Tampa FL

The Florida Department of Transportation asked St. Petersburg officials for a list of painted crosswalks, roads and other traffic infrastructure, according to a city email obtained by Axios. Why it matters: The request, sent Monday morning via email, stems from new state and federal guidance restricting pavement...

A St. Johns resident was one of four people across the state who died this year from a “flesh-eating” bacterium that originates in brackish seawater and seafood that hasn’t been adequately cooked. New data from the Florida Department of Health show that the other fatalities occuried in Bay, Broward and Hillsborough...

There’s a gas station in North Florida where folks line up not for fuel, but for fudge. A place where clean bathrooms are talked about with near-religious reverence. If you're driving along US Highway 129 in Live Oak and spot the bright yellow signs of Busy Bee, do yourself a favor—pull over and explore one of the quirkiest, most lovable roadside stops in the South.

TEMPLE TERRACE — Dr. Henrissa Berry arrived at Greco Middle School with solid credentials and the determination to keep the school headed in the right direction. But what some attendees at a recent community meeting really wanted to know was this: Do you plan on sticking around?. Berry is...

Some families will have to apply to see if their students qualify for free or reduced-priced school meals ahead of the upcoming school year.

A squall line of severe storms blasted through the Bay Area late this afternoon — triggering a tornado warning, with confirmed damage in eastern Hernando County, and a rare flash flood warning in Plant City, which was particularly hard hit.

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. – The Pasco Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating 16-year-old Laurice Scruggs, who was reported missing from the Wesley Chapel area. Scruggs was last seen early Monday morning, July 14, 2025, between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m., in the Whistling...

Attorney General John M. Formella, New Hampshire State Police Colonel Mark B. Hall, Brattleboro, Vermont Police Chief Norma Hardy, and the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit announce that investigators have identified a previously unidentified female discovered in Marlborough, New Hampshire, in 1974. With forensic testing...

The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) announced one person in Hillsborough County has died from a flesh-eating bacteria called "Vibrio vulnificus."

After a storied career working as a financial crimes investigator for the FBI, Stephen Firestone is uniquely suited for his job as head of the West Hillsborough County office of Seniors Vs. Crime, an initiative under the Florida Attorney General's Office.