Sounding out success: Early help for struggling readers

Inside Sulphur Springs K 8 Community School, PCAT Literacy Ministries helps young students master the basics: letters, sounds, and confidence.

Tampa rolls out new pedestrian safety improvements in Ybor City after deadly crash

Tampa leaders are moving forward with new pedestrian safety improvements in Ybor City, just months after a speeding driver crashed into a crowd along 7th Avenue, killing several people.

$362 million Selmon Expressway expansion moving forward in Tampa

The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) says work is already underway on a major expansion project along the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway.

Affordable housing community opens in Tampa's West River neighborhood

Tampa city leaders marked a major milestone in the city’s affordable housing efforts with a ribbon-cutting celebration for Canopy at West River, a new multiphase housing community in West Tampa.

Search underway for teen accused of shooting, killing 16-year-old girl in Tampa: Police

Detectives are continuing their search for a 17-year-old suspect in connection with the shooting that left a 16-year-old girl dead last month, according to the Tampa Police Department.

Man arrested after shooting victim in face, foot at Riverview home: Deputies

A man was arrested days after another man was shot in the face and foot in Riverview, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. 

Tampa honors its ‘Rosa Parks’ who fought for her seat 36 years before Civil Rights Movement

Long before the Montgomery bus boycott made Rosa Parks a household name, a 23-year-old laundress in Tampa named Hattie Wright staged her own act of defiance on a streetcar—a move that would eventually lead her to the Florida Supreme Court.

Bay Area business mogul killed in DUI crash saves four lives through organ donation

A Tampa woman is channeling profound loss into a message for the community after her father was killed in a crash authorities say involved an impaired driver. 

Tampa Bay high schoolers to open for New York dance company shows

The Jon Lehrer Dance Company is in town for two shows this weekend at the New Tampa Performing Arts Center, and students from Blake and Gibbs High Schools will perform as the opening acts.