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CARROLLWOOD — An Italian restaurant concept from Cooper’s Hawk will open Oct. 20 in the former Romano’s Macaroni Grill space at 14904 N. Dale Mabry Highway. Piccolo Buco by Cooper’s Hawk marks the first Florida location for the concept from the Illinois-based winery and hospitality group. Tampa’s only Macaroni Grill...

A bank robbery in Tampa came to an unexpected conclusion this week, as the suspect was turned in by none other than his own mother. Aaron Spencer, 33, has been taken into custody by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office following an incident last Thursday at a local Truist Bank, according to a sheriff's office...

Lorene’s Fish House, a longtime staple of the historic Deuces neighborhood in St. Petersburg, has been named one of the recipients of the “Backing Historic Small Restaurants” grant for 2025. Located at 927 22nd Street South, Lorene’s is one of only two restaurants in Florida to receive this year’s honor, placing it...

By 2035, Florida is expected to have a nursing shortage of nearly 60,000, according to the Florida Hospital Association. The University of South Florida St. Petersburg is launching a four-year nursing program that will welcome freshmen. Usha Menon, the dean of the USF College of Nursing, said it will help...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— Gas prices in Florida have dropped to the lowest daily average price since May, AAA announced. Florida gas prices declined 12 cents last week, with an average of $2.92 per gallon on Sunday. “Florida gas prices slipped to the lower end of the 30-cent range, which it has fluctuated within for the […]

Feeding Tampa Bay has launched a new relief program to assist federal employees in the Tampa Bay area affected by the ongoing government shutdown.

The Tampa City Council on Thursday disbanded its Racial Reconciliation Committee over concerns about pushback from the state and federal level. The unanimous vote came after a city attorney sent the council a memo last month explaining Tampa could risk losing federal funding if it continued to support the committee.

The nonprofit NOPE will hold a candlelight vigil on Oct. 16 at Hillsborough High School to remember lives lost to drug overdoses.

When a teenage boy bravely tried to rescue his autistic, nonverbal 5-year-old sister from a Florida lake this week, both became trapped in a tangle of vegetation and had to be rescued by deputies. The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said the young girl was reported missing in the area of Lake Lisa Park in Port […]

A criminal with more than 20 years of wrongdoings is now looking at possibly more than two decades in prison sentence