Related Group’s JV paid about $28.8M for Bay Pointe Tower, a 210‑unit senior high‑rise in South Pasadena. HFA and housing‑authority filings show rehab financing and RAD plans.

A 42-year-old Lee County man was arrested after prosecutors say he fatally shot a man in April 2025 and then broadcast the scene on Facebook Live. He faces second-degree murder and related counts and is being held without bond.

FDA finalized a rule lowering the Brix minimum for pasteurized orange juice from 10.5° to 10.0°, a change officials say will help Florida citrus producers and cut reliance on imports.

Hernando County Fire Rescue crews responded to a working structure fire in the 12000 block of Elmore Drive in Spring Hill; the department asked people to avoid the area.

The U.S. Army Corps is teaming with St. Petersburg to study where canals should be dredged and how to shore up Riviera Bay after repeated flooding. Neighbors say sand-choked canals and failing seawalls have made high tides and storms much worse.

Wrexham and Leeds will play a pre‑season friendly at Raymond James Stadium on July 25. Tickets were listed starting around $61.

A Coral Springs man was arrested after detectives say he scammed a Big Pine Key couple out of roughly $70,000.

A severe thunderstorm swept through Hernando County Friday night, toppling trees, downing power lines and striking a vehicle, officials said.

A Hillsborough County deputy was arrested after investigators say he repeatedly messaged a woman following a July 7 traffic stop. Authorities have suspended him without pay while criminal and internal probes continue.

A new CRA draft maps workforce housing, retail and a heritage trail in Midtown while promising to protect the area's Black history. The plan now heads to public review.

Scattered storms and brief heavy downpours possible across Tampa Bay; highs near 91°F and a heat index close to 100°F.

Florida’s jobless rate slipped to 4.7% in June — the first monthly decline since late 2024 — as payrolls added about 11,100 jobs amid uneven sector gains. The year‑over‑year jump in unemployed keeps policy makers on alert.

Two side‑by‑side Gulf‑front parcels in Belleair Shore are listed together for $11M, with turnkey home packages that could push a finished sale far higher.