Pinellas County, FL, Big C’s Chopped BBQ was temporarily closed with 23 violations, rodents,...
Big C's Chopped BBQ on 9th Street South was temporarily closed for a few days by state inspectors after documenting 23 violations during a September 3, 2025, inspection, according to the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation in Pinellas County, Florida.
Florida Man Cleared In Dog Abandonment Case After Hurricane Milton
Giovanny Aldama Garcia of Ruskin, has had charges dropped in connection with allegedly abandoning his dog, Trooper, during Hurricane Milton.
Feline Overload: Tampa’s Pet Resource Center Seeks Homes for Cats as Numbers Hit 628%...
It's raining cats, not dogs, at Hillsborough County's Pet Resource Center, where a staggering 628% of their capacity has turned the center into a feline festival. The Tampa shelter currently hosts 352 cats, vastly outnumbering their resources meant for 56, and at a time when the cat population is typically on the...
Hillsborough recommends closing Tampa performing arts charter school
A Tampa public charter school for the performing arts that serves solely minority and economically disadvantaged students could shutter its doors midyear after receiving a letter from district officials about “serious security deficiencies.”. The district’s letter, dated Friday, Oct. 10, blindsided top officials at...
1 home destroyed, another badly damaged in separate fires in Ruskin
RUSKIN, Fla. (WFLA) — Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crews had a busy night on Thursday, battling two huge home fires in Ruskin neighborhoods. Multiple 911 calls alerted HCFR to a manufactured home fire on 18th Ave. SE just after 11 p.m. on Thursday, and responding crews arrived to find it entirely engulfed in...
WATCH: Florida teen busted with cash, guns, 120 pounds of THC
PLANT CITY, Fla. (CBS12) — A drug investigation led deputies to a 17-year-old Florida boy accused of stockpiling rifles, marijuana, and thousands in cash. Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) say that on Thursday, they obtained probable cause to arrest Hector Santamaria Rosales after a...
2 Hillsborough County Sheriff’s colonels resign amid internal investigation
TAMPA - Two Hillsborough County Sheriff's colonels have resigned in response to an ongoing internal investigation. The Sheriff's Office confirmed that Colonel Christopher Rule and Colonel Michael Hannaford resigned on October 17. FOX 13 has reached out to HCSO to learn more about the investigation, but we have not...
Tierra Verde residents push back against plans for massive marina expansion
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — People who live in Tierra Verde are banding together to fight a major marina expansion they say doesn’t belong in their neighborhood. At a packed community open house, neighbors with the group Tierra Verde NEXT discussed strategy and voiced opposition to the project proposed by Greenleaf...
Applications Open For Pinellas Hurricane Recovery Grants
More than $800 million available to residents outside the city of St. Petersburg
Why was Rocking Crab Seafood and Bar temporarily closed with 20 Violations in Pinellas...
The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation ordered Rocking Crab Seafood And Bar at 391 34 St N in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, to temporarily close on October 16, 2025, after inspectors documented 20 violations during a complaint-driven inspection.
