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  1. Tampa Bay man arrested in fatal shooting in Hillsborough, deputies say
    1 hour ago• Crime
    Hillsborough County authorities investigate a fatal shooting that happened in the 12100 block of Nebraska Avenue around 7 p.m. Friday. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday night that suspect Joel Elkanah Jr., 25, has turned himself in to face a first-degree murder charge. The Sheriff's Office did not provide any identifying information about the person Elkanah is accused of shooting multiple times.
  2. Pinellas teen who won National Spelling Bee comes home to Tampa Bay
    1 hour ago• Education
    Dev Shah, 14, from Largo, arrives at the Tampa International Airport on Tuesday after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee outside of Washington, D.C.
  3. New principals to lead Hillsborough schools
    4 hours ago• Education
    Forest Hills Elementary School in Tampa will have a new principal on July 1: Michelle Soto, the school's former assistant principal.
  5. Sheriff probes self-defense claim of white woman who fatally shot Black neighbor in front of kids
    4 hours ago• Crime
    A protester, holds a poster of Ajike Owens at the Marion County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Ocala, demanding the arrest of a woman who shot and killed Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four, last Friday night, June 2. Authorities came under intense pressure Tuesday to bring charges against a white woman who killed Owens, a Black neighbor, on her front doorstep, as they navigated Florida’s divisive stand your ground law that provides considerable leeway to the suspect in making a claim of self defense. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
  6. Florida confirms it was behind California migrant flights
    5 hours ago• Politics
    Sacramento County public information officer Kim Nava speaks to the media at Sacramento Executive Airport on Monday, June 5, 2023, after about a group of 20 migrants were flown to the airport earlier in the day. The migrants were transported to a religious facility in the area.
  7. Siding with Florida, federal court denies stay of order blocking US immigration policies
    Yesterday• Politics
    Honduran migrants walk along the U.S. side of the Rio Grande and past an emptied-out migrant camp after crossing over from Mexico on May 13, 2023, to El Paso, Texas.
  8. Teacher pronounced dead days after being hit by car in downtown St. Petersburg
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    Jeffrey Wilson, shown in this photo posted on the Freedom Elementary School Facebook page, was critically injured when he was hit by a car in downtown St. Petersburg on Saturday. Police said he was pronounced dead on Tuesday.
  9. Here are Hernando County’s valedictorians and salutatorians for 2023
    Yesterday• Education
  10. Prosecutors drop charges against Pinellas sheriff’s office corporal
    Yesterday• Crime
    Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Pinellas corporal who was arrested in a domestic dispute after his ex-wife indicated that she did not wish to press charges.
  11. The largest human-made lagoon in the country just opened in Pasco County
    Yesterday• Pasco
    An aerial drone view of the Mirada Lagoon on Saturday in San Antonio in Pasco County. The lagoon features sandy shorelines, a swim-up bar, water slide, kids play area, kayak, paddleboard and cabana rentals and a floating obstacle course.
  12. St. Petersburg may tweak rules for developers seeking public dollars
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg City Hall, where City Council members will consider changes to a program in which developers who get public support from the city must show their project has a community benefit.
  13. Man who entered alligator enclosure at Busch Gardens arrested, Tampa police say
    Yesterday• Crime
    Jacob Pursifull was arrested days after he entered the alligator enclosure at Busch Gardens and posted video of it on social media, Tampa police said.
  14. Federal judge stops enforcement of Florida’s transgender care bans for some families
    Yesterday• Health
    Three parents who sought an injunction against Florida's rules barring treatment for children with gender dysphoria were granted it by a judge on Tuesday.
  15. Tropicana employee shot co-worker at company plant, Bradenton police say
    Yesterday• Crime
    Bradenton police are searching for Demitrius Tyrone Bell in connection with a shooting at the Tropicana plant on Monday night. Police said Bell shot a co-worker.
  16. Why this St. Petersburg gallery draws glass artists from all over the world
    Yesterday• Visual Arts
    Artists Natalie Tyler, left, and Kiki Dufault, unveil their collaborative glass sculptures from a kiln in front of an audience at the Duncan McClellan Gallery on Saturday, May 6, 2023, in St. Petersburg.
  17. Tampa helped a car-hating guy buy an e-bike. Will it replace his car?
    Yesterday• Transportation
    Eddie Leonard commutes to a meeting from his downtown Tampa condo on his new e-bike.
  18. Report gives new details in shooting death of University of Tampa student
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Carson Senfield, a student at the University of Tampa, was fatally shot in September after police said he attempted to get into a car while the driver was in the front seat. A newly released investigation report provides further details on what happened.
  19. School security key for Florida five years after Parkland
    Yesterday• Education
    Defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh, center, and former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School School Resource Officer Scot Peterson speak with people in the courtroom gallery before jury selection Thursday. Security remains a key concern for Florida schools five years after the Parkland shooting, where Peterson is accused of failing to confront the shooter.
  20. Tampa Riverwalkers, conventioneers, rejoice: The waterfront is almost open
    Yesterday• Business
    Fernando Rendon prepares a concrete floor for carpet and tile with the Tampa Convention Center's new floor-to-ceiling windows behind him showing off Tampa's waterfront.
  21. Plant City wants to save historic school building
    Yesterday• History
    The exterior of the 1914 Plant City High School Community Center in Plant City.
  22. Man sought in fatal New York shooting arrested at St. Pete Beach
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    A deputy saw Joseph Scalafani at a bus stop in St. Pete Beach, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. The agency had been asked to look out for the man wanted for murder by the Suffolk County Police Department.
  23. Florida judge should be reprimanded for conduct during Parkland school shooting trial, report says
    Yesterday• Crime
    Florida Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer sentences Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Nov. 2, 2022. Cruz was formally sentenced to life in prison for murdering 17 people at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. A state commission concluded Monday that Scherer, should be publicly reprimanded for showing bias toward the prosecution, failing to curtail “vitriolic statements” directed at Cruz's attorneys by the victims' families and sometimes “allowed her emotions to overcome her judgement.”
  24. Clearwater’s Drew Street project could face more delays with new study
    Yesterday• Clearwater
    Drivers negotiate Drew Street in Clearwater, where the state is planning an overhaul that will eliminate a travel lane and add a center turn lane on portion of the road to address safety concerns. But business leaders and some city officials have questions about how the project will affect traffic flow.
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