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PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The Pasco Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating Lacey Care, a 17-year-old who ran away from home. Lacey is 5’2″ tall, weighs approximately 160 pounds, and ...

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Hurricane Milton has intensified into a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 125 mph, prompting hurricane watches and warnings for parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The ...

Brown University has rejected a student-led proposal to divest from ten companies accused of supporting “the Israeli occupation of Palestinian Territory.” The university’s governing body, the ...

Urvishkumar Vipulkumar Patel, 21, apparently thought he’d found a lucrative side hustle: collecting packages for cash. Unfortunately for him, those packages weren’t filled with delicious takeout or ...

Hurricane Milton, while less severe than initially feared, has left a trail of destruction across Florida after making landfall Wednesday night as a Category 3 storm. Although the storm surge was not ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – With Hurricane Milton bearing down on Florida’s west coast, Pinellas County has opened two additional emergency shelters to accommodate residents evacuating from vulnerable ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – Pinellas County has issued mandatory evacuation orders for hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities in evacuation zones A, B, and C due to the threat of ...

TEMPLE TERRACE, Fla. – The City of Temple Terrace has declared a local state of emergency in advance of Hurricane Milton. The declaration, effective Tuesday at 6 a.m., grants the city authority to ...

TAMPA, Fla. – Amidst the fury of Hurricane Milton, Tampa Police officers demonstrated extraordinary bravery and dedication by rescuing a family trapped in their home after a tree came crashing down.

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released its latest red tide update, confirming the presence of the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, in 28 ...