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  1. 6 dead, 24 injured in shooting at suburban Chicago July 4th parade
    3 hours ago• Nation & World
    A Lake County police officer walks down Central Avenue in Highland Park Ill., on Monday, July 4, 2022, after a shooter fired on the northern suburb's Fourth of July parade.
  2. Here’s what weather to expect for Tampa Bay’s July 4th firework shows
    Earlier today• Local Weather
    Afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms are expected Monday. The chance of rain dips to 40% by the time most of the area's Fourth of July fireworks shows begin around 9 p.m.
  3. Be on the lookout for a giant plume of steam in south Hillsborough
    Earlier today• Business
    Smoke and steam rise out of the stacks at Tampa Electric Company's Big Bend Station in Apollo Beach in 2005. As part of a plan to modernize its facilites, TECO this month will start cleaning pipes at its facility as it prepares to open a new energy production unit that's not reliant on coal. The process will result in a 100-foot-tall plume of steam above its facility throughout July.
  5. Florida Boxing Hall of Fame founder’s memorabilia to be auctioned
    Earlier today• Things To Do
    John Harris, who is an auctioneer, shows boxing memorabilia once owned by late founder of the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame Butch Flansburg at Alessi Ringside Gym and Fitness in Tampa.
  6. The shuffleboard king helped the sport spread from Seminole. He died at 93.
    Earlier today• Life & Culture
    Sam Allen, whose family has been in the shuffleboard business since 1941, at Allen R. Shuffleboard Co. Inc. in Seminole in 2013.
  7. Several dead in Denmark mall shooting on Sunday
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    A view of police at Field's shopping center in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday July 3, 2022. Danish police say several people have been shot at a Copenhagen shopping mall. Copenhagen police said that one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Field's shopping mall on Sunday. Police tweeted that several people have been hit but gave no other details.
  8. Unarmed man shot and killed by police in Akron, Ohio
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Protesters march along South High Street on Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Akron, Ohio, calling for justice for Jayland Walker after he was fatally shot by Akron Police earlier in the week, following a vehicle and foot pursuit.
  9. Tropical Storm Colin hits Carolinas, then weakens
    Yesterday• Local Weather
    Tropical Storm Colin can be seen off the Carolina coast in this satellite image.
  10. 25 arrested for DUI during Pinellas ‘Wolf Pack’ operation Saturday
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  11. National lifeguard shortage strains Tampa Bay beaches, pools
    Yesterday• News
    Water safety supervisor Konrad Ciolko, top, teaches kids about spinal immobilization out of the water during junior lifeguard camp at Clearwater Beach on Thursday, June 23, 2022.
  12. Florida springs protection rule is overdue and underwhelming, critics say
    Yesterday• Environment
    Jeremy Miller, of Homosassa, explores one of the vents at Three Sisters Springs on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge in Citrus County.
  13. Hundreds at Tampa rally protest end of Roe v. Wade and demand federal action
    Jul. 2• Health
    Emily Reed (right), 33, of St. Petersburg, raises a sign during an abortion protest on Saturday, July 2, 2022 in Tampa. "If my hysterectomy was scheduled three months later I would not have that choice," Reed said.
  14. St. Pete police investigate Uhuru House fire
    Jul. 2• St. Petersburg
    Protestors lineup outside of the Uhuru House before a June 2020 march. A minor fire was reported Saturday and police are assisting in an investigation.
  15. 2nd visitor in 3 days gored by Yellowstone park bison
    Jul. 2• News
    A female bison and calf are seen near the Yellowstone River in Wyoming's Hayden Valley, on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in Yellowstone National Park. For the second time in three days, a park visitor has been gored by a bison, park officials said Thursday, June 30. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
  16. Parkland jurors must manage trial stress on their own
    Jul. 2• Nation & World
    FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2018, file photo, an early morning fog rises where 17 memorial crosses were placed for the 17 students and faculty killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. The 12 jurors and 10 alternates chosen this past week to decide whether Cruz is executed will be exposed to horrific images and emotional testimony, but must deal with any mental anguish alone. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
  17. Tampa Bay property values bring record revenues, but not necessarily lower taxes
    Jul. 2• Pinellas
    Construction workers build a house near Rangeland Boulevard and Gunn Highway on Thursday, June 30, 2022 in Odessa.
  18. Texas Supreme Court blocks order that resumed abortions
    Jul. 2• Nation & World
    Abortion rights supporters and opponents clash while demonstrating in downtown Dallas on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.
  19. 99% of Florida residents at ‘high’ risk of COVID-19
    Jul. 2• Health
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's community chart on Friday shows many Florida counties are at "high" risk of COVID-19. Those are the ones colored orange. The "medium" risk counties are colored yellow and "low" risk counties are green.
  20. Girl seriously injured in shark attack off Florida’s Gulf Coast, officials say
    Jul. 2• Florida
    A great white shark is seen in this file photo. Authorities say a teenage girl was seriously injured when a shark attacked her off Florida’s Gulf Coast. The 17-year-old girl's family says a 9-foot shark wrapped its jaws around the girl’s thigh in the waters off Keaton Beach. The girl poked the shark in the eyes and punched it before her brother managed to fight it off and pull the girl onto a stranger’s boat. Officials didn’t immediately know what kind of shark bit the girl.
  21. Same-sex couples updating legal status after Supreme Court abortion ruling
    Jul. 2• Nation & World
    Revelers carry an LTBGQ flag along Fifth Avenue during the New York City Pride Parade on Sunday, June 24, 2018, in New York. Same-sex couples are expressing new fears about the potential erosion of freedoms won through decades of activism after conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas signaled, in a ruling on abortion, that the court should reconsider the right to same-sex marriage, gay sex and contraception.
  22. Biden offshore drilling proposal would allow up to 11 oil and gas lease sales
    Jul. 1• Environment
    An offshore oil rig drills for oil in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005.
  23. Diocese of St. Petersburg priest dies of cardiac arrest on airplane
    Jul. 1• Pinellas
    The Rev. Carl Joseph Melchior, Jr. died on Thursday of cardiac arrest after boarding a flight in Philadelphia.
  24. 11-year-old boy struck by lightning near Riverview’s Williams Park
    Jul. 1• Breaking News
    Levi Stock, 11, second from left, was struck by lightning Thursday while out boating with his family near Williams Park in Riverview, according to the family’s pastor, Daniel Butson. The force of the strike pushed Levi off the boat, causing his father, Derek Stock, to jump in after him, according to Butson.
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