Pasco deputies released surveillance images after a June 26 burglary in the 6000 block of Sea Ranch Drive; investigators are asking anyone with information to call the Crime Tips Line.

A $1 million Mitchell family gift will fund a residential recovery program at Saint Leo University, offering sober housing, counseling and peer support beginning fall 2026. The initiative honors their son Derek and is modeled on Augsburg's StepUP program.

BayCare placed the final steel beam on its new Manatee County hospital in Palmetto, capping a $563M campus that includes a HealthHub this year and a 2028 hospital opening. The 154‑bed facility will add a NICU and middle‑of‑county acute care.

The EEOC said a Tampa-area pizza owner harassed young female servers, including at least one teen; Joey’s New York Pizza will pay $55,000 and adopt new training and reporting rules.

St. Petersburg detectives arrested 28-year-old Jermaine Ivery on July 13, 2026, in connection with a Feb. 9, 2025 club shooting that killed a 27-year-old man. Police say the arrest closes the city's last unresolved 2025 homicide.

A two‑alarm apartment fire on Quinton Drive forced residents from their homes; HCFR contained the blaze and the American Red Cross is assisting displaced families.

Pinellas County officials say four children in Florida have died after being left in hot cars this year. Safety groups and federal authorities urge simple back‑seat checks and reminders to prevent more tragedies.

Duke Energy Florida says it will return $50 million to customers in 2027 by accelerating tax credits tied to a battery project, avoiding a planned 2% rate increase.

A $2 million state appropriation will accelerate a Denver Street pump‑station and drainage upgrades in Shore Acres to cut chronic flooding. Local and state funding still must be finalized.

Tampa Bay used the No. 2 pick in the 2026 MLB Draft on Fort Worth Christian shortstop Grady Emerson, the 2026 Gatorade National Player of the Year. The left‑handed prep bat adds high upside to the Rays system.

Hernando County Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for tips to locate Bailey Noel Jacobson, wanted on two counts of child abuse in case 2026‑CF‑915.

An 18-year-old Parrish woman died after her Ford Escape struck a concrete barrier and overturned on northbound I-75 near mile marker 208, troopers say.

Family members say a Clearwater mother pleaded with police for two years before human remains were found in a wooded area; investigators have opened a death inquiry.