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  1. Florida undercover agents reported no ‘lewd acts’ at drag show targeted by DeSantis
    4 minutes ago• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during an event on his book tour on Saturday, March 11, 2023, in Las Vegas.
  2. Man injured in Ybor City shooting, police say
    26 minutes ago• Crime
    A man was injured in a shooting near the intersection 7th Avenue and 16th Street in Ybor City early Monday, Tampa police said.
  3. Fuel spilled on East Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa causing traffic delays
    59 minutes ago• Breaking News
    Two eastbound lanes of East Hillsborough Avenue near Interstate 275 were closed due to a fuel spill Monday morning, according to the Tampa Police Department.
  5. Bills to expand Florida vouchers march on, with costs still a question
    1 hour ago• Education
    Sen. Corey Simon, R-Tallahassee, in the center, is carrying the Senate's voucher expansion legislation. The bill could come before the full chamber this week.
  6. 25-year-old killed, 20-year old seriously injured in Hillsborough I-75 crash
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    One sedan rear-ended another early Sunday on Interstate 75.
  7. Prosecutor leading case against Donald Trump says rhetoric won’t intimidate office
    Yesterday• News
    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg participates in a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Bragg is standing firm against former President Donald Trump’s increasingly hostile rhetoric, telling his staff that the office won’t be intimidated or deterred as it nears a decision on charging the former president. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
  8. Authorities search for two missing men in apparent drowning in Polk County lake
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    The sheriff's office and partnering agencies are searching Lake Eloise around-the-clock for two men, according to a news release. Lake Eloise will be closed to the public until they are found.
  9. Higher cancer rates found in military pilots, ground crews
    Yesterday• Latest News
    This image provided by Betty Seaman shows Navy A-6 Intruder pilot Jim Seaman. Navy Capt. Jim Seaman died of lung cancer at the age of 61. His widow Betty Seaman has been part of a large group of aviators and their surviving spouses who have lobbied Congress and the Pentagon for years to look into the number of cancers aviators and ground crew face. In a new study the Pentagon has found alarmingly higher rates of cancer among aviators than in the U.S. general population, and has further reviews planned. (Betty Seaman via AP)
  10. How to shop for new insurance if you lose Medicaid coverage
    Yesterday• News
    A sign points visitors toward the financial services department at a hospital, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Medicaid coverage will end for millions of Americans in 2023, and that pushes many into unfamiliar territory: the health insurance marketplace. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
  11. Largo music teacher died during the pandemic. Next weekend, she’ll be remembered.
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Harryette Williams led numerous church choirs around Tampa Bay.
  12. Hernando County motorcyclist killed after crash with truck on SR 50
    Yesterday• Hernando
    A 58-year-old man from Brooksville died Friday, March 17, 2023 after a truck making a U-Turn hit him on a motorcycle on State Road 50.
  13. Farmworkers march in Florida for better pay and working conditions
    Yesterday• Florida
    In this photo taken with a drone, farmworkers and allies march through agricultural land on the first day of a five-day trek aimed at highlighting the Fair Food Program, which has enlisted food retailers to use their clout with growers to ensure better working conditions and wages for farmworkers. [REBECCA BLACKWELL | Associated Press]
  14. Trump says he expects to be arrested Tuesday in alleged hush money case
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Former President Donald Trump said in a social media post Saturday morning that he expects to be arrested Tuesday in a case stemming out of New York.
  15. DeSantis casts shade on Florida’s open-records Sunshine Law
    Mar. 18• Politics
    Among other changes to public records laws, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill last year shielding information about candidates for state college and university presidencies.
  16. Man guilty of fatal St. Petersburg shootings sparked by fight over girl, jury decides
    Mar. 18• Crime
    James Pagán, 30, walks into a Clearwater courtroom Wednesday in Clearwater. Pagán was convicted of shooting and killing 18-year-old Barbarajean Lombardi and 21-year-old Tommy Dixon on Sept. 16, 2021.
  17. Body of woman found in St. Petersburg, death investigation underway, police say
    Mar. 17• Crime
    Police say they are investigating the death of a woman found Friday with “upper body trauma” in the 200 block of 37th Street North in St. Petersburg.
  18. Tampa celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with River O’ Green festival
    Mar. 17• Things To Do
    Spectators look on from Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park as the Hillsborough River is dyed green for St. Patrick's Day during the annual River O' Green festival, Friday in Tampa.
  19. Seffner man gets 4½ years prison for attacking police in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
    Mar. 17• Crime
    An image taken from a federal criminal complaint shows Mitchell Todd Gardner, circled, spraying a liquid toward U.S. Capitol police officers on Jan. 6, 2021.
  20. Florida health agency stops surgeries at the Bonati Spine Institute
    Mar. 17• Health
    The exterior of the the Bonati Spine Institute is seen Friday, March 17, 2023 in Hudson. The surgical center at the institute has been shut down after Florida health care regulators suspended the center’s license.
  21. With a thumbs up and fist pump, Pinellas K-9 deputy shot by suspect leaves hospital
    Mar. 17• Pinellas
    Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Cpl. Matt Aitken, center, holds his 9-year-old daughter's hand as he walks out of Bayfront Health St. Petersburg on Friday, five days after he was shot by an auto burglary suspect. Walking with Aitken, at right, is Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri.
  22. No more limited government ideals? DeSantis pitches GOP voters on the power of the state.
    Mar. 17• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a campaign rally for President Donald Trump on Oct. 23, 2020, in The Villages.
  23. Pasco investigators seek help identifying bones found in Hudson
    Mar. 17• Pasco
    This photograph provided by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office shows a Nike shoe that was found with a set of bones Monday in Hudson.
  24. Why two Parkland parents spoke out against Florida lawmakers’ tort reform bill
    Mar. 17• Politics
    Court deputies exit vans that transported jurors to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Aug. 4, 2022, to view the crime scene where the 2018 shootings took place.
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