Pasco deputies say the 14-year-old admitted coordinating fake shooter and bomb threats using someone abroad to make the calls.

A century-old retail row on Dr. MLK Jr. Street South is getting new life, with a bookstore, a coffee shop and a community garden on the way.

Ken Welch calls it a “campaign of erasure” after crews quietly repainted two Central Avenue street murals overnight.

A Sarasota push dating to 1975 just cleared a key House hearing, with Rep. Greg Steube citing childhood cattle work along the river.

Tampa's clear, humid morning gives way to a hot afternoon with a heat index near 104 and storms arriving after 2 p.m. The wet pattern sticks around through the weekend.

An explosion woke a Homosassa resident before flames swallowed 40 percent of a mobile home on South Sorrell Avenue.

A junior varsity volleyball team was practicing when smoke poured from the gym roof, but everyone got out safely.

Hernando County Fire Rescue crews used extrication tools after a crash trapped a driver near Caribbean Drive, snarling southbound US-19.

Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner headline a full day of superhero activities at Riverview Public Library on September 19.

A child was pulled from a sandbar and hospitalized after a large alligator attack at the Hernando County preserve, where swimming is banned.

A 120-pump Buc-ee's near the Peace River has residents split, with some citing flood risk and others eager for road trips.

David Boston was last seen walking on Courtney Trace Drive at 4:10 a.m. Deputies now call him endangered.

The Jungle Terrace tavern will not add seats overall, but a covered, fan-cooled patio and outdoor bar are finally coming this month.