A 17-year-old missing from Orange County was found hiding in a Dundee home; a registered sex offender was arrested and faces multiple charges.

Meredith Koko closed on a roughly $8 million purchase of Urban Stillhouse's building and parking lot in St. Petersburg’s Warehouse Arts District; renovations are planned.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a petition asking the Census Bureau to exclude undocumented immigrants and some children from state counts, saying the 2020 tally shortchanged Florida.

The Lightning scheduled a Sparkman Wharf pep rally, $5 plaza parties at Thunder Alley and an April 18 pub crawl as part of their first‑round playoff events. Fans can also catch most games on local TV and stream.

A Largo man was arrested after deputies say he fired multiple rounds at an Uber during an early-morning dispute near Belleair Road. No one was injured and investigators say the bullets struck the rear and interior of the vehicle.

A downtown Tampa shooting sent a man to the hospital Monday; police detained a suspect near Kennedy Boulevard.

Con Amor's Seminole Heights outpost makes masa from scratch for fresh tortillas, folding that work into tacos, tetelas and mole-driven entrees.

A 34-year-old woman from New Port Richey was killed and four others were injured after a semi struck a stopped vehicle on I‑75 northbound in Sarasota County.

Sunny and warm today with highs near 87°F; evening east winds could make the bay choppy. One‑day watering limits remain as drought continues.

Bradenton will close chunks of Manatee Avenue and southbound Green Bridge lanes for the De Soto Grand Parade on Saturday, April 25. Expect staged barricades, heavy crowds and detours into the night.

Pinellas Park police say a 40-year-old Largo man was arrested after allegedly sexually battering a worker during a massage at Pure & Wellness on April 9; he was booked at the county jail.

IKEA will open a smaller-format store at Sarasota’s Mall at University Town Center, the Tampa Bay Business Journal reports. The move follows the retailer’s small‑format push.

Tampa oncologists are pushing back on a viral sun‑care fad that urges people to skip SPF and "build" a so‑called solar callus. Experts say sunscreen and checks beat social‑media hacks.