A fatal early‑morning crash shut all southbound lanes of I‑75 near County Road 54 in Wesley Chapel on July 10, causing long closures and an active FHP investigation.

SouthState plans a five‑story, roughly 40,000‑sq‑ft office at 233 Central Ave that will bring about 125 operations staff to downtown Winter Haven.

A 10-acre wildfire burned near Ridge Manor; crews reported about 20% containment and asked residents to stay clear while they worked.

St. Petersburg may ask voters to free nine long-vacant parcels near Jamestown for roughly 41 workforce and affordable homes.

A shooting in Pinellas County on July 10 left one man dead and another critically injured, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies say the people involved knew each other and there’s no public threat.

J. Cole plays Benchmark International Arena on Wednesday, July 15 as part of The Fall-Off Tour. Tickets and local tips for the Tampa stop.

Heat Advisory in Tampa today: highs near 98°F and a heat index close to 110°F. Isolated afternoon storms and cooling stations are available.

A Tampa man was arrested after deputies say he caused a Turner Road crash that left two drivers hospitalized and registered very high BACs. Authorities say he was found about a mile from the scene.

A Tampa man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after a bench trial found him guilty of transporting and possessing computer‑generated child sexual abuse material.

Brooksville–Tampa Bay Regional Airport secured a $13.6M federal grant to modernize its runway and airfield systems, officials say.

Jack Latvala, a longtime Florida senator and Pinellas powerbroker whose career ended after a scandal, has died at 74. His tenure reshaped budgets and state politics.

An FWC officer found human remains near State Road 70 in Highlands County; deputies have opened a death investigation while the medical examiner works to identify the person.

The Seventh Circuit stayed a federal judge’s block on Florida’s suit against the American Academy of Pediatrics and agreed to hear the appeal en banc. The move raises new legal stakes for care of transgender youth in Florida.