A new CRA draft maps workforce housing, retail and a heritage trail in Midtown while promising to protect the area's Black history. The plan now heads to public review.

Two side‑by‑side Gulf‑front parcels in Belleair Shore are listed together for $11M, with turnkey home packages that could push a finished sale far higher.

Fentrice Driskell and Michele Rayner will face off in an Aug. 18 Democratic primary to replace term‑limited Sen. Darryl Rouson in a heavily Democratic Tampa Bay district.

A new Publix prototype is set to open at Mariana Acres in Winter Haven on Thursday. The 55,000‑sq‑ft store will replace a nearby Auburndale location and include a pharmacy and liquor outlet.

Gravel Road Partners will reposition the long‑dormant Sixty90 site at 6090 Central Ave into a 204‑unit mix of rent‑restricted and market‑rate apartments backed by county funding.

Higher tides and more frequent flooding are changing where people live in Tampa Bay. Some homeowners are elevating houses while planners scramble to protect services and health equity.

Two Hillsborough deputies were shot in Ruskin; both were airlifted to Tampa General Hospital and a suspect was also wounded.

Neighbors want tougher enforcement after high‑occupancy vacation homes drew complaints and prompted thousands of fire‑safety checks.

Stuart Beck, 25, is on trial in Clearwater for the 2022 shooting death of Michael Conrad; prosecutors say jealousy drove the attack.

TelyRx expanded its Clearwater headquarters to nearly 19,500 square feet after surpassing one million prescriptions and reporting steep revenue gains. The move will add fulfillment capacity and local hires.

Richland Capital is converting the Lakeview Center in East Tampa into roughly 310,000 square feet of warehouse space. JLL will handle leasing for the new Lakeview Corporate Park.

A Port Charlotte woman pleaded not guilty after a hit‑and‑run that killed a 17‑year‑old e‑bike rider; investigators say she briefly stopped before driving away.

A wiretap probe in Pinellas County led to arrests and a roughly 132‑pound cocaine seizure; Sheriff Bob Gualtieri called it the county’s largest bust in decades.