Saint Petersburg FL

Houston-based The Hanover Company, a private real estate developer, has purchased a retail plaza that is expected to be redeveloped into a 304-unit affordable housing community. The group has acquired the 8.95-acre site at 3100 22nd Avenue North in North Kenwood for $16.5 million from ZSPR PROPCO of Tampa LLC,...

Two individuals were recently arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in Seffner in Central Florida. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies had responded to the 100 block of Phillips Drive following a 911 call reporting a shooting. Upon arrival, deputies discovered 31-year-old Michael...

It would limit music or sounds that exceed ambient background noise by 5 decibels at neighboring properties.

Rockwell faces scrutiny over controversial comments and alleged First Amendment violation; Education Commissioner recommends withholding board salaries. Alachua County School Board member Sarah Rockwell has been ordered to appear before the state Board of Education, a dramatic new development in the controversy...

Irena Green spent time in jail and went through a long legal process for breaking the regulations of her Hillsborough County homeowners’ association. Green recounted the humiliation she experienced at the jail earlier this year when she was fingerprinted and had her mug shot taken. She is currently the only homeowner...

Florida's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is set to review county spending in Hillsborough and Pinellas, according to letters obtained by ABC Action News.

In a significant crackdown on the rampant drug trade, a man leading a double life has been arrested by detectives from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office for orchestrating a substantial fentanyl trafficking operation. Living under a false identity for almost ten years, the unnamed man's activities were brought...

Court records show Jeff Knight faces eight felony counts and 16 additional violations for leaving the scene of a crash that killed one and injured several others.

A federal jury recently delivered a verdict in a significant drug trafficking case. Mexican national Lorenzo Valerio-Popoca, aged 31, has been convicted on charges of conspiring to traffic methamphetamine in both Hillsborough and Manatee Counties, according to an announcement by United States Attorney Gregory W....

The City of St. Petersburg is the next target of the state of Florida’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts. In a nine-page letter dated Aug. 1, state auditors say that among the programs the city has implemented that they want more information about are those addressing diversity, equity, and...