A lawn crew cleared brush by hand so North Port firefighters could reach a car sinking in a Tamiami Trail pond.

Aubree Smith left a note saying she was running away from her north Lakeland apartment. Police say she has been found safe.

Tampa’s Saturday forecast is mostly sunny, hot and humid, with a heat index near 103°F. Storm chances jump Sunday before a drier start to next week.

Frank Carter survived mantle cell lymphoma at Moffitt, then canoed the length of the Missouri River with golden retriever Amos.

An arbitrator says Devtov Group failed its Mexican investor partner in a stalled Pinecrest teardown across from Gulliver Prep.

Danford Thornton-Swain allegedly fled to a U.S. 92 motel after firing two shots near Timothy Street and Ernest Drive.

Morgan Svensson, 45, died after a Tesla turned left into his path — the second fatal turn crash on the same road in five weeks.

Three open houses starting next month will walk Alligator Creek residents through the changes before FEMA's appeal window closes.

A state judge says Mariah Roller's Facebook post caused minimal disruption at Three Oaks Middle School. Lee County can still say no.

Police say Nikia Thornton knew the man she allegedly stabbed multiple times near East 24th Avenue early Friday.

The Kentucky-born Voice alum headlines DJ Knox’s decade-old R&B day party at The Orpheum’s North Tampa home on Sunday.

The Miami developer is doubling down near Brightline, betting on 377-square-foot studios to ease rents downtown.

The five-day food-and-wine bash returns to the Ringling Museum in January, with wineries that pulled in $200,000 in sales last year.