Manatee County is adding bus routes while starting the school year short on drivers. Combined routes could mean longer rides and changing pickup times for some students.

A fast-moving line of strong thunderstorms prompted an overnight warning across Hernando County. Fire Rescue urged residents to stay alert as storms moved through.

A long-running Jacksonville narcotics operation has put 87 people in custody, with 12 arrest warrants still active. JSO says the crackdown targeted downtown and the urban core.

Two Clearwater officers swam to a sinking car and smashed a window to rescue an unresponsive driver. A diver later confirmed no one else was inside.

Tampa Bay lenders originated $21.7 billion in home-purchase mortgages in 2025—well below the prior year's total.

Citrus County deputies are warning residents about callers posing as bank representatives and FBI agents who demand cash, gift cards or expensive electronics.

A Treasure Island man is jailed without bond after deputies say his wife suffered severe facial injuries and a brain bleed in an alleged domestic attack.

A prowler call in Lutz led deputies to two teenage suspects accused of burglarizing vehicles and hiding from a K-9 and helicopter search.

A Houston woman who spent 14 years complying with ICE check-ins was detained at a routine appointment and remains in custody despite a deportation stay.

Tampa faces morning storms, a heat index near 97 and dangerous rip currents through Saturday evening. Sunday could bring the weekend's wettest weather.

Five luxury vehicles worth more than $539,000 were seized at the Port of Tampa after export filings allegedly undervalued the shipment by more than $257,000.

A Hillsborough County traffic stop uncovered 12 driver's licenses bearing one woman's photo, along with an arrest and identity-fraud charges.

Aventon Cos. is planning 384 luxury apartments at the southwest corner of State Road 56 and Meadow Pointe Boulevard in Wesley Chapel.