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LARGO, Fla. – Pinellas County deputies are asking the public to keep a sharp lookout for a missing man considered endangered. A Purple Alert has officially gone out for 26-year-old Jamie Cornleious Kinsey, who vanished Sunday from a residential facility in unincorporated Largo. Authorities say Kinsey was last...

GIBSONTON, Fla. (WKRC) - A man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly opened fire on an interstate roadway on Saturday. According to WTVT, citing information from the Florida Highway Patrol, 33-year-old Genaldo Mercado was taken into custody after he reportedly admitted to opening fire while driving on I-75....

Pastor and activist Andy Oliver reiterated statements from an open letter he posted on social media that day, once again demanding SPPD drop the agreement. He also called on City Council to pass a resolution asking SPPD Chief Anthony Holloway to terminate the agreement. The post St. Pete faith leaders call for SPPD...

BRANDON, Fla. - A small community in unincorporated Hillsborough County is celebrating 150 years. Historians say Limona, FL, which is now known as Brandon, used to be a small community centered around a cemetery. The backstory:. Leaders with Preserving Brandon say Brandon was known as "New Hope" in the 1800s....

A Brandon teenager has died after being struck by a freight train in a tragic morning incident that unfolded near a set of railroad tracks in Hillsborough County.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A crash after 10 p.m., reportedly involving a pedestrian on the Howard Frankland Bridge, has left one person dead. The deadly incident happened Monday night, close to Mile Marker 34 along the bridge, prompting the response of emergency crews to the area, according to Pinellas County officials.

A cruise ship that departed Florida has been hit by a norovirus outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A Florida school bus aide was caught on camera pummeling "nonverbal autistic" 9-year-old while he was "harnessed" to a seat, leading to a felony charge of child abuse, cops say. The post 'Harnessed to a bus seat': Autistic 9-year-old gets 'slapped' and 'smacked' by school aide on video while on the way home from...

Video: Catch up on recent top stories from across Tampa Bay MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — A popular Italian restaurant in Madeira Beach announced it’ll soon be closing its doors as the city prepares to start development on a new town center. Frabotta’s Beach Kitchen has sat just steps away from the beach for years, […]

In April 2025, a private boat operated by St. Petersburg businessman Jeffrey Knight ran up and over the Clearwater Ferry.