Clearwater health system studying how robots can help move patients
BayCare Health Systems has partnered with a Gainesville technology company on a pilot program to see how robotics can support hospital operations and make it easier to move patients. The Pinellas County nonprofit health care system began the pilot program earlier this month at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater. In...
Pinellas County approves BayCare Ballpark renovations, the search for two missing USF grad students...
Good evening, Tampa Bay. We're wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook. It will be another dry day for Wednesday, but with a few more clouds. Highs will be in the low to mid 80s with a wind...
TPA outlines Tampa-St. Pete air taxi plan
Tampa International Airport outlined plans for future air taxi routes across Tampa Bay, including a connection between Tampa and St. Petersburg, as it advances a $1.5 billion terminal expansion tied to regional growth. Airport CEO Michael Stephens told the Pinellas County Commission the airport is working with state, federal and...
Florida AG Uthmeier defends not enforcing some state laws; former state attorney objects
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier visited Tampa on Tuesday to announce an investigation related to artificial intelligence following a mass shooting at FSU in 2025.
2 graduate students missing from University of South Florida, police say
They have both since been added to the state and nationwide missing person databases.
There’s a ghost town hiding on this Florida island. Here’s how it died
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – Florida has plenty of strange ghost towns, such as a community built on stilts and an abandoned logging neighborhood. However, this one was rated as the “creepiest” ghost town in the Sunshine State, according to Thrillist. The ghost town — Fort Dade —...
Food trucks will battle for top spot at ‘727, 813, and 941 Food Truck...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Food trucks representing Tampa Bay area codes will face off and compete for the votes of attendees at the 727, 813, and 941 Food Truck Wars. Organizers with Food Truck Wars announced Tuesday that the event will take place Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3 at the Win! Derby in St. Pete.
St. Petersburg Distillery and Twisted Indian host weekly Sunday brunch with Indian fusion &...
St. Petersburg’s best Indian food and Florida’s top craft distillery walk into a Sunday brunch, and no, this isn’t the setup to a joke. It’s the best thing to happen to your weekends since someone invented sleeping in. St. Petersburg Distillery, the family-owned craft spirit operation...
St. Pete Beach to seek cheaper alternative to Freebee service
ST. PETE BEACH — City commissioners have directed staff to seek proposals from other microtransit companies, hoping to find a cheaper alternative to Freebee before the city's contract with the on-demand ride service expires Sept. 30. The program costs the city $536,700 a year, and a $3 surcharge imposed...
Hotel, retail plan for 66-acre Park Place site goes to vote
A proposal to add a 120-room hotel, roughly 28,000 square feet of retail space and a drive-thru bank to the Park Place site along U.S. Highway 19 goes to a final vote April 21 in Pinellas Park. Park Place has long operated as a regional shopping center but has seen...
