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A new Zillow report finds Tampa renters pocket roughly $1,100 monthly over buyers, even as one realtor still calls homeownership the top wealth builder.
Arts & Culture in ...
Largo Central Park hosts a free three-day festival Oct. 2-4, with a seven-show circus spectacle and smoked brisket from a local food truck.
Sports in ...
Runners gather in Tampa this November for the Lightning-backed race benefiting Special Olympics Florida.
Crime & Emergencies in ...
Tampa police say Marvin Jones traded texts with a Jefferson High student before contact escalated into repeated encounters.
Jarrett Brooks, 41, allegedly kicked a deputy and grabbed a knife during a call to a Clay Pit Road home before being tased and detained under the Baker Act.
Family & Kids in ...
Halloween hits Riverview High School on October 24 with a redesigned entrance meant to kill the long admission line.
Polk County fired both workers after a principal's records check led to disturbing bus camera footage.
Jacob Moss cleared a kindergartner's blocked airway at Lynch Elementary — just days after being named the school's top support staffer.
Sharlene Pflugrad silenced a 3-year-old's oxygen alarm as his levels dropped to 79 percent, prosecutors say. He now needs daily oxygen for life.
Weather & Environment in ...
Tampa gets a sunny, cooler weekend with highs in the mid-80s before rain chances return Tuesday.
Politics & Govt in ...
Ashley Herrmann says she cannot abolish the Senate from Tallahassee, but wants Medicaid expansion on the table.
Community & Society in ...
A Tampa gathering linked storm survivors to resources almost two years after Hurricane Helene upended their lives.
A homeowner and a detective doused the flames together while officials arranged care for the animal with a wildlife rehabilitation specialist.
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