A Lakeland father who died rescuing family off Daytona Beach will be posthumously awarded the Carnegie Medal. The medal includes a financial grant and will be presented to his family.

Worried about AI and tech layoffs, more Tampa students are choosing trade certificates and apprenticeships at Hillsborough Community College for hands-on skills and faster pay.

A Winston-Salem couple used a lucky coin to scratch a $1M Loteria Multiplier win and opted for a $600K lump sum. Each took home about $216,031 after taxes.

Pinellas County will hold pop‑up help sessions in Dunedin and Palm Harbor next week to help residents apply for People First hurricane recovery grants.

A Palm Harbor science teacher is home after a lightning strike in Peru left him paralyzed and his friend dead. Months of rehab in Atlanta and a GoFundMe have followed.

Pasco County is pairing opioid‑settlement dollars with a USF training and simulation program and a community grant fund to expand treatment, prevention and harm‑reduction work. The move folds university research into local grantmaking to try to cut fatal overdoses.

Advocates are pushing a three‑site A/C pilot after reports and a lawsuit document extreme heat inside Florida prisons. The plan would test split mini units to cool dorms and program areas.

Families from Virginia to Germany describe small rituals and 'go binders' as deployments stretch and the USS Gerald R. Ford heads to Crete for repairs.

When the Eagles Park Publix closed on March 7, it left more than 2,000 nearby seniors without their closest supermarket while the chain opens a larger store across town.

A Ybor City Rocky Horror pop-up this Sunday will raise money for Out of the Closet as state changes threaten access to HIV medications. Performers will pass the hat at SpookEasy Lounge.

Waterford Estates residents say near‑daily gunfire from the county firing range has rattled homes and chilled the housing market. Commissioners ordered a phased study but neighbors say relief is slow.

Three emaciated dogs arrived at the Humane Society of Tampa Bay this March, prompting staff to urge residents to use free pet-food and low-cost clinic services.

A March 18 sworn declaration from Maya Kowalski accuses her former lead attorney of inappropriate conduct as the 'Take Care of Maya' case heads back to court. The filing raises new questions about lawyer conduct and financing.