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Public schools across Florida must have a policy in place by the end of the year allowing students to use medical marijuana on campus, or they will risk...

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg is bringing back a prominent heart surgeon, calling it the “first step” to restoring its shuttered…

A Pasco County sheriff’s corporal, whose gun accidentally fired in a busy middle school cafeteria nearly six months ago, caused the accident himself by…

A date has been set for trial in the case of confessed Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz versus the State of Florida. Judge Elizabeth Scherer issued...

The Cross-Bay Ferry will return to Tampa Bay for a third season, with new services, a new website, and a proposal for permanent, year-round service in the…

Under legislation passed last year, the University of South Florida has until next summer to bring the accreditation of its three campuses under one…

The Tampa Bay region should brace for strong storm surge, gusty winds and periods of heavy rain from a system, now Tropical Storm Nestor, that intensifed…

The use of tobacco products among Florida’s youth is at an all-time low, but that good news is offset by significant increases in the number of children...

People with developmental disabilities and caregivers delivered a message to a Senate health-care panel Wednesday: Don’t cut Medicaid funding for services.

Arnold Donald admits there were gaps in how the world's largest cruise ship operator followed environmental rules. " Clearly there were some gaps in...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for Florida counties in the path of Hurricane Dorian, which is currently forecast to make landfall as…

As Hurricane Dorian barreled toward Puerto Rico on Wednesday, some in the Tampa Bay area with family and friends on the island were staying alert.Puerto…

All 67 Florida counties are now under an emergency order as the state awaits a powerful hit, likely early next week, from Hurricane Dorian.Gov. Ron…

Shelves are emptying of essentials like bottled water as Hurricane Dorian spins closer to Florida.At one Tampa grocery store, Michael Holt had a shopping…

As Hurricane Dorian makes it way toward Florida, a network of community volunteers and nonprofits are teaming up to respond to the needs of seniors on...

Lengthy and widespread power outages are in the forecast after Hurricane Dorian hits Florida.Eric Silagy, president and CEO of Florida Power & Light, said…

Floridians are bracing for a major hurricane just as funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is being directed away from disaster...

Area drivers are beginning to see some gasoline shortages as Hurricane Dorian is on track to hit Florida before the end of the Labor Day weekend.

Tolls were suspended Sunday on Florida’s Turnpike and other roads in South Florida and Central Florida, as local mandatory evacuation orders started and…

When Hurricane Dorian was approaching Florida as a Category 4 storm reminiscent of Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Miamians and South Floridians included some...

The Tampa Bay area can expect a few subtle reminders this week that a major hurricane is threatening to produce potentially catastrophic conditions along…

Powerful Hurricane Dorian has been going nowhere because nothing high up is making it budge.It may sound strange when talking about a storm that once had…

Hurricane Dorian continues pounding Florida’s east coast this evening as the Category 2 storm moving out in the Gulf of Mexico, parallel to the state.The…

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard stationed in Clearwater helped evacuate 19 people from a medical clinic in the Bahamas on Monday.The Jayhawk aircrews made…

Army veteran Eugene Milligan is 75 years old and blind. He uses a wheelchair since losing half his right leg to diabetes and gets dialysis for kidney...