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  1. US officials offer Congress briefing on Trump documents found at Florida residence
    1 hour ago• Politics
    Former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club is seen in the aerial view in Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022.
  2. Hillsborough deputies arrest nine people in street racing crackdown
    2 hours ago• Breaking News
    Deputies conducted 158 traffic stops during a crackdown on street racing Saturday.
  3. Florida moves to revoke Orlando event venue’s liquor license after drag queen show
    3 hours ago• Politics
    Police are lined up outside Plaza Live in Orlando on Dec. 28, 2022.
  5. Cubans respond with zeal to new US migration policy
    3 hours ago• Florida
    Marcos Marzo hugs two of his friends who came to say goodbye upon receiving the news that he had obtained a permit to travel to the United States, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Jan 25. Now in the U.S., his dream is to do a master’s degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and work as an engineer, which he says is his passion.
  6. Zephyrhills woman dies after collision at Hillsborough intersection
    4 hours ago• Breaking News
    A 42-year-old Zephyrhills woman was killed in a collision at a Hillsborough intersection early Sunday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
  7. Migrants trying to reach Florida leave hundreds of abandoned boats along coast
    5 hours ago• Florida
    Vacationers walk on the beach near a grounded migrant boat named "La Esperanza," Spanish for "Hope," on Coco Plum Beach in Marathon, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 19. Increasing numbers of Cuban and Haitian migrants have attempted the risky Florida Straits crossing in recent months to illegally enter the Keys Island chain and other parts of the state as inflation soars and economic conditions deteriorate in their home countries.
  8. St. Petersburg police seek suspect in shooting at large recreation center gathering
    6 hours ago• Breaking News
    A shooting occurred just before 4 a.m. in the parking lot of the Jet Jackson Recreation Center in St. Petersburg.
  9. Forget Trump, Democrats are preparing ways to beat a Ron DeSantis campaign
    Earlier today• Politics
    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to a crowd of supporters during his election night party at the Tampa Convention Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in Tampa.
  10. Pinellas deputy fired after DUI arrest
    Earlier today• Crime
    A Pinellas deputy has been fired after he was arrested for drunk driving in Tampa.
  11. Two men shot, one fatally, at a Shell gas station in Hillsborough
    Earlier today• Breaking News
    A shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. Saturday at 6605 E Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Hillsborough County.
  12. How is Florida being impacted by COVID now? Here’s what to know.
    Earlier today• Health
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s community chart on Feb. 3 shows Florida counties at different COVID-19 risk levels. Green is “low” risk, yellow is “medium” risk and orange is “high” risk.
  13. Howard Frankland Bridge to close for construction
    Yesterday• News
    Traffic streams southbound on the existing Howard Frankland Bridge over Old Tampa Bay, between Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. The Florida Department of Transportation said all southbound traffic will be closed overnight Monday because of construction.
  14. After Tyre Nichols, Tampa group pushes for police reform
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    David Simanoff, president of the Greater Tampa Chapter of the ACLU of Florida, top-center, gives a speech, while people listen during a rally event at Joe Chillura Courthouse Square on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, in Tampa.
  15. US downs Chinese balloon over ocean, moves to recover debris
    Yesterday• News
    In this photo provided by Brian Branch, a large balloon drifts above the Kingstown, N.C. area, with an airplane and its contrail seen below it. The United States says it is a Chinese spy balloon moving east over America. (Brian Branch via AP)
  16. Pasco shootout leaves Florida Highway Patrol trooper injured, suspect dead
    Yesterday• News
    A trooper was injured and a man was killed during a shootout early Saturday in Wesley Chapel, Florida Highway Patrol said.
  17. North Pinellas home sits on 13 acres beside Brooker Creek Preserve
    Yesterday• Bay Magazine
    This home on Ranch Road in northern Pinellas County is surrounded by an 8,700-acre nature preserve.
  18. Tampa Bay party bosses not happy with choices for state leadership
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Annette Taddeo, a former state senator from Miami-Dade County, is running for chair of the Florida Democratic Party in 2023 and appears to be the choice of several state lawmakers.
  19. Pasco to replace K-5 classroom libraries, a nod to Florida’s new book rules
    Yesterday• Education
    Kim Hedgspeth, center, assistant principal at Sanders Memorial Elementary, told teachers not to worry about their classroom libraries during a back-to school review of Florida's new parental rights laws in August 2022. That guidance will change later this year, when the Pasco County district plans to replace all elementary teachers' classroom book collections.
  20. As New College faced turmoil, someone called the campus chaplain
    Yesterday• Education
    Dwight Henry, the campus chaplain at New College of Florida, poses for a portrait at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Tampa.
  21. Tampa’s Encore development and Faedo’s restaurant in a legal dust-up
    Yesterday• Business
    Michelle Faedo’s Tampeño Cuisine when it was open in Tampa's Encore development downtown. Times (2019)
  22. Microwave ovens aren’t causing colon cancer, despite social media claims
    Yesterday• Health
    In this April 8, 2008, file photo, salesman Hank Pham puts the price on a General Electric microwave oven in the appliances section of Howard's Appliance and Big-Screen Superstore in San Gabriel, Calif.
  23. If the Tampa Bay Rays stay in St. Petersburg, who will pay for a new ballpark?
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch, left, talks with Hines senior managing director Michael Harrison and Tampa Bay Rays President Brian Auld after Mayor Welch gave his 2023 State of the City on the steps of City Hall on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 in St. Petersburg. Mayor Welch gave his highlights of what he accomplished in his first year as mayor and announced his decision to go with the Hines/Rays plan for the Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment project.
  24. Chinese balloon soars across US; Blinken scraps Beijing trip
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday. The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple of days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down due to risks of harm for people on the ground, officials said Thursday.
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