Saint Petersburg FL

BRANDON, Fla. — A home in Brandon suffered significant damage in a fire, but the residents were able to evacuate and reach safety as firefighters managed to suppress the flames. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said they fought a fire for roughly 45 minutes during the afternoon hours of Sunday.

Uptown Joe's New York Diner in Hillsborough County was temporarily closed on March 2, 2026, after a routine food inspection found four violations — 2 high-priority, 1 intermediate, and 1 basic — resulting in an emergency order to stop operations. The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation conducted...

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating a gentleman's club shooting that left two men injured early Monday morning. Deputies say this happened at the Silks Gentleman's Club located in the area of U.S. Highway 19 North in Palm Harbor, where there was a report of a shooting.

Water levels in the region have gotten so low that Tampa Bay Water has stopped siphoning from local rivers. The continuing drought and lack of rain have forced the agency to rely solely on underground wells and its desalination plant in Apollo Beach. Standing on a dry intake pipe on...

TAMPA, Fla. — Prices at the pump continue to rise in Florida and across the Tampa Bay area as the ongoing conflict in Iran continues to impact oil production. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, surged to $119.50 per barrel early in the day Monday, but later was trading near $106...

Florida has plenty of great restaurants, but here is a question serious food lovers often ask. What does a truly legendary steakhouse experience actually feel like?. Somewhere in Tampa, the answer begins long before the first bite. Reservations are carefully planned. Diners arrive with high expectations. And once the...

The company’s first drone delivery site in Florida will serve Prime customers living within an eight-mile radius of the Ruskin fulfillment center. Items under five pounds and about the size of a shoebox, such as over-the-counter medication, baby food, cleaning supplies, and small electronics—can be delivered directly...

ST. PETERSBURG — A new Beef ‘O’ Brady’s will open Tuesday, March 17, at 2901 66th St. N., filling a space that sat empty after an Applebee’s abruptly closed there last summer. Owners Amit and Jamie Khanna, a husband-and-wife team who relocated from Colorado, plan...

The Florida House of Representatives unanimously approved a scaled-back bill Wednesday to create a special district around the booming University Town Center area — a proposal that would still give one of the region’s largest developers significant influence over the new entity spanning more than 1,400 acres across...

TAMPA, Fla. - Volunteers across the Bay Area spent Saturday picking up trash, removing invasive plants and helping restore local ecosystems as part of the nationwide "Greatest American Cleanup" campaign. Nationwide Cleanup :. The effort, organized by Keep America Beautiful, aims to remove 25 billion pounds of litter...