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  1. Dense fog clouded commutes in Tampa Bay on Tuesday. Will it return Wednesday?
    51 minutes ago• Local Weather
    Mike Kinnard, of Palm Harbor, deploys a pair of rigs while pursuing his quarry — blacktip sharks and spotted sea bass — off the shallows of the Dunedin Causeway on Tuesday, Jan 31, 2023, where a dense fog advisory remained in place through 10 a.m., blanketing Pinellas, Polk, and portions of Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough and Manatee counties as a ridge of high pressure continues to dominate weather conditions over Florida, keeping multiple upper-level disturbances from sliding into the area through most of the week, according to the National Weather Service in Ruskin.
  2. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Yesterday• Pets
    Butterfinger and Marcus are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  3. Spring Hill singer found guilty in Jan. 6 case
    Yesterday• Hernando
    Audrey Ann Southard, center, holds a mask during a counter-protest against a Black Lives Matter demonstration in New Port Richey on Aug. 8, 2020.
  5. Port Richey man sentenced to life for strangling, killing the mother of his daughter
    Jan. 28• Crime
    Robert Brunda, 34, was found guilty Friday of killing Amanda Lange and sentenced to life in prison by Pasco County judge Joshua Riba.
  6. Pasco Republican leader urges county commissioners to end budget dispute
    Jan. 27• Pasco
    Nikki Alvarez-Sowles, Esq., Clerk and Comptroller, attends a Pasco County Commission meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, at the West Pasco Government Center in New Port Richey.
  7. Pasco golf cart community just wants to cross the road
    Jan. 27• Pasco
    More than a decade ago, Sun City Center was approved for a golf cart crossing on U.S. 301. Residents of Gulf Harbors have been pushing for a similar crossing on U.S. 19 so they can access downtown New Port Richey but so far, the Florida Department of Transportation has not approved one.
  8. Pasco code officers face threats from homeless
    Jan. 26• Pasco
    Pasco County code enforcement field supervisor Pat Phillips checks on a homeless man in Holiday in 2014. Some interactions between officers and Pasco's homeless have been less cordial in recent meetings.
  9. Woman pleads guilty to stealing more than $300K from Pasco insurance company
    Jan. 25• Crime
    Samantha Edson, 44, pleaded guilty Friday in a Pasco County court to a charge of scheme to defraud of $50,000 or more, according to court records.
  10. Florida enrollment in Affordable Care Act surpasses 3 million
    Jan. 25• Health
    Florida leads the nation in number of residents who enrolled in the Affordable Care Act coverage for 2023. Seen here is U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa.
  11. Ron DeSantis, appearing in Idaho ads, calls for a constitutional convention
    Jan. 24• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis has been in ads on the radio and on Fox News urging Idahoans to call for a convention of the states to amend the U.S. Constitution. “The members of Congress will never vote to limit their own power," he says. "That’s why we need states to step up and take action.
  12. Tampa Bay weather: Rain late Wednesday followed by cool temps, warm-up for Gasparilla
    Jan. 24• Local Weather
    Forecasters anticipate some thunderstorms riding a cold front to begin around 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Nature Coast.
  13. Gasparilla parade will have four generations of one family this year
    Jan. 24• Life & Culture
    Four generations show what it's like to toss beads from the Royal Float of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla. From left are Hudson Clarke (Bryan Clarke's 10-year-old son and a royal page), Richard S. Clarke Sr., 95, Richard S. Clarke Jr., 69, and Bryan T. Clarke, 38, a Tampa veterinarian. They will all participate in the Gasparilla parade Jan. 28.
  14. Guide to Tampa’s 2023 Gasparilla pirate parade: parking, schedule, more
    Jan. 24• Life & Culture
    Thousands of ravelers cheer and wave during the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates along Bayshore Boulevard in 2022 in Tampa. This year's parade is Jan. 28.
  15. Tampa man accused of killing man whose body was found in Pinellas retention pond
    Jan. 23• Crime
    Amjad Namrouti, 28, has been arrested in connection to the death of 42-year-old Jamie Hobdy of Tampa, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department.
  16. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Jan. 23• Pets
    Juliette and Simbah are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  17. Tampa Bay Water settles pipeline route to south Hillsborough
    Jan. 23• Environment
    Tampa Bay Water, the regional water supplier, finalized a planned 26-mile pipeline route to carry water from its surface treatment facility in Brandon, shown here, to a Hillsborough County treatment plant in Lithia and then on to southern Hillsborough County.
  18. New Port Richey names former Tarpon Springs chief Robert Kochen as its chief
    Jan. 20• Pasco
    Robert Kochen, who has been selected as the New Port Richey Police Chief, poses for a photograph near the Spring Bayou in Tarpon Springs where he was chief for a decade. [CHRIS URSO | Times (2021)]
  19. 4 takeaways from the Ron DeSantis-Andrew Warren ruling
    Jan. 20• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waves during an inauguration ceremony at the Old Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
  20. Tampa Bay transit agency ends its run
    Jan. 20• Transportation
    Traffic builds on Interstate 275 south on April 21, 2022 in Tampa. A proposal to run a bus rapid transit system along the highway to connect St. Petersburg, Tampa and Wesley Chapel never moved beyond the study stage at the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority. The agency's governing board voted Friday to dissolve the agency that formed in 2007.
  21. Pasco planning board wants more public safety input before development votes
    Jan. 20• Pasco
    Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco has said he wants more input in Pasco development but county officials want to know why that hasn't happened and why fire rescue personnel are also not commenting on development proposals.
  22. DeSantis prevailed over Andrew Warren. Other lawsuits show what might come next
    Jan. 20• Politics
    Ron DeSantis announces the removal of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren during a news conference Thursday at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office administration building in Tampa.
  23. Human bones found near Pasco homeless camp
    Jan. 19• Pasco
    The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office was investigating Thursday after human bones were found near a homeless camp, the agency said in a tweet.
  24. Medicaid coverage to end in April for nearly 1 million in Florida
    Jan. 19• Health
    About 900,000 people covered by Florida's Medicaid are likely to be kicked off the program beginning April 1 as the federal government winds downs "continuous coverage" payments given to states during the pandemic.
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