random and offered to pay for everything in their shopping carts. Students from Riverview High School were seen in the parking lot of the...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Perry Bamonte, best known as the guitarist and keyboardist for the iconic British rock band The Cure, died on Thursday. He was 65. The band announced that he passed away after a short illness at his home over Christmas. “Quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative, ‘Teddy’ was a warm...

A carjacking suspect was nabbed on Christmas Day after fleeing from law enforcement at a speed of more than 120 miles per hour on Interstate 75 in Sumter County. Anthony Renard Sheppard, 29, was at the wheel of a black 2014 Honda CR-V northbound on I-75 at about 8:30 p.m. when he was spotted by a member of the...

Family-owned restaurant Hibachi Express is preparing to open a new location in St. Petersburg. It’s opening at 3605 49th Street N, in the retail center on the southeast corner of the 38th Avenue North intersection, What Now confirmed with owner Jayson Huang on Tuesday. Huang is heading up of...

The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art is offering a rare opportunity for both art lovers and history enthusiasts. They’re giving visitors the chance to experience one of the most influential photographic bodies of work in American history. From now through March 29, 2026, you can explore Edward S. Curtis:...

Pinellas County started giving out checks Monday from its $813 million People First Hurricane Recovery Program. Over 3,700 people have asked for help since the program started on Oct. 20. Christian Piccion lives in Seminole. He was the first person to get disaster money when County Commission Chair Brian Scott...