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ST. PETERSBURG, FLA -- Sharmae Lamar has been a teacher in Pinellas County for seven years. She says she started her career as a substitute and worked her way up. Her mom inspired her to pursue a career in education. “She’s always told me that I had a gift working...

CLEARWATER, Florida (WFTS) -- Video shows a man being rescued by good Samaritans in Clearwater after his car caught fire. Clearwater Fire and Rescue said a call came in at 2:34 p.m. Friday where a black Porsche was on fire in the eastbound lanes. Video of the incident, provided by...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Many areas are waking up to record cold temperatures this morning. It is windy and cold and although skies will be mostly sunny today, temperatures will stay chilly all afternoon. Temperatures will only warm into the upper 50s. Wind chills will stay in the mid and upper 50s with a little […]

LARGO, Fla. — This Veterans Day, 97-year-old Robert Gamboa of Largo stands as one of the last surviving members of his naval patrol ship from World War II. He's a living link to a generation that helped shape history. As a musician and father of four, Gamboa’s life has...

A team from Pittman Design Group (PDG), based in Tampa, has completed Casa Maceo Apartments. This is a 10-unit affordable housing complex in Ybor City. The project was led by Dontavoius Pittman, Kevin Johnson, and Ponce McNeal. It was funded by a $3 million state grant awarded in 2023. The complex offers...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — More than 20 cold weather shelters are open across the Tampa Bay area to keep people warm as temperatures drop. At places like the Unitarian Universalist Church in St. Pete, volunteers continued to work nonstop to help those in need. "I wish we could hold...

A growing memorial in Ybor City marks the site where four people were killed and at least a dozen others were injured over the weekend.

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — The Bay Pines VA has long been known for its prominence in Tampa Bay and the historic land that it sits on. But there’s at least one untold story there a local veteran is determined to make sure is preserved and shared with everyone he can reach.

64 years ago, St. Petersburg Police Department lost one of their own in the line duty, and they haven't forgotten. In a social media tribute marking the anniversary of his end of watch (EOW), the department remembered Officer Eugene A. Bessette, who perished on November 10, 1961. The post, shared on the department's...

A Pinellas County man has been unable to legally drive his three vehicles since August, after discovering three holds on his registration.