Union data show New Tampa stations averaging nearly 10‑minute travel times after a unit was moved from Station 23. City Council will be briefed this Thursday on K‑Bar Ranch coverage.

A fight outside Room 111 in Avon Park left a 24‑year‑old injured and a 34‑year‑old charged with attempted murder, authorities say.

Allen Morris closed a $43M construction loan to build Bayside North, a seven‑story, 96‑unit luxury apartment near downtown Sarasota.

Bradenton police say a teenager was found dead outside a home Monday night; investigators are treating the case as isolated while detectives work the scene.

Lake Wales officials are weighing roughly $10 million to renovate a police annex and build a new fire station as emergency calls rise. The work would be financed in part by potential debt issuance.

PulteGroup’s Del Webb Explore will add roughly 901 homes and resort-style amenities to North River Ranch after a $38.7M land sale; sales and model homes open this month.

Tampa City Councilman Luis Viera has resigned his District 7 seat to run for Florida House District 67. The move creates a council vacancy and an open state race.

City council approvals this month clear the way for Villa del Sol, a mixed‑use project that would convert the former Community Hospital site into hundreds of homes. The move included right‑of‑way vacations and a land swap with conditions.

Hillsborough deputies arrested a Wimauma man after finding him passed out with his 5-year-old in the backseat and a gun in plain view.

A fast-moving brush fire near Gray Road in Lithia sent one person to the hospital in critical condition and was contained by crews within hours.

A 35-year-old Osceola County man was arrested in Tampa after deputies say an undercover buy turned up a one-kilogram cocaine seizure.

A surge of wild peacocks has split Gulfport between residents who love the birds and those fed up with noise and property damage.

An 11‑month‑old infant was rescued in Brazil after an undercover FDLE probe; Brazilian federal police say the suspected trafficker died during the raid.