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The Tampa Bay History Center announced an $11 million expansion to their downtown Tampa building, which will begin next month.The project will add a new…

Tampa Police say Florida Fish and Wildlife Officer Gregory Patterson was killed after hitting a downed live electrical wire while riding his bike on the…

Gov. Rick Scott will travel to Washington, D.C. in early September, when Congress returns from its summer recess, to seek funding to fight the mosquito...

Whether you’re headed to downtown Tampa for the festivities surrounding the College Football National Championship or you’re hoping to avoid the mess, a…

Florida led the nation with 1.3 million residents signing up for 2017 coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act by a Monday deadline, the U.S....

A University of South Florida student who came to the United States from Mexico when she was 6 years old is in Cleveland this week, working and studying…

One Florida lawmaker believes workers who evacuate because of an emergency don’t deserve to lose their jobs. A new bill would give the state’s employees...

A bill making texting while driving a primary offense cleared its first Senate committee hearing Tuesday. Tallahassee resident Demetrius Branca supports...

Despite a series of efforts, the Florida Department of Corrections is still facing a significant staffing shortage. The agency’s vacancy rates have more...

The Sarasota County School district is putting a new spin on the typical town hall meeting. On Wednesday, families can interact with school officials on a…

Rain and power outages from Hurricane Irma led to sewage spills across Florida, according to the Department of Environmental Protection.

St. Petersburg is hosting an evening of artistic collaboration at the Exquisite Corpse Games.The bar parlor game has grown into an international…

The Tampa Theatre is one of the oldest movie palaces in the country - and it's showing its age. It's being closed for six weeks, and parts of it will be…

This morning on the sidewalk on Tampa Street just south of Cass in downtown Tampa, a brother and sister team are attempting to set a record by rowing more…

There are apparently all sorts of traditions and tips when cycling coast to coast across the USA.One tradition is to dip your rear wheel in the ocean at…

Scientists will be putting down the PowerPoint presentation and picking up a cold one at bars around the world next week, including at a quartet of Bay...

With the federal Environmental Protection Agency's new targets for reducing carbon emissions just being released, the debate over how to reduce…

When it comes to fact-checking the growing debate over Florida's proposed constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana, well, let's just say it's…

Are internet comments sections the new town square, or cesspools of racism, sexism and worse?Whenever you scroll down through a comments section, at some…

Florida veterans will soon have two more options for burial at VA National Cemeteries in the state. Currently, there are seven national cemeteries, but…

The CVS drugstore chain's decision to stop selling tobacco products drew praise as an important public health step. But, we wondered, how many people buy cigarettes at drugstores? Not as many as we thought.

According to the latest "F as in Fat" report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Florida still has a serious…

Amazon.com, Inc. today confirmed plans to open another fulfillment center in Lakeland. It will be in addition to another center that Amazon earlier…

The Florida Orchestra will play the score for "Ocean Voyagers" while the film is playing at the Mahaffey Theater.

St. Petersburg police are still trying to sort out how a local teen got a loaded handgun and ended up shooting a police officer and rattling the…