Veteran's widow grateful for new roof

The widow of a U.S. Navy veteran has a new roof over her head and she didn't have to pay a cent. 

Florida's first cases: 2 Bay Area patients test positive for coronavirus

Two people in the Tampa Bay area have tested "presumptive positive" for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, Florida health officials announced Sunday night.

Tampa police: Missing man with dementia has reunited with family

The Tampa Police Department said Jacinto Ramirez, 85, who was last seen by family on Sunday on North Marks Street, was found.

Tampa mobile home fire injures 1

One person was taken to the hospital following a mobile home fire in Tampa Saturday night, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.

Women’s history on display at Tampa Museum of Art

To commemorate 100 years since the passing of the 19th amendment, the museum has put together the Modern Women: Modern Vision photography exhibition.

Florida Department of Health lab in Tampa now able to test for coronavirus

State health officials say labs in Tampa, Jacksonville and Miami can conduct the tests, which will cut wait times significantly for results.

15-year-old to be charged with manslaughter in shooting death of Bradley Hulett

A 15-year-old boy will be charged in the shooting death of Bradley Hulett, the teenager who was shot and killed in December 2019 at the home of a Tampa police officer.

Tampa police search for serial armed robber

Police in Tampa are searching for a “serial robber” who stole from three businesses within the past month, they say.

Remembering Tampa's forgotten WWII heroes, 76 years after B-17 crash

Their B-17 bomber crashed north of Tampa on February 29, 1944. Now, these forgotten World War II heroes – and many others like them – are being remembered.

Weeks before manslaughter trial, Titan Goodson hit with tampering charge

Goodson is charged with manslaughter for the death of his teenage girlfriend, Katie Golden. Prosecutors said in April 2017, Golden died of a heroin overdose at the home of Goodson's grandparents. 

City of Tampa, Hillsborough County prepared to prevent arrival and spread of coronavirus

Officials in the Tampa Bay area and in Florida are trying to calm fears over novel coronavirus COVID-19. Governor Ron DeSantis said in a press conference Thursday, “there are still no cases of Coronavirus in Florida.”

After Tampa traffic snarls, CSX begins reopening railroad crossings

Traffic was still backed up around several Tampa railroad crossings this morning, but CSX says it is opening some work sites earlier than anticipated.

Westshore Marina District condo project gets underway

Construction is now underway on a new condo community within South Tampa’s Westshore Marina District.

USF age lab study aims to reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease

A lab at the University of South Florida is working to fight the onset of Alzheimer's. 72-year-old Julie Salas is participating in the project by exercising her brain through speed testing.

Neo-Nazi extremist accused of threatening journalist arrested in Spring Hill as part of nationwide operation

Agents arrested four "racially motivated violent extremists," including a Spring Hill, Florida man, in connection with a coordinated effort to threaten and intimidate journalists and activists, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.