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.

A Ring camera in Venice caught a 9‑foot‑4 alligator pushing through a screened lanai into a home's pool; a licensed FWC trapper removed it safely.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Tampa General officials as the hospital signed a federal pledge to limit ultra‑processed foods and align patient menus with new federal guidance.

Cook Out opened its first Tampa Bay location in Temple Terrace today, taking over a former Boston Market and bringing its signature trays and dozens of shake flavors to the USF area.

A court-ordered GPS monitor led Polk deputies to a Saturn Street home on July 16, where they arrested 45-year-old David Nathanael Mott on a Lee County probation violation.

Joffrey's poured millions into a newly consolidated Tampa campus — an 84,000-sf headquarters that folds roasting, packaging and offices under one roof. The move boosts capacity for Disney and hospitality clients.

A unanimous Florida Supreme Court upheld consecutive life terms for a teen convicted in a 2018 Palm Beach Gardens sleepover killing, resolving an appellate split.

MDH Partners bought three Class‑A warehouses in Lakeland for $67.7M, adding 557,100 square feet to its industrial portfolio as demand tightens along the I‑4 corridor. The deal was arranged by JLL and sold by Stonemont Financial Group.

Wander Franco sought a spot on the Dominican roster for Santo Domingo 2026, but Olympic officials say roster rules and his legal status block a last‑minute addition.

An Ocala caregiver was arrested after deputies found an 81‑year‑old dementia patient living in a tent with little food or water. She faces an elder‑neglect charge and posted bond.