Sheriff Chris Nocco called ex-corporal Donald Valverde “devious and evil” and is urging other possible victims to step forward.

A federal lawsuit over beachfront property signs has reached St. Pete Beach, tangled up with a separate criminal case over toxic mothballs and nesting birds.

A license plate reader flagged Donna Witte's car in Florida after her father reported her and her 11-year-old daughter missing.

Nick Howland joined Rays owner Patrick Zalupski's private jet for a 40-minute hop to Tropicana Field, billed as PAC fundraising.

The East Tampa store has now been hit by armed robbers at least four times since 2013, including one deadly holdup.

Artemio Mazariegos Roblero may be working construction jobs near Golden Gate while dodging a DUI manslaughter warrant, Crime Stoppers says.

Tampa starts Saturday clear and muggy, but storms will interrupt the heat before rain chances rise sharply around Labor Day.

Justin Peters, 45, co-founded The Commodore in Ybor City. Friends are throwing a $7 benefit concert in Seminole Heights on Saturday.

Polk County deputies want help naming a shoplifter caught on camera at the Mulberry Walmart Tuesday afternoon.

Rescuers pulled hatchlings from a pool and a storm drain as Florida's turtle season stretches into October.

A Fort Lauderdale library event with Caldecott winner Vashti Harrison was scrapped days before it happened, after a Substack writer flagged her 2024 ceasefire letter.

A blue sedan cut off a trooper's patrol car on Fowler Avenue Thursday, triggering a rear-end crash before speeding off.

A Polk County inmate directed fentanyl buys from Georgia while locked up, prosecutors say, and both he and a Tampa man are now federal prisoners.