Concert tickets for 2023 Florida Strawberry Festival on sale Thursday

Starting today, you can snag concert tickets for next year's Florida Strawberry Festival. Headliners include Willie Nelson, Train, Ludacris, Chris Young, Walker Hayes and The Jacksons.

Nearly 100 Tampa, Kansas residents take vacation Tampa, Florida for free

The name might be the same, but the two places are very different. Nearly 100 residents of the small town of Tampa, Kansas were invited to visit Tampa, Florida free of charge. 

Hillsborough commissioners to consider regulating rabbit sales in county

In Hillsborough County, commissioners could soon consider limiting sales of rabbits. Other counties have already limited sales or banned them completely.

Tampa woman creates 'The Color of Wellness' magazine to increase healthcare access

"The Color of Wellness" is a magazine with African American-focused health, wellness and lifestyle education. The outlet was founded two year ago by a former nurse after seeing statistics about how the pandemic disproportionately impacted minority communities.

‘One of our Tampa heroes’: Purple Heart awarded to grandson of Ybor City’s namesake comes to museum collection

Don Vicente Martinez Ybor, the namesake of Ybor City, had a grandson who died while fighting for our country in World War II. After the recent discovery by Tampa city councilor Luis Viera, he wanted to make sure his grandson's name was remembered as one of Tampa's heroes. A big piece of Salvador Martinez Ybor will now be in the city forever.

Two decades after double murder, Steven Lorenzo pleads guilty in Tampa court, asks judge for death penalty

After fighting his murder case for years, 63-year-old Steven Lorenzo, the man accused of drugging, torturing and killing two gay men in Tampa almost 20 years ago, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder. 

2-year-old panther killed in vehicle crash on Hillsborough County road

A 2-year-old Florida panther died after being hit by a vehicle in rural Hillsborough County, and, so far, deadly crashes have been the cause for all but two panthers in 2022. However, panther sightings are rare in the county, where it's been at least eight years since one has been found dead.

Tampa Bay area non-profit helps lift foster families spirits for Christmas

The non-profit Christmas for Fosters helps bring gifts to foster children who really need a lift this holiday season. The program was started by a couple that fostered children and realized the financial difficulties foster parents can have.

Detached garage damaged in Davis Islands fire

When Tampa firefighters arrived at the Davis Islands home, they found a detached garage engulfed in flames.

HART CEO will not be suspended during independent investigation into toxic workplace allegations

Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority CEO Adelee Le Grand will not be suspended while an independent investigation is conducted into allegations she created a toxic workplace.