Police say the driver fled after hitting the woman in a marked crosswalk near 15th Avenue South.

Tampa will see a hot, mostly sunny Saturday before afternoon thunderstorms arrive. Sunday brings even higher heat, while rain chances ease later next week.

A second driver was seriously hurt as PCSO detectives closed the busy Davenport parkway near the Omni Orlando Resort.

The autistic boy slipped out through a broken patio screen at his Northdale apartment before dawn, deputies say. It is the complex's second such drowning in under two months.

Rose Beede, 66, vanished Thursday night near a stretch of New Port Richey lined with senior care facilities.

Pasco deputies say the incident is isolated with no threat to the public, but key details remain under wraps.

Detectives closed the two-month search but have not said where the 16-year-old was found or by whom.

Tampa’s clear Friday morning will give way to afternoon storms, heat-index values near 100 and a stormy weekend forecast.

Ceriah Stanley was last seen near Everhart Drive wearing a pink bonnet and white pig slippers. Deputies say every minute counts.

Angelo Giambrone won $400,000 at trial, then lost it all on appeal. Now he's headed to the Florida Supreme Court.

The Tampa search stemmed from an ongoing firearms probe, and officials have not said whether more arrests could follow.

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office says anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers could bring a $3,000 reward in the case.

Police say the knife used was hidden behind the TV in the Sunrise apartment before the attack.