Miguel Lopez, 63, allegedly dropped the machete only after a man threw objects at him near Lake Park Drive. A neighbor says he was terrified.

The Japanese quick-service concept is soft-opening on 66th Street North, but state inspectors flagged a missing food license.

Tampa's clear morning will give way to 92-degree heat, a 104-degree heat index and scattered afternoon storms Friday. The unsettled pattern sticks around through Labor Day.

Police say the 14-year-old may have witnessed a murder days before he vanished from Newtown in 2017. His remains turned up in a Manatee County pasture 18 months later.

Bobby Mwaten allegedly stashed his unregistered Ford's plate in a backpack before deputies caught up with him on MLK Boulevard.

Michael Curry hid from Tampa Police inside a kitchen cabinet with fentanyl and cash, but a raid uncovered nine guns and a machinegun switch.

The 16-year-old was last seen carrying a backpack around 10 p.m. Monday near US 19 in Holiday.

G.T. Bray Park's free Halloween bash returns October 16 with age-group costume contests and cash-free prizes for kids and families.

The Jacksonville pop-punk band returns to the festival it once played as up-and-comers, now 23 years after Ocean Avenue.

A Turkish national accused of rigging Pentagon contracts through an Orlando front company is now one of the FBI's most wanted fraudsters.

A federal judge in Tampa handed Brian Francis McArdle the decade-long sentence after he admitted running the scheme for 15 months.

A Lakeland man freed from prison in 2025 allegedly rebuilt a drug ring within months, investigators say. Thirty-nine suspects now face charges across Polk County.

Firefighters found the aircraft fully engulfed near Tampa Executive Airport. No word yet on injuries or who was aboard.