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  1. Florida Joker says GTA 6 trailer ripped off his viral mugshot, wants millions
    10 minutes ago• Bizarre News
    The famous "Florida Joker", sometimes referred to as the "Miami Joker", wants credit and maybe some financial compensation from Rockstar Games after a similar mug shot was shown in the Grand Theft Auto IV trailer.
  2. Florida releases 2023 school grades based on new tests
    2 hours ago• Education
    Third grade students participate in a dual language course at Hillsborough County's Crestwood Elementary, which received a B grade from the state on Monday, matching its grade from last year.
  3. Top Tampa Bay area events for the week of Dec. 11-19
    3 hours ago• Things To Do
    You might find Santa's sleigh in the Treasure Island Holiday Boat Parade on Saturday.
  5. Meet Tampa’s Greenlane, the drive-thru with healthy fast food under $10
    3 hours ago• Tampa
    Greenlane server Jenna Falkowski hands off an order to Trish and Bryan Reardon at the drive thru at on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 in Tampa.
  6. Bill aims to reduce condo insurance costs by allowing cash-value roof coverage
    4 hours ago• Politics
    Homes and condominiums damaged by Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Feb. 9, 2023.
  7. $6.5 million is waiting for 14,000 Florida employees who got shorted on pay, feds say
    5 hours ago• Florida
    You might be one of over 14,000 Florida workers owed a part of more than $6.5 million in unclaimed wages. If you are, the U.S. Department of Labor would like you get you and your money together.
  8. Florida deputy 1 of 2 people shot at nightclub, Sheriff’s Office says
    5 hours ago• Crime
    Sheriff Billy Woods asked for the public’s help in finding a person who fired shots that hit two people, including a deputy, outside an Ocala nightclub.
  9. Body found off Ballast Point identified as missing Tampa woman, 72
    Earlier today• Breaking News
    Tampa police divers found the body of Miriam Nordlinger, 72, in the waters off Ballast Point in Tampa on Sunday. Police issued a Purple Alert for Nordlinger early Sunday morning.
  10. Can Florida teachers use outside books and movies? Ask the principal.
    Earlier today• Education
    One teacher had a request to show "A Charlie Brown Christmas" to her kindergarten class. (AP Photo/United Feature Syndicate)
  11. Motorcyclist dies in crash with Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Deputy
    Yesterday• Breaking News
  12. Man accused in scam that cost Hillsborough, Pasco women more than $900,000
    Yesterday• Crime
    Pranav Patel is accused in a federal criminal complaint of being involved in a scam that stole thousands from two women in Hillsborough and Pasco Counties.
  13. As Florida targets Black history, this Tampa bookstore celebrates it
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Gwen Henderson says she became a bookseller to honor her great-great-grandfather, who was born into slavery and died unable to read and write.
  14. Tampa’s Michael Penix Jr. finishes as Heisman Trophy runnerup
    Yesterday• Sports
    Washington star Michael Penix Jr. was one of four finalists for the Heisman Trophy. Penix is the first player from a Tampa Bay area high school to beocme a finalist for college football's most prestigious honor.
  15. St. Pete police charge driver in crash that killed a pedestrian and bicyclist
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    Owen Gardner Whittaker was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide after a severe crash that killed a bicyclist and a pedestrian
  16. Rapper 2 Chainz posts video of himself inside an ambulance after Miami car crash
    Yesterday• Crime
    2 Chainz at the 2023 ESPY Awards in Hollywood July 12, 2023. According to TMZ, 2 Chainz was injured in a Miami car crash early Saturday morning.
  17. Driver arrested in wrong-way Skyway crash that killed Uber driver, two passengers
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    A Ford Mustang and Dodge Caravan are pictured on Interstate 275 near the northern end of the Sunshine Skyway bridge after the driver of the Mustang fled from the Florida Highway Patrol late Wednesday night, turned around at the top of the Skyway and drove north in the southbound lanes until crashing head-on into the Dodge.
  18. A $10,000 members-only sushi restaurant is coming to Miami
    Dec. 9• Food
    To eat at Sushi Namba and drink at Listening Room, Miami residents will first have to pay a $10,000 members fee.
  19. Historic South Beach hotel is getting an $85 million makeover. What’s new?
    Dec. 9• Travel
    The Shelborne South Beach hotel shown on Friday, March 28, 2014.
  20. St. Petersburg man accused of Thanksgiving New York mass shooting threat
    Dec. 9• Crime
    Robert Jacob Trout III is accused of making an Instagram post that threatened a mass shooting in New York City.
  21. Is Nikki Haley’s measurement of China’s naval power correct? | Fact check
    Dec. 9• Politics
    Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley answering questions in the Spin Room after the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, at the Moody Music Hall at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
  22. No longer waiting on judges, Seminole Hard Rock opens its sportsbook
    Dec. 9• Sports
    Seminole Tribe Council chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr. tries out the craps table during a ceremony to introduce craps, roulette and sports betting in Florida at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Friday.
  23. Florida’s rainfall disparity sees southeast deluged, Gulf Coast parched
    Dec. 9• Environment
    Small planes are parked at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after it was forced to shut down due to flooding on April 13. It's been a rainfall tale of two states in Florida this year, where the southeast coast has been inundated by sometimes-record rainfall and much of the Gulf coast is dry as a bone.
  24. Tampa General gets greenlight for $510 million Davis Islands expansion
    Dec. 9• Health
    An architect's rendering of the $510 million TGH Surgical, Neuroscience & Transplant Pavilion planned for Tampa General Hospital's main campus on Davis Islands.
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