Star Mountain Capital expanded its downtown Tampa office, adding room for about 160 employees as it leans on the city as a recruiting hub. The move adds to finance hiring in the region.

Commissioners unanimously approved business terms to advance an estimated $70–$80M, multi‑rink sports complex near Lakewood Ranch’s Premier Sports Campus. The move clears the way for a land‑lease and site‑plan steps.

Hernando County deputies are searching for David Manuel Perez, who is wanted on a no‑bond warrant for domestic battery by strangulation.

A plan to rezone roughly 600 acres at Sand Hill Scout Reservation has sparked local outrage and put the issue into formal county review.

South Tampa’s beloved deli is going suburban: Wright’s will open new locations in Brandon and Wesley Chapel with a bigger menu and catering push.

A report says Rep. Anna Paulina Luna allegedly tipped off a MAGA influencer about JD Vance, prompting a Polymarket bet and renewed scrutiny of prediction‑market trades.

Two U.S. service members were killed and a third is missing after Iranian missiles and drones struck a Jordanian air base, CENTCOM says.

FDA finalized a rule lowering the Brix minimum for pasteurized orange juice from 10.5° to 10.0°, a change officials say will help Florida citrus producers and cut reliance on imports.

The U.S. Army Corps is teaming with St. Petersburg to study where canals should be dredged and how to shore up Riviera Bay after repeated flooding. Neighbors say sand-choked canals and failing seawalls have made high tides and storms much worse.

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.