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Three people were arrested on Tuesday following a search warrant in Tampa that uncovered multiple firearms and a traffickable amount of narcotics.

Pablo Herrera turns a modest purchase at a local convenience store into a life-changing $2 million win on the new MONOPOLY™ SECRET VAULT game. Dreams of striking it rich became a stunning reality for 42-year-old Pablo Herrera of Valrico, Florida, after he claimed a $2 million top prize from the MONOPOLY™ SECRET VAULT...

A state DOGE audit found that Hillsborough County has overspent almost $279 million over the past five years, Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said Wednesday. Auditors from state's Department of Government Efficiency visited the county in August, part of an ongoing review of municipalities to identify...

Law enforcement, medical professionals, and communities voice concern as data shows violent road rage altercations and highway shootings are surging from Miami to Jacksonville.

In August, 8 On Your Side reported a story of how two Tampa Police Officers ran into a burning home and pulled a man out. On Wednesday, they both received awards for their heroic actions.

The car rental giant was accused of systematically refusing to hire applicants over 40 for its management trainee program. Enterprise Leasing Company of Florida, LLC, the company behind National, Enterprise, and Alamo car rentals, has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle a federal age discrimination lawsuit filed by...

Reactions are mixed to proposals from Florida's GOP legislatures to reduce local property taxes. The post In Tampa, city councilman Alan Clendenin pushes back hard against proposal to eliminate property taxes appeared first on Creative Loafing Tampa .

A Florida man who stabbed his girlfriend to death and then drove their children to school has been convicted of second-degree murder after prosecutors successfully argued his actions were premeditated, not a crime of passion. On May 29, 2024, Farel Torres, 38, fatally stabbed his girlfriend, Vanessa Santiago, 34,...

VALRICO, Fla. — A Hillsborough County mother is in custody after deputies say she tried to drown her three young children in a community pool early Tuesday morning. At 1:28 a.m. on September 24, 2025, deputies responded to a call on Sacramento Street reporting that a woman was attempting to The post Mother Arrested...

A 62-year-old Tampa man died Thursday after authorities said he was unable to escape from his vehicle following a fiery crash in Sumter County.