The Weather Prediction Center and NWS Miami flagged Southwest Florida with an MPD warning of storms that could drop up to 3 inches per hour and produce flash flooding.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Tampa General officials as the hospital signed a federal pledge to limit ultra‑processed foods and align patient menus with new federal guidance.

Cook Out opened its first Tampa Bay location in Temple Terrace today, taking over a former Boston Market and bringing its signature trays and dozens of shake flavors to the USF area.

A court-ordered GPS monitor led Polk deputies to a Saturn Street home on July 16, where they arrested 45-year-old David Nathanael Mott on a Lee County probation violation.

MDH Partners bought three Class‑A warehouses in Lakeland for $67.7M, adding 557,100 square feet to its industrial portfolio as demand tightens along the I‑4 corridor. The deal was arranged by JLL and sold by Stonemont Financial Group.

A ProPublica investigation found states are routing billions into private‑school programs with limited oversight. Local cases in Florida and Arizona show how quickly taxpayer dollars can follow.

A fatal crash at the I‑75/Duncan Road interchange in Punta Gorda blocked northbound ramps and left one person dead, officials said. Expect long delays and detours.

V Modern Italian, led by Michelin-starred Chef Stefano Ciotti, will open at Hyde Park's Rome Collective in September with pasta, pizza and cocktails.

Recent sales show $1M in Sarasota buys a park‑view townhouse, a Siesta Key canal lot or a Lido Key cottage — depending on lot and location.

A Steinbrenner valedictorian’s 11.99 weighted GPA has prompted Hillsborough County to cap future GPAs and rethink how honors and dual‑enrollment classes are counted. The move aims to curb incentives for overloaded schedules.

Surveillance video shows two men smashing windows and ripping landscaping lights at the Residences at 400 Central, causing about $96,000 in damage.

North Port police are investigating a death at Grande Court Apartments on Greenwood Avenue; authorities say there is no threat to the public.

A Tampa veteran says ketamine infusions changed his life — now the Florida-funded study that paid for it faces uncertain funding as lawmakers revise the budget.